Bruce Springsteen: the ranking and ratings of each of his 430 songs
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giovedì 26 ottobre 2023
Letto: 3721 volte
di Marco Montrone
Over forty years of career, 430 published songs and 18 unpublished albums on the assets.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)
These are the numbers of Bruce Springsteen (Photo of Manu_GT500), one of the greatest artists in the history of rock.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)
Rivers of words were written on the "boss", but perhaps no one had ever reviewed every single song (and album), assigning a vote and inserting him in a special ranking. We tried (as well as made for the Beatles and Dire Straits), following a scale of values ranging from the "absolute masterpiece" to 4.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)
And here is the result.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)
THE RANKING AND VOTES OF BRUCE SPRINSTEEN'S ALBUMS
| 1 | Born To Run (1975) | absolute masterpiece |
| 2 3 |
Darkness On the Edge of Town (1978) Nebraska (1982) |
masterpiece |
| 4 | The River (1980) | 10 |
| / | 10- | |
| 5 | The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973) | 9,5 |
| 6 | Born In The Usa (1984) | 9+ |
| / | 9 | |
| 7 | The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995) | 9- |
| 8 | The Rising (2001) | 8,5 |
| 9 | Greetings From Asbury Park (1973) | 8+ |
| 10 | Letter To You (2020) | 8 |
| 8- | ||
| 11 | Lucky Town (1992) | 7,5 |
| 12 | Magic (2007) | 7+ |
| 13 | Tunnel Of Love (1987) | 7 |
| 14 | Western Stars (2019) | 7- |
| 15 | Devils & Dust (2005) | 6,5 |
| / | 6+ | |
| 16 | Wrecking Ball (2012) | 6 |
| 17 | Human Touch (1992) | 6- |
| / | 5,5 | |
| 18 | Working On A Dream (2009) | 5+ |
THE RANKING AND VOTES OF BRUCE SPRINSTEEN'S SONGS
| 1 | Born To Run | absolute masterpiece |
| 2 | Thunder Road | absolute masterpiece |
| 3 | The River | absolute masterpiece |
| 4 | Jungleland | masterpiece |
| 5 | Badlands | masterpiece |
| 6 | The Promised land | masterpiece |
| 7 | Backstreets | masterpiece |
| 8 | Atlantic City | 10 |
| 9 | Rosalita (come out tonight) | 10 |
| 10 | Because The Night | 10 |
| 11 | Streets Of Philadelphia | 10 |
| 12 | The Promise | 10- |
| 13 | Racing In The Street | 10- |
| 14 | Nebraska | 10- |
| 15 | The Ghost Of Tom Joad | 10- |
| 16 | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | 10- |
| 17 | Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | 9,5 |
| 18 | Incident On 57th Street | 9,5 |
| 19 | Born In The Usa | 9,5 |
| 20 | Something In The Night | 9,5 |
| 21 | Prove It All Night | 9,5 |
| 22 | Meeting Across The River | 9,5 |
| 23 | Highway Patrolman | 9,5 |
| 24 | Stolen Car | 9+ |
| 25 | Dancing In The Dark | 9+ |
| 26 | I’m On Fire | 9+ |
| 27 | Johnny 99 | 9+ |
| 28 | Tougher Than The Rest | 9+ |
| 29 | No Surrender | 9+ |
| 30 | New York City Serenade | 9+ |
