- rock, folk rock, singer-songwriter, piano rock
- 37 min
- 9 tracks
- Columbia
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was produced from June 7 to October 26, 1972, by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios, based in Blauvelt, New York.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- CreemB
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5
- New Musical Express6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebB
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Tracks
- A1Blinded by the Light5:02
- A2Growin’ Up3:05
- A3Mary Queen of Arkansas5:20
- A4Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?2:05
- A5Lost in the Flood5:14
- B1The Angel3:23
- B2For You4:39
- B3Spirit in the Night4:58
- B4It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City3:13
9 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- US
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