Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Digital Life Music

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
by: Bruce Springsteen

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074643243223
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Sales Rank: 4372
Studio: Sony

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If Springsteen's debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. revealed just how ambitious a talent he was, it also fell just short of realizing those ambitions. No such problem with this, his second album. The Dylanesque wordplay is there, but with more narrative detail, as on '4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy),' 'Kitty's Back,' and 'Rosalita,' each of which became instant Springsteen classics and were demanded by his concert crowds for years. But even on this record, the music isn't allowed to take a back seat to the words--the latter two, at least, are full-tilt rock & roll numbers, with abrupt tempo shifts, soaring instrumental parts, and production that's just chaotic enough to make you wonder if the whole thing is going to blow apart and then smile in appreciation when it doesn't. The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle was the first time Springsteen scaled the heights of rock & roll greatness--but it wouldn't be the last. --Daniel Durchholz

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- good stuff
Bruce Springsteen was pretty good in the early 70's. I'm not a fan by any means, and he's truly not on my list of personal top 100 favorite artists, but his first two albums are pretty freakin' sweet. I'm sorry for bringing this up again, but he really does remind me of Elvis Presley on several occasions with the voice shaking thing he does. I honestly don't think Bruce can HELP it, it's just something that happens naturally whenever he sings emotionally. It's pretty noticeable on this album.

Anyway, "The E. Street Shuffle" is a funky little track (one that's a bit hard to get into, in fact, because it's quite obnoxious the first time you hear it thanks to some sloppy songwriting habits of Bruce). He corrected that problem years later, gradually.

"Rosalita" has AWESOME vocals, and if it wasn't for the spooky late-night smokey vibes of "Kitty's Back", it would surely be my favorite ... Read More

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- Even the casual Springsteen fan should own this cd.
Born to Run brought Springsteen to America's attention and earned him the Time and Newsweek covers. However, the real break out was this cd some two years earlier. It has always been my favourite and remains so today. Musically it is all over the map. There is no escaping Dylan's influence - but it is Dylan with R & B, jazz and Latino flavorings and with a New Jersey accent. Any fan who started his Bruce experience with either of the Borns would be surprised, to say the least, by the accordion on Asbury Park (Sandy), the soulful Butterfield Blues Band opening of Kitty's Back followed by the jazzy Van Morrisonesque vocals and the Jimmy Smith organ stylings of David L. Sancious. Although the record is musically extremely diverse the lyrics provide the consistency required to make this a great piece of music. To me The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle plays like a collection of autobiographical stories relating ... Read More

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- Part Walt Whitman, Part Van Morrison, Totally Springsteen
Having had the privilege of living in the Eatontown-Long Branch-Red Bank area in 1972, I really feel the verisimilitude and depth of feeling Springsteen and his E Street Band brought to every note and word of this album. Sandy, Rosalita, Kitty's Back, are, simply put, really hard rock songs played through a doo-wop, east coast, r&b type sensibility, which really fits with the preoccupations of a big city-resort area in the summertime. If "Greetings..." was Bruce's way of saying hello to his audience, this album was the true introduction. Anyone who ever strolled the boardwalk with a young, wild, yearning heart knows what this music is about, its greatness, its power.

Bruce's almost photographic sensibilities render a true, gritty, romantic, and brilliantly alive masterpiece from the neon, the salt-water taffy, and the hustles. And "Wild Billy's Circus Story" is simply a classic of the carny life, right up ... Read More

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- Great Music But Lousy Fidelity.
It's a shame that this album has never been remastered to bring the sound quality up to what it could and should be. The music itself rates 5-stars, but because the album was never remastered, the quality of the sound rates 2-stars. To me, it is amazing that an artist of Springsteen's stature and accomplishment has allowed this inferior product to remain in its current condition. I keep waiting for it to be upgraded so I can buy it and hear it as it deserves to be heard.

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