| 31 | Follow That Dream* | 9 |
| 32 | Independence Day | 9 |
| 33 | If I Was The Priest | 9 |
| 34 | This Hard Land | 9 |
| 35 | Growin’up | 9 |
| 36 | Born in The Usa (vs1) | 9 |
| 37 | She’s The One | 9 |
| 38 | The Fever | 9 |
| 39 | Out In The Street | 9 |
| 40 | Spirit In The Night | 9 |
| 41 | Candy’s Room | 9- |
| 42 | Reason To Believe | 9- |
| 43 | Girls In Their Summer Clothes | 9- |
| 44 | Factory | 9- |
| 45 | I Wish I Were Blind | 9- |
| 46 | My Hometown | 9- |
| 47 | The Price You Pay | 9- |
| 48 | Wreck On The Highway | 9- |
| 49 | Drive All Night | 9- |
| 50 | Fire | 9- |
| 51 | The Ties That Bind | 8,5 |
| 52 | Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 8,5 |
| 53 | Hearts Of Stone | 8,5 |
| 54 | Long Walk Home | 8,5 |
| 55 | If I Should Fall Behind | 8,5 |
| 56 | My City Of Ruins | 8,5 |
| 57 | Straight Time | 8,5 |
| 58 | Wild Billy’s Circus Story | 8,5 |
| 59 | Devils & Dust | 8,5 |
| 60 | The Wrestler | 8,5 |
| 61 | Lost In The Flood | 8,5 |
| 62 | Two Hearts | 8,5 |
| 63 | I’ll See You In My Dreams | 8,5 |
| 64 | Hunter Of Invisible Game | 8,5 |
| 65 | Land Of Hope And Dreams | 8,5 |
| 66 | Shut Out The Light | 8,5 |
| 67 | Mansion On The Hill | 8,5 |
| 68 | My Beautiful Reward | 8+ |
| 69 | Matamoros Banks | 8+ |
| 70 | Bobby Jean | 8+ |
| 71 | Kitty’s Back | 8+ |
| 72 | My Father’s House | 8+ |
| 73 | State Trooper | 8+ |
| 74 | With Every Wish | 8+ |
| 75 | Adam Raised A Cain | 8+ |
| 76 | Sherry Darling | 8+ |
| 77 | The Time Was Never Was | 8+ |
| 78 | The Rising | 8+ |
| 79 | Take’Em As They Come | 8+ |
| 80 | Long Time Comin’ | 8+ |
| 81 | Point Blank | 8+ |
| 82 | Song For Orphans | 8+ |
| 83 | Wrecking Ball | 8+ |
| 84 | Zero And Blind Terry | 8+ |
| 85 | Light Of Day | 8 |
| 86 | Lonesome Day | 8 |
| 87 | Youngstown | 8 |
| 88 | Blood Brothers | 8 |
| 89 | The New Timer | 8 |
| 90 | Streets Of Fire | 8 |
| 91 | Jackson Cage | 8 |
| 92 | Glory Days | 8 |
| 93 | American Skin (41 shots) | 8 |
| 94 | Ghosts | 8 |
| 95 | American Land | 8 |
| 96 | Don’t Look Back | 8 |
| 97 | Fade Away | 8 |
| 98 | Night | 8 |
| 99 | Your Own Worst Enemy | 8 |
| 100 | Wages Of Sin | 8 |
| 101 | Mary Queen Of Arkansas | 8 |
| 102 | Loose Ends | 8 |
| 103 | It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City | 8 |
| 104 | Brilliant Disguise | 8 |
| 105 | Linda Let Me Be The One | 8 |
| 106 | Mary Lou | 8- |
| 107 | The Ballad of Jesse James | 8- |
| 108 | Janey Don’t You Lose Heart | 8- |
| 109 | Rendezvous | 8- |
| 110 | Cynthia | 8- |
| 111 | I’m Going Down | 8- |
| 112 | Hungry Heart | 8- |
| 113 | Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? | 8- |
| 114 | Lucky Town | 8- |
| 115 | Working On The Highway | 8- |
| 116 | Waitin’ On A Sunny Day | 8- |
| 117 | Downbound Train | 8- |
| 118 | Human Touch | 8- |
| 119 | Janey Needs A Shooter | 8- |
| 120 | Into the Fire | 8- |
| 121 | Red Headed Woman | 8- |
| 122 | One Way Street | 8- |
