Bruce Springsteen: the ranking and ratings of each of his 349 songs
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giovedì 26 ottobre 2023
Letto: 1095 volte
di Marco Montrone
Over forty years of career, 349 published songs and 18 unpublished albums on the assets.Notizia di proprietà della testata giornalistica © Barinedita (vietata la riproduzione)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 | absolute masterpiece |
| 2 | Darkness On the Edge of Town (1978) | masterpiece |
| 3 | Nebraska (1982) | 10 |
| 4 | The River (1980) | 10- |
| / | 9,5 | |
| 5 | The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973) | 9+ |
| 6 | Born In The Usa (1984) | 9 |
| / | 9- | |
| 7 | The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995) | 8,5 |
| 8 | The Rising (2001) | 8+ |
| 9 | Greetings From Asbury Park (1973) | 8 |
| 10 | Letter To You (2020) | 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- |
| 18 | Working On A Dream (2009) | 5,5 |
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 | Independence Day | 9 |
| 32 | If I Was The Priest | 9 |
| 33 | This Hard Land | 9 |
| 34 | Growin’up | 9 |
| 35 | She’s The One | 9 |
| 36 | The Fever | 9 |
| 37 | Out In The Street | 9 |
| 38 | Spirit In The Night | 9 |
| 39 | Candy’s Room | 9- |
| 40 | Reason To Believe | 9- |
| 41 | Girls In Their Summer Clothes | 9- |
| 42 | Factory | 9- |
| 43 | I Wish I Were Blind | 9- |
| 44 | My Hometown | 9- |
| 45 | The Price You Pay | 9- |
| 46 | Wreck On The Highway | 9- |
| 47 | Drive All Night | 9- |
| 48 | Fire | 9- |
| 49 | The Ties That Bind | 8,5 |
| 50 | Darkness On The Edge Of Town | 8,5 |
| 51 | Hearts Of Stone | 8,5 |
| 52 | Long Walk Home | 8,5 |
| 53 | If I Should Fall Behind | 8,5 |
| 54 | My City Of Ruins | 8,5 |
| 55 | Straight Time | 8,5 |
| 56 | Wild Billy’s Circus Story | 8,5 |
| 57 | Devils & Dust | 8,5 |
| 58 | The Wrestler | 8,5 |
| 59 | Lost In The Flood | 8,5 |
| 60 | Two Hearts | 8,5 |
| 61 | I’ll See You In My Dreams | 8,5 |
| 62 | Hunter Of Invisible Game | 8,5 |
| 63 | Land Of Hope And Dreams | 8,5 |
| 64 | Shut Out The Light | 8,5 |
| 65 | Mansion On The Hill | 8,5 |
| 66 | My Beautiful Reward | 8+ |
| 67 | Matamoros Banks | 8+ |
| 68 | Bobby Jean | 8+ |
| 69 | Kitty’s Back | 8+ |
| 70 | My Father’s House | 8+ |
| 71 | State Trooper | 8+ |
| 72 | With Every Wish | 8+ |
| 73 | Adam Raised A Cain | 8+ |
| 74 | Sherry Darling | 8+ |
| 75 | The Time Was Never Was | 8+ |
| 76 | The Rising | 8+ |
| 77 | Take’Em As They Come | 8+ |
| 78 | Long Time Comin’ | 8+ |
| 79 | Point Blank | 8+ |
| 80 | Song For Orphans | 8+ |
| 81 | Wrecking Ball | 8+ |
| 82 | Zero And Blind Terry | 8+ |
| 83 | Light Of Day | 8 |
| 84 | Lonesome Day | 8 |
| 85 | Youngstown | 8 |
| 86 | Blood Brothers | 8 |
| 87 | The New Timer | 8 |
