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[SteveO]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)




This is the Boss' second album after his debut Greetings from Asbury Park,N.J. (as previously reviewed brilliantly by Crazy Horse) ^ . It is the first album with the newly assembled E Street Band. Somewhat of an obscure album as Born to Run , his next one, brought Springsteen to global prominence! The album clocks in at over 46 minutes with only seven tracks, four of them over seven minutes!

Interesting that his first three albums were rated with five stars by AllMusic! I love this album!...such a great story teller!!!!

Here are some tracks from this great album! Mostly recent live tracks! Videos from 1973 are of poor quality!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnJX7dxyGwM - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SVY43TbibY - E Street Shuffle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDQm3EqBd1k - Incident on 57th Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6JLWmiyF4I - Kitty's Back ( live from Perth! Are you in the crowd Crazy mate?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGMRllMjT0 - New York City Serenade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAUrofM9DDs - Wild Billy's Circus Story

When released, the album was greeted with critical acclaim and has been referred to in The Rolling Stone Album Guide as Springsteen's "first triumph" but sales were slow.[SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] Allmusic rated the album with 5 stars pointing to the second side of the album as a "flawless piece of music" and of the album as a whole as "one of the greatest albums in the history of rock & roll".[SUP][2][/SUP] Ken Emerson with Rolling Stone noted that even with an "occasional weak spot or an awkward transition" the album "works spectacularly".[SUP][9][/SUP] Robert Christgau rated it an A- and called the music "a funky, vivacious rock and roll that's too eager and zany ever to be labeled tight..."[SUP][8][/SUP] Sputnikmusic gave it a 4.5 star rating and described it as "a grand fusion of nostalgic Rock 'n' Roll and soulful R&B".[SUP][11]( from Wikipedia)[/SUP]