| 123 | For you | 8- |
| 124 | Local Hero | 8- |
| 125 | Dry Lightning | 8- |
| 126 | Thundercrack | 8- |
| 127 | Be True | 8- |
| 128 | Used Cars | 8- |
| 129 | Stones | 7,5 |
| 130 | Stolen Car (vs1) | 7,5 |
| 131 | Losin’Kind | 7,5 |
| 132 | Western Stars | 7,5 |
| 133 | Iceman | 7,5 |
| 134 | Highway 29 | 7,5 |
| 135 | My Love Will Not Let You Down | 7,5 |
| 136 | Bring On The Night | 7,5 |
| 137 | Talk To Me | 7,5 |
| 138 | Seaside Bar Song | 7,5 |
| 139 | Give The Girl A Kiss | 7,5 |
| 140 | Murder Incorporated | 7,5 |
| 141 | Code of Silence | 7,5 |
| 142 | Frankie | 7,5 |
| 143 | Stray Bullet | 7,5 |
| 144 | Empty Sky | 7,5 |
| 145 | None But The Brave | 7,5 |
| 146 | Candy’s Boy | 7,5 |
| 147 | Roulette | 7,5 |
| 148 | Racing in the street (’78) | 7,5 |
| 149 | Restless Night | 7,5 |
| 150 | It’s A Shame | 7,5 |
| 151 | My Lover Man | 7,5 |
| 152 | Happy | 7,5 |
| 153 | Party Lights | 7,5 |
| 154 | When The Lights Go Out | 7,5 |
| 155 | Gotta Get That Feeling | 7+ |
| 156 | Cautious Man | 7+ |
| 157 | Man At The Top | 7+ |
| 158 | Santa Ana | 7+ |
| 159 | The E Street Shuffle | 7+ |
| 160 | Open All Night | 7+ |
| 161 | I Wanna Marry You | 7+ |
| 162 | Blinded By The Light | 7+ |
| 163 | The Last Carnival | 7+ |
| 164 | You Can Look (but you better don’t touch) | 7+ |
| 165 | I Wanna Be With You | 7+ |
| 166 | Secret Garden | 7+ |
| 167 | Someday (we’ll be together) | 7+ |
| 168 | Better Days | 7+ |
| 169 | Real World | 7+ |
| 170 | Cadillac Ranch | 7+ |
| 171 | Darlington County | 7+ |
| 172 | Last To Die | 7+ |
| 173 | Across The Border | 7+ |
| 174 | Save My Love | 7+ |
| 175 | So Young And In Love | 7+ |
| 176 | Sad Eyes | 7+ |
| 177 | Mary’s Place | 7+ |
| 178 | You’re Missing | 7+ |
| 179 | Terry’s Song | 7+ |
| 180 | I’m A Rocker | 7+ |
| 181 | Frankie Fell In Love | 7+ |
| 182 | The Angel | 7+ |
| 183 | Where The Bands Are | 7+ |
| 184 | Wrong Side Of The Street | 7+ |
| 185 | Streets of Minneapolis | 7+ |
| 186 | Letter To You | 7+ |
| 187 | Cover Me | 7 |
| 188 | Walk Like A Man | 7 |
| 189 | Sinaloa Cowboys | 7 |
| 190 | Breakaway | 7 |
| 191 | Sugarland | 7 |
| 192 | Brothers Under The Bridge | 7 |
| 193 | Galveston Bay | 7 |
| 194 | Gipsy Biker | 7 |
| 195 | Man’s Job | 7 |
| 196 | Dollhouse | 7 |
| 197 | Blood Brothers (alternate version) | 7 |
| 198 | Outside Looking In | 7 |
| 199 | Living Proof | 7 |
| 200 | I’ll Work For Your Love | 7 |
| 201 | Brothers Under The Bridges (’83) | 7 |
| 202 | Working On A Dream | 7 |
| 203 | Tomorrow Never Knows | 7 |
| 204 | Spare Parts | 7 |
| 205 | One Beautiful Morning | 7 |
| 206 | Spanish Eyes | 7 |
| 207 | Worlds Apart | 7 |
| 208 | Countin’ On A miracle | 7 |
| 209 | Repo Man | 7 |
| 210 | Death To My Hometown | 7 |
| 211 | Nothing Man | 7 |
| 212 | The Line | 7 |
| 213 | The Brokenhearted | 7 |
| 214 | The Wish | 7 |
| 215 | Rocky Ground | 7 |
| 216 | The Wayfarer | 7 |
| 217 | Black Cowboys | 7- |