| 88 | Streets Of Fire | 8 |
| 89 | Jackson Cage | 8 |
| 90 | Glory Days | 8 |
| 91 | American Skin (41 shots) | 8 |
| 92 | Ghosts | 8 |
| 93 | American Land | 8 |
| 94 | Don’t Look Back | 8 |
| 95 | Fade Away | 8 |
| 96 | Night | 8 |
| 97 | Your Own Worst Enemy | 8 |
| 98 | Wages Of Sin | 8 |
| 99 | Mary Queen Of Arkansas | 8 |
| 100 | Loose Ends | 8 |
| 101 | It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City | 8 |
| 102 | Brilliant Disguise | 8 |
| 103 | Linda Let Me Be The One | 8 |
| 104 | Mary Lou | 8- |
| 105 | The Ballad of Jesse James | 8- |
| 106 | Janey Don’t You Lose Heart | 8- |
| 107 | Rendezvous | 8- |
| 108 | Cynthia | 8- |
| 109 | I’m Going Down | 8- |
| 110 | Hungry Heart | 8- |
| 111 | Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? | 8- |
| 112 | Lucky Town | 8- |
| 113 | Working On The Highway | 8- |
| 114 | Waitin’ On A Sunny Day | 8- |
| 115 | Downbound Train | 8- |
| 116 | Human Touch | 8- |
| 117 | Janey Needs A Shooter | 8- |
| 118 | Into the Fire | 8- |
| 119 | Red Headed Woman | 8- |
| 120 | One Way Street | 8- |
| 121 | For you | 8- |
| 122 | Local Hero | 8- |
| 123 | Dry Lightning | 8- |
| 124 | Thundercrack | 8- |
| 125 | Be True | 8- |
| 126 | Used Cars | 8- |
| 127 | Stones | 7,5 |
| 128 | Stolen Car (vs1) | 7,5 |
| 129 | Western Stars | 7,5 |
| 130 | Iceman | 7,5 |
| 131 | Highway 29 | 7,5 |
| 132 | My Love Will Not Let You Down | 7,5 |
| 133 | Bring On The Night | 7,5 |
| 134 | Talk To Me | 7,5 |
| 135 | Seaside Bar Song | 7,5 |
| 136 | Give The Girl A Kiss | 7,5 |
| 137 | Murder Incorporated | 7,5 |
| 138 | Code of Silence | 7,5 |
| 139 | Frankie | 7,5 |
| 140 | Stray Bullet | 7,5 |
| 141 | Empty Sky | 7,5 |
| 142 | None But The Brave | 7,5 |
| 143 | Candy’s Boy | 7,5 |
| 144 | Roulette | 7,5 |
| 145 | Racing in the street (’78) | 7,5 |
| 146 | Restless Night | 7,5 |
| 147 | It’s A Shame | 7,5 |
| 148 | My Lover Man | 7,5 |
| 149 | Happy | 7,5 |
| 150 | Party Lights | 7,5 |
| 151 | When The Lights Go Out | 7+ |
| 152 | Gotta Get That Feeling | 7+ |
| 153 | Cautious Man | 7+ |
| 154 | Man At The Top | 7+ |
| 155 | Santa Ana | 7+ |
| 156 | The E Street Shuffle | 7+ |
| 157 | Open All Night | 7+ |
| 158 | I Wanna Marry You | 7+ |
| 159 | Blinded By The Light | 7+ |
| 160 | The Last Carnival | 7+ |
| 161 | You Can Look (but you better don’t touch) | 7+ |
| 162 | I Wanna Be With You | 7+ |
| 163 | Secret Garden | 7+ |
| 164 | Someday (we’ll be together) | 7+ |
| 165 | Better Days | 7+ |
| 166 | Real World | 7+ |
| 167 | Cadillac Ranch | 7+ |
| 168 | Darlington County | 7+ |
| 169 | Last To Die | 7+ |
| 170 | Across The Border | 7+ |
| 171 | Save My Love | 7+ |
| 172 | So Young And In Love | 7+ |
| 173 | Sad Eyes | 7+ |
| 174 | Mary’s Place | 7+ |
