Born to Run
Studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Released	August 25, 1975
Recorded	Record Plant Studios in New York; 914 Sound Studio in Blauvelt, New York ("Born to Run")
Genre	Rock
Length	39:22
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Bruce Springsteen Mike Appel Jon Landau
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (10/10) 11/18/2005 Robert Christgau A link Rolling Stone 10/9/1975
Bruce Springsteen chronology
The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (1973)	Born to Run (1975)	Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

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History

Bruce Springsteen's third album, Born to Run, was a breakthrough hit and launched his career in the United States and around the world. His first album to feature Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, Born to Run was released to overwhelming critical acclaim which swiftly spiralled into hype. While his previous two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, received good reviews, popular success had been scarce; Born to Run cemented Springsteen's reputation among critics and established his first mainstream fanbase. Roy Bittan (born July 2, 1949 in Rockaway Beach, New York) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteens E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. ... Max Weinberg on the set of Late Night with Conan OBrien. ... Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. was the first album recorded by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music), and sold about 25,000 copies in the first year. ... The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second album by Bruce Springsteen and the as-yet-unnamed E Street Band, it is described by All Music Guide as One of the greatest albums in the history of rock and roll. ...

The album is noted for its use of introductions to set the tone of each song (all of the record was composed on piano, not guitar), and for the Phil Spector-like "Wall of Sound" arrangements and production. Indeed, Springsteen has said that he wanted "Born to Run" to sound like "Roy Orbison singing Bob Dylan, produced by Spector." A short grand piano, with the top up. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Harvey Phillip Spector (born December 26, 1940) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Wall of Sound is a phrase used to describe the effect created by the music production techniques of record producer Phil Spector. ... Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed The Big O, was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941), is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...

In terms of the original LP's sequencing, Springsteen eventually adopted a "four corners" approach, as the songs beginning each side ("Thunder Road", "Born to Run") were uplifting odes to escape, while the songs ending each side ("Backstreets", "Jungleland") were sad epics of loss, betrayal, and defeat (Originally, he had planned to begin and end the album with alternative versions of "Thunder Road".) A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Four Corners may refer to any of the following: Four Corners, a region of the United States the Four Corners Monument at that location Four Corners, a point in Canada Four Corners of Law in Charleston, South Carolina: The intersection of Broad Street with Meeting Street, where four edifices housing...

Also,original pressings have "Meeting Across the River" billed as "The Heist." The original album cover has the title printed in a graffiti style font. These copies are very rare and considered to be the "holy grail" for Springsteen collectors.

Upon release, the album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard album chart and spent over two years in the top 100 best-selling albums. As of 2006 it has sold over 6 million copies in the U.S., and is Springsteen's second-best-selling studio album ever after Born in the U.S.A.^[1]. Most reviews were immediate raves, even to the extent of writer Greil Marcus comparing the introduction to "Backstreets" to The Iliad. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). ... Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. ... It has been suggested that Deception of Zeus be merged into this article or section. ...

The album's reputation has not suffered over time. In 2001, the TV network VH1 named it the 35th-greatest album of all time^[2]. Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the greatest 500 albums of all time ranked Born to Run at number 18^[3]. In 2003, Born to Run was ranked as the most popular album in the first Zagat Survey Music Guide^[4]. In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry^[5]. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... This article is about the magazine. ... Zagat Survey (pronounced Zuh-GOT) was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. ... The Great Hall interior. ... The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings which are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States. ...

Cover of the Sesame Street album Born to Add, one of many imitations of the Springsteen cover pose. The album features tracks by "Bruce Stringbean and the S. Street Band"

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Album cover

The cover art of Born to Run is one of rock music's most popular and iconic images. It was taken by Eric Meola in 1975, who shot over 900 frames in a three hour period. Springsteen's pose was not planned, after plugging into an amp and starting to play, he casually leant on Clarence Clemons. The famous shot was taken, and used as the cover art. "Other things happened," says Meola, "but when we saw the contact sheets, that one just sort of popped. Instantly, we knew that was the shot." Ultra-thin lettering was used on the mass produced version, which at the time was unheard of, and something of a design classic. The image could be seen in retrospect as a metaphor to describe Springsteen's reliance on the E Street Band for support. If one is to look carefully at Bruce's guitar strap, you'll see a button that has a picture of Elvis Presley on it (Elvis was Bruce's ultimate idol) from the King's Court fan club in New York. How Bruce acquired this button is still not known, but it is an interesting bit of triva. Clarence Clemons, 2002 Clarence Clemons (born January 11, 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American musician, best known as the saxophone player in Bruce Springsteens E Street Band. ...

The Springsteen and Clemons cover pose has been imitated many times, from Cheap Trick with their album, Next Position Please, to Tom and Ray Magliozzi on the cover of the Car Talk compilation, Born Not to Run: More Disrespectful Car Songs, to Bert and the Cookie Monster on the cover of the Sesame Street album, Born to Add. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Next Position Please is a studio album by Cheap Trick, released in 1983. ... Tom Magliozzi during a session of Car Talk Doctor Tom Louis Magliozzi is the older brother (to Ray) of Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers (Tom is Click), the hosts of National Public Radios Car Talk. ... Ray Magliozzi, younger brother to Tom Magliozzi, is a co-host of NPRs weekly radio show, Car Talk. ... Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. ... Bert hosting a convention of the National Association of W Lovers meeting Bert is a fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Services long-running childrens television show, Sesame Street. ... Cookie Monster (right) and his mother in a season 33 Letter of the Day segment, 2002. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen.

Side one

1. "Thunder Road" – 4:49
2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" – 3:10
3. "Night" – 3:00
4. "Backstreets" – 6:30

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Side two

1. "Born to Run" – 4:30
2. "She's the One" – 4:30
3. "Meeting Across the River" – 3:18
4. "Jungleland" – 9:35

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30th Anniversary Edition

On November 14, 2005, Columbia Records released Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition in box set form. The package included: November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is one or more musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related things that are contained in a box. ...

• a remastered CD version of the original album
• the DVD Wings For Wheels, a lengthy documentary on the making of the album, which won a Grammy award for Best Long Form Music Video at the 49th Grammy awards on February 11, 2007.
  • with bonus film of three songs recorded live on May 1, 1973 at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles
• the DVD Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon, London '75, a full-length concert film recorded on November 18, 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London during the brief European portion of their Born to Run tours.
  • this live recording was subsequently released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London '75

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• a CD single replica of the original "Born to Run" 45 single.

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Personnel

The E Street Band

• Roy Bittan – piano, Fender Rhodes, glockenspiel, harpsichord, organ, background vocals
• Ernest "Boom" Carter – drums (on "Born to Run" only)
• Clarence Clemons – saxophones
• Danny Federici – organ (on "Born to Run" only)
• Suki Lahav – violin (on "Jungleland" only)
• David Sancious – keyboards (on "Born to Run" only)
• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, horn arrangements
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar
• Steven Van Zandt – horn arrangements, background vocals
• Max Weinberg – drums

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Additional musicians

• Wayne Andre – trombone
• Mike Appel – background vocals
• Michael Brecker – horn, saxophone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Charles Calello – conductor, string arrangements
• Richard Davis – bass guitar
• David Sanborn – saxophones

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Production

• John Berg – album design
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Andy Engel – album design
• Bob Ludwig – re-mastering
• Eric Meola – photography

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Engineers

• Andy Abrams
• Angie Arcuri
• Ricky Delena
• Jimmy Iovine
• Louis Lahav
• Thom Panunzio
• Corky Stasiak
• David Thoener

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Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

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