| 218 | Dead Man Walkin’ | 7- |
| 219 | Balboa park | 7- |
| 220 | From Small Things (big things one day come) | 7- |
| 221 | We Take Care Of Our Own | 7- |
| 222 | Seeds | 7- |
| 223 | You Can Look (but you better don’t touch)-vs1 | 7- |
| 224 | Ain’t Good Enough For You | 7- |
| 225 | Tucson Train | 7- |
| 226 | Lion’s Den | 7- |
| 227 | There’s Goes My Miracle | 7- |
| 228 | Meet Me In The City | 7- |
| 229 | This Is Your Sword | 7- |
| 230 | Johnny Bye Bye | 7- |
| 231 | Sundown | 7- |
| 232 | Chasin’Wild Horses | 7- |
| 233 | Living On The Edge Of The World | 7- |
| 234 | Leap Of Faith | 7- |
| 235 | The Klansman | 7- |
| 236 | Unsatisfied Heart | 7- |
| 237 | Roll Of The Dice | 7- |
| 238 | The Big Muddy | 7- |
| 239 | Cross My Heart | 7- |
| 240 | Tunnel Of Love | 7- |
| 241 | Another Thin Line | 7- |
| 242 | Bishop Danced | 7- |
| 243 | The Power Of Prayer | 7- |
| 244 | White Town | 7- |
| 245 | Rockaway The Days | 7- |
| 246 | Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own | 7- |
| 247 | A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh) | 6,5 |
| 248 | My Lucky Day | 6,5 |
| 249 | The Little Things (my baby does) | 6,5 |
| 250 | Under a Big Sky | 6,5 |
| 251 | Souls Of The Departed | 6,5 |
| 252 | Hurry Up Sundown | 6,5 |
| 253 | Stand On It | 6,5 |
| 254 | Ramrod | 6,5 |
| 255 | Pink Cadillac | 6,5 |
| 256 | Hey Blue Eyes | 6,5 |
| 257 | Rain in the River | 6,5 |
| 258 | Blue Highway | 6,5 |
| 259 | Burnin’ Train | 6,5 |
| 260 | Gun In Every Home | 6,5 |
| 261 | The Wall | 6,5 |
| 262 | Hitch Hikin’ | 6,5 |
| 263 | Magic | 6,5 |
| 264 | Radio Nowhere | 6,5 |
| 265 | Further Up (on the road) | 6,5 |
| 266 | Seven Angels | 6,5 |
| 267 | Heaven’s Wall | 6,5 |
| 268 | The Great Depression | 6,5 |
| 269 | City Of Night | 6,5 |
| 270 | Car Wash | 6,5 |
| 271 | Something in the Well | 6,5 |
| 272 | Farewell Party | 6,5 |
| 273 | Hello Sunshine | 6,5 |
| 274 | Leavin’ Train | 6,5 |
| 275 | Don’t Back On Our Love | 6,5 |
| 276 | Silver Mountain | 6,5 |
| 277 | When I Build My Beautiful House | 6+ |
| 278 | Faithless | 6+ |
| 279 | Devil’s Arcade | 6+ |
| 280 | Livin’ In The Future | 6+ |
| 281 | Moonlight Motel | 6+ |
| 282 | We Are Alive | 6+ |
| 283 | Don’t Back Down | 6+ |
| 284 | Lonely Night In The Park | 6+ |
| 285 | Somewhere North of Nashville | 6+ |
| 286 | I’m Not Sleeping | 6+ |
| 287 | Cutting Knife | 6+ |
| 288 | Maybe I Don't Know You | 6+ |
| 289 | Inyo | 6+ |
| 290 | If I Could Only Be Your Lover | 6+ |
| 291 | Sleepy Joe’s Cafè | 6+ |
| 292 | Ain’t Got You | 6+ |
| 293 | The Big Payback | 6+ |
| 294 | Tv Movie | 6+ |
| 295 | Crush On You | 6+ |
| 296 | One Step Up | 6+ |
| 297 | The Way | 6+ |
| 298 | Valentine’s Day | 6+ |
| 299 | My Best Was Never Good Enough | 6+ |
| 300 | Jesus Was An Only Son | 6+ |
| 301 | Two Faces | 6+ |
| 302 | Maria’s Bed | 6+ |
| 303 | On the prowl | 6+ |
| 304 | God Sent You | 6+ |
| 305 | Countin’ On a Miracle (acoustic) | 6+ |
