Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run (With DVD, Anniversary Edition, Remastered, Restored) (2 Cd's) | CD

Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Steve Van Zandt (vocals); Suki Lahav (violin); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); David Sanborn (baritone saxophone); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, background vocals); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Danny Federici (organ); Roy Bittan (keyboards, glockenspiel, background vocals); David Sancious (keyboards); Garry Tallent, Richard Davis (bass); Max Weinberg, Ernest "Boom" Carter (drums); Mike Appel (background vocals).
Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Mike Appel.
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, and 914 Sound Studio, Blauvelt, New York.
Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Bruce Springsteen (horns); Suki Lahav (violin); Steve VanZandt (horns, background vocals); Danny Federici (organ, keyboards); Garry Tallent (bass guitar); Ernest Carter, Max Weinberg (drums); Steven Van Zandt (background vocals); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); David Sanborn (baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Andre (trombone); Roy Bittan (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord, organ, glockenspiel, background vocals); David Sancious (keyboards); Mike Appel (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jimmy Iovine; Bob Clearmountain.
Liner Note Author: Bruce Springsteen.
Recording information: 914 Sound Studio, Blauvett, NY; Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles, CA; Hammersmith Odeon, London, England; Record Plant Studio, New York, NY.
Directors: Thom Zimny; Barry Rebo.
Editor: Thom Zimny.
Photographers: Barbara Pyle; Peter Cunningham; Eric Meola.
BORN TO RUN is the album that turned Springsteen from a phenomenon into a superstar. His first couple of releases found Bruce working out his fascination with Dylan and Van Morrison on earthy, wordy, folk-rock-R&B tunes full of soul and punch. On BORN TO RUN, Springsteen became even more ambitious, synthesizing Spectorian production with Orbison-esque drama and Duane Eddy-influenced guitar work, creating something grand enough to be called rock opera but too proletarian to ever claim that title.
BORN TO RUN was also the first album where the Boss began to crystallize his recurring theme of working class America's doomed-but-passionate rage against its circumstances. With the earnestness and emotion that bursts forth from Springsteen's street poems, the album is never less than exhilarating, and songs like "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (a tongue-in-cheek history of the E Street Band) provide humor. "She's The One" puts the Bo Diddley beat to its most effective post-'50s use, and the title track is Springsteen's quintessential underdog epic.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop
• Released: 11/15/2005