What was Bruce Springsteen's first number one album in the U.K.
"Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and leader of the E Street Band. Nicknamed ""The Boss,"" he is recognized for his poetic lyrics, his Jersey Shore roots, his distinctive voice, and lengthy, energetic stage performances. Springsteen has recorded both rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, ""Born to Run"" (1975) and ""Born in the U.S.A."" (1984) find pleasures in the struggles of daily American life. He has sold more than 135 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States, making him one"
"4,000,000. In the United Kingdom the album entered at number one on March 11, 1995, and topped the chart for two non consecutive weeks. It was present on the chart for one hundred thirty four weeks. It was certified four times platinum by the BPI on March 21, 2014 denoting shipments of 1,200,000 units. Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album) Greatest Hits is Bruce Springsteen's first compilation album, released February 27, 1995, on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years along with four new songs at the end, mostly"
"1. ""Blinded by the Light"" 2. ""Growin' Up"" 3. ""Mary Queen of Arkansas"" 4. ""Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?"" 5. ""Lost in the Flood"" 6. ""The Angel"" 7. ""For You"" 8. ""Spirit in the Night"" 9. ""It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"" ""The album first charted in the UK on 15 June 1985, in the wake of the"" Born in the USA ""tour arriving in Britain, and remained in the Top 100 for ten weeks."" Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was"
"the United Kingdom, the album also debuted at No.1, his 10th No. 1s on the UK chart. Notes High Hopes (album) High Hopes is the eighteenth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released January 14, 2014, on Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's 11th #1 album in the United States, placing him third all-time for most No. 1 albums only behind The Beatles and Jay-Z. It was his tenth No. 1 in the UK, putting him joint fifth all-time and level with The Rolling Stones and U2. ""Rolling Stone"" named it the second-best album of 2014 on their"
"those people living at home ""he thought he knew, whose ideals he had something in common with, are like strangers."" ""Magic"" received highly positive reviews and was Springsteen's seventh number one in the UK, with first week sales of 77,692, making it his fastest-starting release of the 21st century. The album debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200 chart, becoming Springsteen's eighth #1 album in the US and selling about 335,000 copies in its first week. After falling to number two for one week, the album rose again to number one, selling about 77,000 copies that week. The"
"most of ""Girl"" was always going to be a given after the success of ""Get Lucky"" and ""Blurred Lines"", but what is surprising is its lyrical content, which is celebratory of women's power and sexuality, unlike his Robin Thicke collaboration."" ""Girl"" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on March 9, 2014. With first-week sales of over 70,000 copies, it was the fastest-selling album of 2014 in the UK at the time of its release, overtaking Bruce Springsteen's ""High Hopes"" by 45% and being certified Silver. As of February 2015, ""Girl"" has sold 320,000 copies in the UK"
"and angry, which can lead to mixed outcomes. It also — which may be a surprise on an album billed as a broadside — holds some of Springsteen’s most elaborate studio concoctions since ""Born to Run""."" The album debuted at No. 1 in 16 different countries including both the US and UK charts with approximately 196,000 and 74,000 records sold, respectively. ""Wrecking Ball"" became Springsteen's tenth No. 1 album in the United States, tying him with Elvis Presley for third-most No. 1 albums of all-time. Only the Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (12) have more No. 1 albums. By November 2013,"
"copies. It spent 13 weeks on the chart. The album was awarded gold and platinum records on December 16, 2003, by the RIAA, and has sold 1,079,000 copies in the USA. as of August 2013. ""The Essential Bruce Springsteen"" also reached #15 on the UK Albums Chart in 2013. The album was re-released with an updated track list in October 2015. The album received general acclaim from music critics, who appreciated its captivation of Springsteen's most recognizable hits throughout his career and called it ""a better compilation album than ""Greatest Hits"""", which was released in 1995. The Essential Bruce Springsteen"
"Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album) Greatest Hits is Bruce Springsteen's first compilation album, released February 27, 1995, on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years along with four new songs at the end, mostly recorded with the E Street Band in 1995. The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s. Some of the songs are shorter versions of the original album releases. The incorporation of the ""new"" tracks was portrayed in the 1996 documentary ""Blood Brothers"". ""Murder Incorporated"" and"