| 306 | Held Up Without A Gun | 6 |
| 307 | Missing | 6 |
| 308 | Fugitive’s Dream | 6 |
| 309 | Back In Your Arms | 6 |
| 310 | Drive Fast (The Stuntman) | 6 |
| 311 | You’ve Got It | 6 |
| 312 | County Fair | 6 |
| 313 | Easy Money | 6 |
| 314 | Loose Change | 6 |
| 315 | Tiger Rose | 6 |
| 316 | Cindy | 6 |
| 317 | Mr. Outside | 6 |
| 318 | Paradise By The “C” | 6 |
| 319 | Waiting on the End of the World | 6 |
| 320 | Idiot’s Delight | 6 |
| 321 | Detail Man | 6 |
| 322 | One Minute You’re Here | 6 |
| 323 | Down In The Hole | 6 |
| 324 | Follow the Sun | 6 |
| 325 | Leah | 6 |
| 326 | Gave It A Name | 6 |
| 327 | All The Way Home | 6 |
| 328 | 57 Channels (and nothin’ on) | 6 |
| 329 | Blind Spot | 6 |
| 330 | The Fuse | 6 |
| 331 | One False Move | 6 |
| 332 | The Hitter | 6 |
| 333 | Little White Lies | 6 |
| 334 | Late in the Evening | 6 |
| 335 | All God's Children | 6- |
| 336 | Reno | 6- |
| 337 | Last Man Standing | 6- |
| 338 | Child Bride | 6- |
| 339 | Let Me Ride | 6- |
| 340 | Addicted to Romance | 6- |
| 341 | The Man Who Got Away | 6- |
| 342 | Let’s Be Friends (skin to skin) | 6- |
| 343 | Shackled And Drawn | 6- |
| 344 | Jack Of All Trades | 6- |
| 345 | Book Of Dreams | 6- |
| 346 | Lift Me Up | 6- |
| 347 | Paradise | 6- |
| 348 | Chain’ Lightning | 6- |
| 349 | Gloria’s Eyes | 6- |
| 350 | 30 Days Out | 6- |
| 351 | Good Eye | 6- |
| 352 | When You Need Me | 6- |
| 353 | Jim Deer | 6- |
| 354 | Downbound Train (vs1) | 6- |
| 355 | Over The Rise | 6- |
| 356 | When You’re Alone | 6- |
| 357 | Without You | 5,5 |
| 358 | Mary Mary | 5,5 |
| 359 | Richfield Whistle | 5,5 |
| 360 | Silver Palomino | 5,5 |
| 361 | You’ll Be Coming Down | 5,5 |
| 362 | Delivery Man | 5,5 |
| 363 | Perfect World | 5,5 |
| 364 | House of a Thousand Guitar | 5,5 |
| 365 | Henry Boy | 5,5 |
| 366 | Lucky Man | 5,5 |
| 367 | Night Fire | 5,5 |
| 368 | I’ll Stand By You | 5,5 |
| 369 | One Love | 5,5 |
| 370 | All That Heaven Will Allow | 5,5 |
| 371 | Black Mountain Ballad | 5,5 |
| 372 | Indian Town | 5,5 |
| 373 | All Or Nothin’ At All | 5,5 |
| 374 | Soul Driver | 5+ |
| 375 | Outlaw Pete | 5+ |
| 376 | What Love Can Do | 5+ |
| 377 | Fugitive’s Dream (ballad) | 5+ |
| 378 | Rainmaker | 5+ |
| 379 | Goin' to California | 5+ |
| 380 | Queen Of The Supermarket | 5+ |
| 381 | Blind Man | 5+ |
| 382 | The Little Things | 5+ |
| 383 | The Lost Charro | 5+ |
| 384 | Adelita | 5+ |
| 385 | The Honeymooners | 5+ |
| 386 | Between Heaven and Earth | 5 |
| 387 | Little Girl With You | 5 |
| 388 | We Fell Down | 5 |
| 389 | You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone | 5 |
| 390 | My Master’s Hand | 5 |
| 391 | Harry’s Place | 5 |
| 392 | A Night With A Jersey Devil | 5 |
| 393 | Surprise Surprise | 5 |
| 394 | Trouble River | 5 |
| 395 | Kingdom Of Days | 5 |
| 396 | This Life | 5 |
| 397 | Two For The Road | 5- |
| 398 | All I’m Thinking About | 5- |