| 175 | You’re Missing | 7+ |
| 176 | Terry’s Song | 7+ |
| 177 | I’m A Rocker | 7 |
| 178 | Frankie Fell In Love | 7 |
| 179 | The Angel | 7 |
| 180 | Where The Bands Are | 7 |
| 181 | Wrong Side Of The Street | 7 |
| 182 | Letter To You | 7 |
| 183 | Cover Me | 7 |
| 184 | Walk Like A Man | 7 |
| 185 | Sinaloa Cowboys | 7 |
| 186 | Breakaway | 7 |
| 187 | Brothers Under The Bridge | 7 |
| 188 | Galveston Bay | 7 |
| 189 | Gipsy Biker | 7 |
| 190 | Man’s Job | 7 |
| 191 | Dollhouse | 7 |
| 192 | Blood Brothers (alternate version) | 7 |
| 193 | Outside Looking In | 7 |
| 194 | Living Proof | 7 |
| 195 | I’ll Work For Your Love | 7 |
| 196 | Brothers Under The Bridges (’83) | 7 |
| 197 | Working On A Dream | 7 |
| 198 | Tomorrow Never Knows | 7 |
| 199 | Spare Parts | 7 |
| 200 | Spanish Eyes | 7 |
| 201 | Worlds Apart | 7 |
| 202 | Countin’ On A miracle | 7- |
| 203 | Death To My Hometown | 7- |
| 204 | Nothing Man | 7- |
| 205 | The Line | 7- |
| 206 | The Brokenhearted | 7- |
| 207 | Rocky Ground | 7- |
| 208 | The Wayfarer | 7- |
| 209 | Black Cowboys | 7- |
| 210 | Dead Man Walkin’ | 7- |
| 211 | Balboa park | 7- |
| 212 | From Small Things (big things one day come) | 7- |
| 213 | We Take Care Of Our Own | 7- |
| 214 | Seeds | 7- |
| 215 | You Can Look (but you better don’t touch)-vs1 | 7- |
| 216 | Ain’t Good Enough For You | 7- |
| 217 | Tucson Train | 7- |
| 218 | Lion’s Den | 7- |
| 219 | There’s Goes My Miracle | 7- |
| 220 | Meet Me In The City | 7- |
| 221 | This Is Your Sword | 7- |
| 222 | Johnny Bye Bye | 7- |
| 223 | Sundown | 7- |
| 224 | Chasin’Wild Horses | 7- |
| 225 | Living On The Edge Of The World | 7- |
| 226 | Leap Of Faith | 7- |
| 227 | Roll Of The Dice | 6,5 |
| 228 | The Big Muddy | 6,5 |
| 229 | Cross My Heart | 6,5 |
| 230 | Tunnel Of Love | 6,5 |
| 231 | Bishop Danced | 6,5 |
| 232 | The Power Of Prayer | 6,5 |
| 233 | White Town | 6,5 |
| 234 | Rockaway The Days | 6,5 |
| 235 | Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own | 6,5 |
| 236 | A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh) | 6,5 |
| 237 | My Lucky Day | 6,5 |
| 238 | The Little Things (my baby does) | 6,5 |
| 239 | Souls Of The Departed | 6,5 |
| 240 | Hurry Up Sundown | 6,5 |
| 241 | Stand On It | 6,5 |
| 242 | Ramrod | 6,5 |
| 243 | Pink Cadillac | 6,5 |
| 244 | Hey Blue Eyes | 6,5 |
| 245 | Burnin’ Train | 6,5 |
| 246 | The Wall | 6,5 |
| 247 | Hitch Hikin’ | 6,5 |
| 248 | Magic | 6,5 |
| 249 | Radio Nowhere | 6,5 |
| 250 | Further Up (on the road) | 6,5 |
| 251 | Seven Angels | 6+ |
| 252 | Heaven’s Wall | 6+ |
| 253 | City Of Night | 6+ |
| 254 | Car Wash | 6+ |
| 255 | Hello Sunshine | 6+ |
| 256 | Leavin’ Train | 6+ |
| 257 | Devil’s Arcade | 6+ |
| 258 | Livin’ In The Future | 6+ |
| 259 | Moonlight Motel | 6+ |