"Springsteen's ""The River"" in 1980. ""Rattle and Hum"" also reached number one in the UK and Australian charts. In the UK, it sold 360,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling album at that point (a record it held until the release of Oasis's ""Be Here Now"" in 1997). In 1989, while at a press tour in Sydney, Australia (where the band was touring with B.B. King and working on demos for the follow-up album ""Achtung Baby""), Bono stated, ""making movies: that's the nonsense of rock & roll"", which ""Rolling Stone"" magazine claimed was almost an apology for"
"show shoes to Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates. Bruce Springsteen hit number one for the seventh time on the UK album charts with new album ""Magic"". In a controversial move, Radiohead released their new album ""In Rainbows"" online, and allowed their fans to download it for any set price they want from £0.00-£100. The Charlatans announce that they are to follow suit, by releasing their album for free from XFM's website in 2008. They release ""You Cross My Path"" as a free mp3 through the XFM site. The Verve unleash their first new material for 10 years, a 14-minute demo"
"High Hopes (album) High Hopes is the eighteenth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released January 14, 2014, on Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's 11th #1 album in the United States, placing him third all-time for most No. 1 albums only behind The Beatles and Jay-Z. It was his tenth No. 1 in the UK, putting him joint fifth all-time and level with The Rolling Stones and U2. ""Rolling Stone"" named it the second-best album of 2014 on their year-end list. The album features Springsteen's regular backing band, the E Street Band, plus guitarist Tom Morello. Contributions"
"unfavorable, saying that a lot of Bruce's hits and popular album tracks were missing, that ""Murder Incorporated"" was better than the other new songs, and that ""The Essential Bruce Springsteen"" was much better than ""Greatest Hits"". The album debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 the week of March 18, 1995 with more than 250,000 copies sold, it remained on the chart for forty-three weeks. As of March, 2009 it has sold over 4,092,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was certified four times platinum by the RIAA on July 23, 1999 for shipments of"
"The Essential Bruce Springsteen The Essential Bruce Springsteen is a compilation album by Bruce Springsteen, released November 11, 2003. The collection is part of a series of ""Essential"" sets released by Sony BMG (previously Sony Music Entertainment). It includes songs from various Springsteen albums and concerts up to the year 2003. The third disc includes previously unreleased cuts, B-sides, contributions to soundtracks and benefit albums, covers, and an alternate, ""country-blues"" acoustic version of ""Countin' on a Miracle"" from ""The Rising"". The album debuted on the ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart on November 29, 2003, at number 14, with sales of 90,000"
"on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on March 18, 2006 at number 93 with sales of approximately 12,000 copies sold. It spent two weeks on the chart. ""Hammersmith Odeon '75"", with the exception of some songs on the ""Live/1975-85"" box set, stands so far as the only full-length, official release that gives a snapshot of Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert at this early point in their musical career. All songs by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted. Note Hammersmith Odeon London '75 Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 is a concert video and the fourth live album by Bruce Springsteen"
"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos from July through September 1972 at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios. The album was released January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records to average sales but positive critical reviews. ""Blinded by the Light"" and ""Spirit in the Night"" were released as singles by Columbia, both failing to reach the U.S. charts; however, ""Blinded by the Light"" was later covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1977, reaching number one in the United States and"
"in the UK. The Irish boy band Boyzone took the song to #2 in the UK in 1994. By 1976, though, the group's record sales were softening; Osmondmania had long faded and been replaced by ""Rollermania"", as the Bay City Rollers became the hot pop band of choice in the mid-1970s. Their 1975 album ""The Proud One"" sold poorly (despite the title track providing a chart-topping easy listening hit and the group's last U.S. top-40 hit to date), and MGM Records was sold to PolyGram. Their first album on the subsidiary label Polydor was the album ""Brainstorm""; that album sold"
"in the Dark"", which peaked at number two for four weeks. ""Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."" first charted in the United Kingdom on June 15, 1985, in the wake of Springsteen's ""Born in the USA"" tour arriving in Britain; it remained in the top 100 for ten weeks. On November 22, 2009, ""Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."" was played in its entirety for the first time by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, to celebrate the last show of the ""Working on a Dream"" tour. In a contemporary review for ""Rolling"
"sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. ""Island of Dreams"" rose to the UK No. 5 at the beginning of 1963, and stayed in the charts for six months. The follow-up, ""Say I Won't Be There"", was also No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. By this time, the Springfields were one of the most popular groups in the UK. The group had several chart hits and had recorded several foreign language records. However, Dusty Springfield felt limited by the group's folk act and Tom's lead role within the trio and, towards the end of 1963,"
"was his first U.S. pop singles chart top ten hit single, reaching number five. (Springsteen had not intended the song to be for himself, having initially written it for The Ramones; manager/producer Jon Landau convinced Springsteen to keep the song for himself.) The album hit number one on the U.S. pop albums chart, a first for Springsteen, and sold 1.6 million copies in the U.S. between its release and Christmas. ""Fade Away"" reached number 20. The album was followed by a lengthy tour of North America and Western Europe during 1980 and 1981. Since its release, ""The River"" has been"
"on side A, side B, side C and side D (written on label as side 1, side 2, side 3 and side 4 respectively). The Rising (album) The Rising is the 12th studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released on July 30, 2002 on Columbia Records. In addition to being Springsteen's first studio album in seven years, it was also his first with the E Street Band in 18 years. Based in large part on Springsteen's reflections during the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the album predominantly centers upon themes of relationship struggles, existential crisis and"
"story in itself as critics began wondering if Springsteen was for real or the product of record company promotion. Upset with Columbia's promotion department, Springsteen said the decision to label him as the ""future of rock was a very big mistake and I would like to strangle the guy who thought that up."" When Springsteen arrived for his first UK concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, he personally tore down the ""Finally the world is ready for Bruce Springsteen"" posters in the lobby and ordered that the buttons with ""I have seen the future of rock 'n' roll at the Hammersmith"
"The Rising (album) The Rising is the 12th studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released on July 30, 2002 on Columbia Records. In addition to being Springsteen's first studio album in seven years, it was also his first with the E Street Band in 18 years. Based in large part on Springsteen's reflections during the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the album predominantly centers upon themes of relationship struggles, existential crisis and social uplift. Upon its release, ""The Rising"" was a critical and commercial success, and hailed as the triumphant return for Springsteen. It debuted at"
"in the mid-1970s, ""Back Door Man"". In the post-punk era several well-written fanzines emerged that cast an almost academic look at earlier, neglected musical forms, including Mike Stax' ""Ugly Things"", Billy Miller and Miriam Linna's ""Kicks"", Jake Austen's ""Roctober"", Kim Cooper's ""Scram"", P. Edwin Letcher's ""Garage & Beat"", and the UK's Shindig! and Italy's ""Misty Lane"". In the 1980s, with the rise of stadium superstars, many home-grown rock fanzines emerged. At the peak of Bruce Springsteen's megastardom following the ""Born in the U.S.A."" album and Born in the U.S.A. Tour in the mid-1980s, there were no less than five Springsteen"
"copies in its first week of release, knocking off a seven-week continuous run by Taylor Swift's ""Fearless"". It was Springsteen's ninth number one album in the United States. This tied him with The Rolling Stones for the fourth-highest total in that regard; only The Beatles (with 19), Jay-Z (with 11), and Elvis Presley (with 10) have more. ""Working on a Dream"" also debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top Internet Albums chart. In all, it reached No. 1 in 17 countries around the world, and reached the Top 10 almost"
"Human Touch Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. The album was released March 31, 1992, the same day as ""Lucky Town"". It was the more popular of the two, peaking at number two on the ""Billboard"" 200, with ""Human Touch"" (paired with ""Lucky Town""'s ""Better Days"") peaking at number one on the Mainstream Rock chart and #16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. ""Human Touch"" has since sold more than one million copies in the United States. ""Human Touch"" was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance at the 1993 Grammy Awards. Not long after Springsteen broke"
"in a rock setting, with a rhythm intro on electric guitar as well as Springsteen's solos on the outro. Springsteen played outro solos on most of the rock numbers, including ""Lucky Town"". The album reached number 4 in a seven-week run on the UK chart. All songs written by Bruce Springsteen A VHS release of the show preceded any audio release, coming on December 15, 1992 and running 120 minutes. More songs were present here than on the later audio incarnation and on what actually aired on MTV. On November 9, 2004, a DVD reissuing of this performance was released."
