Thursday, September 16, 2021

Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits

Springsteen is an albums artist.  He likes to make big artistic statements and the album format is best suited to his work.  So, is a greatest hits album redundant?  Die-hard fans would say that if you want to get an appreciation for his work you should definitely start on one of his albums.  Born to Run.  Or the River.  Or Nebraska. 

I could say that this, like all greatest hits albums, is a good intro to his work.  A sampler if you will.  But it doesn’t feature some of his best songs (I’m on Fire and Tunnel of Love are absent) and feels like the worse kind of compromise.  Neither a good selection of his hits, nor a good sample of what he is famous for.  A missed opportunity.
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