| 260 | We Are Alive | 6+ |
| 261 | Somewhere North of Nashville | 6+ |
| 262 | Sleepy Joe’s Cafè | 6+ |
| 263 | Ain’t Got You | 6+ |
| 264 | The Big Payback | 6+ |
| 265 | Tv Movie | 6+ |
| 266 | Crush On You | 6+ |
| 267 | One Step Up | 6+ |
| 268 | The Way | 6+ |
| 269 | Valentine’s Day | 6+ |
| 270 | My Best Was Never Good Enough | 6+ |
| 271 | Jesus Was An Only Son | 6+ |
| 272 | Two Faces | 6+ |
| 273 | Maria’s Bed | 6 |
| 274 | Countin’ On a Miracle (acoustic) | 6 |
| 275 | Held Up Without A Gun | 6 |
| 276 | Missing | 6 |
| 277 | Back In Your Arms | 6 |
| 278 | Drive Fast (The Stuntman) | 6 |
| 279 | You’ve Got It | 6 |
| 280 | County Fair | 6 |
| 281 | Easy Money | 6 |
| 282 | Loose Change | 6 |
| 283 | Cindy | 6 |
| 284 | Mr. Outside | 6 |
| 285 | Paradise By The “C” | 6 |
| 286 | One Minute You’re Here | 6 |
| 287 | Down In The Hole | 6 |
| 288 | Leah | 6 |
| 289 | Gave It A Name | 6 |
| 290 | All The Way Home | 6 |
| 291 | 57 Channels (and nothin’ on) | 6 |
| 292 | The Fuse | 6 |
| 293 | The Hitter | 6 |
| 294 | Little White Lies | 6 |
| 295 | Reno | 6- |
| 296 | Last Man Standing | 6- |
| 297 | Addicted to Romance | 6- |
| 298 | The Man Who Got Away | 6- |
| 299 | Let’s Be Friends (skin to skin) | 6- |
| 300 | Shackled And Drawn | 6- |
| 301 | Jack Of All Trades | 6- |
| 302 | Book Of Dreams | 6- |
| 303 | Lift Me Up | 6- |
| 304 | Paradise | 6- |
| 305 | Chain’ Lightning | 6- |
| 306 | Gloria’s Eyes | 6- |
| 307 | 30 Days Out | 6- |
| 308 | Good Eye | 6- |
| 309 | When You Need Me | 6- |
| 310 | Over The Rise | 6- |
| 311 | When You’re Alone | 6- |
| 312 | The Wish | 6- |
| 313 | Without You | 5,5 |
| 314 | Mary Mary | 5,5 |
| 315 | Silver Palomino | 5,5 |
| 316 | You’ll Be Coming Down | 5,5 |
| 317 | House of a Thousand Guitar | 5,5 |
| 318 | Henry Boy | 5,5 |
| 319 | Lucky Man | 5,5 |
| 320 | Night Fire | 5,5 |
| 321 | I’ll Stand By You | 5+ |
| 322 | All That Heaven Will Allow | 5+ |
| 323 | All Or Nothin’ At All | 5+ |
| 324 | Soul Driver | 5+ |
| 325 | Outlaw Pete | 5+ |
| 326 | What Love Can Do | 5+ |
| 327 | Rainmaker | 5 |
| 328 | Queen Of The Supermarket | 5 |
| 329 | The Honeymooners | 5 |
| 330 | Harry’s Place | 5 |
| 331 | A Night with A Jersey Devil | 5 |
| 332 | Surprise Surprise | 5 |
| 333 | Trouble River | 5- |
| 334 | Kingdom Of Days | 5- |
| 335 | This Life | 5- |
| 336 | Two For The Road | 5- |
| 337 | All I’m Thinking About | 5- |
| 338 | Life Itself | 4,5 |
| 339 | Part Man, Part Monkey | 4,5 |
| 340 | This Depression | 4,5 |
| 341 | Swallowed Up (in the belly of the whale) | 4,5 |
| 342 | The Long Goodbye | 4+ |
| 343 | Goin’ Cali | 4+ |
| 344 | Trouble In Paradise | 4+ |
| 345 | Real Man | 4 |
| 346 | American Beauty | 4 |
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