"Born to Run Born to Run is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. As his effort to break into the mainstream, the album was a commercial success, peaking at number three on the ""Billboard"" 200 and eventually selling six million copies in the United States. Two singles were released from the album: ""Born to Run"" and ""Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out""; the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity. The tracks ""Thunder Road"", ""She's the One"", and ""Jungleland"" became staples of album-oriented rock radio and Springsteen concert high points. ""Born to Run"" garnered widespread acclaim when it was first"
"for the second time. On the fourth week in the chart, the album dropped to number three, after Bruce Springsteen's ""Wrecking Ball"" debuted at number one and the Military Wives's ""In My Dreams"" charted at number two. Despite the album on aim to chart at number one on the Irish Album Chart, the album debuted at number two. Fifteen weeks after the album was first released, the album reclaimed the number one spot on sales of only 13,430 copies, the lowest sales for a number-one album since Ace of Base's ""Happy Nation"" sold 12,042 copies at number one in June"
"Devils & Dust Devils & Dust is the thirteenth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, and his third acoustic album (after ""Nebraska"" and ""The Ghost of Tom Joad""). It was released on April 25, 2005 in Europe and on April 26, 2005, in the United States. It debuted at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. Springsteen was very open about the fact that many of the songs from ""Devils & Dust"" dated back a decade or more. Springsteen wrote the song ""All the Way Home"" for Southside Johnny to use in his album ""Better Days"""
"15, 1985. In the wake of Springsteen's ""Born in the U.S.A. Tour"" arriving in Britain, the record hit number 33 and remained in the Top 100 for 12 weeks. ""The Rolling Stone Album Guide"" (1992) later called the album a ""masterpiece"", ""cinematic in its sweep"" and densely poetic with ""vignettes of urban dreams and adolescent restlessness"". ""Goldmine"" magazine's Rush Evans said it was not only a five-star album but also Springsteen's ""most overlooked album ... to those who know its seven richly vivid songs, it is recognized as an innovative masterpiece."" Reviewing it for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann felt the record"
"UK Albums Chart. In 1981 the group also achieved their first UK number one with their first live album, ""No Sleep 'til Hammersmith"", which was supported by the release of a live recording of ""Motörhead"" which reached number six in the UK. The band also collaborated with Girlschool (as Headgirl) on the EP ""St. Valentine's Day Massacre"", which reached number 5 in the UK. Clarke left the band in 1982. Clarke was replaced by former Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, who performed on the top-20 album ""Another Perfect Day"". In 1984 Robertson was replaced by Phil Campbell and Michael ""Würzel"""
"songs from his upcoming album. The subsequent ""No Nukes"" live album, as well as the following summer's ""No Nukes"" documentary film, represented the first official recordings and footage of Springsteen's fabled live act, as well as Springsteen's first tentative dip into political involvement. Springsteen continued to focus on working-class life with the 20-song double album ""The River"" in 1980, which included an intentionally paradoxical range of material from good-time party rockers to emotionally intense ballads, and finally yielded his first hit Top Ten single as a performer, ""Hungry Heart"". Like the previous two albums, musical styles on ""The River"" were"