Retro Reviews: The Springsteen Series Pt. III
 

So they're a week and a couple of days behind schedule, but I'm proud to present the third installment of The Springsteen Series in our Retro Reviews feature. Today I've got reviews Nos. 9 through 12, and it's the second-to-last installment. For those who aren't familiar, the Springsteen Series is a project that's reflecting on Bruce Springsteen's 16 studio records. Next week will be the final part of the series. Thanks to everyone who is reading along.

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch/Lucky Town
Bruce Springsteen - Live In New York City
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

Very good reviews

Live in NYC, as the title would suggest, is not a studio album.

Bruce's 11th effort was The Ghost of Tom Joad.. and one of his better albums post-Nebraska.

why no Tom Joad that was the best post E Street Band effort

is there any chance you'll review The Promise as well? It's not a studio album obviously, but you reviewed a live album in here so i figured i'd throw it out there.

Love these reviews!

This is the second time I've reviewed a live record and if you go to that review, I make it very plain that I am purposely skipping the Tom Joad album.

Why?

I don't have 600 words to say about it, and listening to the entire thing like it was a normal new album review would defeat the purpose of this feature....just decided to skip it. I combined Human Touch and Lucky Town for a similar reason.....not enough to say about each.

Heh, not to be a douche but is this really necessary ? Obviously this guy has a huge following but this seems like it'd be more in place in Rolling Stone or Enterrainment Weekly. Not trying to nitpick as I'm sure you've worked hard on this but I never really associated Bruce with anything punk or even alternative.

Start.

I really like this feature. If it introduces Bruce Springsteen to a few kids, then that's awesome.

Hmm, I've always felt Bruce had a very strong influence on punk, ie. Against Me!, Dropkick Murphy's, The Gaslight Anthem, etc. so I'd say it's still relevant. That, and a lot of us here seem to be unabashed Bruce worshipers :-d

What Matt said. Also, I didn't realize people still thought AbsolutePunk still only covered punk music! Guess we should fire Eda, right? And not review pop records? Maybe change our name to punkpunkpunk.net to reaffirm the point some more.

Good luck with that, bitch.

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