| 399 | Life Itself | 5- |
| 400 | Part Man, Part Monkey | 5- |
| 401 | High Sierra | 5- |
| 402 | Where You Going, Where You From | 5- |
| 403 | September Kisses | 5- |
| 404 | The Aztec Dance | 5- |
| 405 | Ciudad Juarez | 5- |
| 406 | Our Lady of Monroe | 5- |
| 407 | Sunday Love | 4,5 |
| 408 | Twilight Hours | 4,5 |
| 409 | This Depression | 4,5 |
| 410 | Another You | 4,5 |
| 411 | Swallowed Up (in the belly of the whale) | 4,5 |
| 412 | Seven Tears | 4,5 |
| 413 | Sunliner | 4,5 |
| 414 | El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona) | 4,5 |
| 415 | The Long Goodbye | 4+ |
| 416 | Goin’ Cali | 4+ |
| 417 | Dinner At Eight | 4+ |
| 418 | You Lifted Me Up | 4+ |
| 419 | Lonely Town | 4+ |
| 420 | Trouble In Paradise | 4+ |
| 421 | Real Man | 4 |
| 422 | Two Of Us | 4 |
| 423 | American Beauty | 4 |
| 424 426 427 428 429 430 |
Baby I He’s Guilty You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover The Desert A Prayer By The River The Western Sea My Master’s Hand (theme) |
N.G. |
*: All the songs on the list are by Springsteen, except for Follow That Dream (by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman). However, Bruce’s version can be considered “a different song” compared to the original: it differs in melody, arrangement, and even includes changes to the lyrics compared to the version sung by Elvis Presley in 1962.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)
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I commenti
- Ric - Innanzitutto le mie vive congratulazioni per quest'opera mastodontica, da fan del "Boss" non avevo mai visto nulla di così ambizioso e omnicomprensivo, nemmeno in siti internazionali. Detto questo, lasciami esprimere alcuni personali disaccordi sui voti "estremi". Trovo eccessivamente generose le valutazioni di Streets of Philadelphia, Nebraska (canzone), Born in the USA, Dancing in the Dark, I'm on Fire e Tougher than the Rest, personalmente toglierei minimo due voti, all'ultima che ho menzionato anche tre o quattro. Riguardo alle insufficienze, non sono assolutamente d'accordo su Trouble in Paradise, secondo me una delle sue interpretazioni vocali più intense in assoluto, non è pienamente nel suo stile ma addirittura al terzultimo posto mi sembra davvero eccessivo. Anche i voti a Outlaw Pete, House of a Thousand Guitars, Paradise e soprattutto la meravigliosa The Wish mi sembrano un po' bassini. Comunque mi ripeto, chapeau per la dedizione.
- BARINEDITA - Grazie mille Ric, hai compreso appieno il lavoro che c'è stato dietro. Naturalmente è impossibile essere perfetti in questo caso, quindi ci possono anche stare delle valutazioni criticabili. Grazie ancora per il tuo intervento. Viva Bruce! ps: The Wish...il testo è bellissimo e dal vivo è un'altra cosa, però la versione che c'è su Tracks è a nostro modo di vedere troppo facile e "pop".
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