"Devils. The song was played after every Devils home win at both the then-Meadowlands Arena and Prudential Center. Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song) ""Glory Days"" is a 1984 song, written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. In 1985, it became the fifth single released from his album ""Born in the U.S.A."" The song is a seriocomic tale of a man who now ruefully looks back on his so-called ""glory days"" and those of people he knew during high school. The lyrics to the first verse are autobiographical, being a recount of an encounter Springsteen had with former Little"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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."
"musicians and the 2006 folk rock """" album was recorded and toured with another band, known as The Sessions Band. Headlining tours Co-headlining tours Springsteen has won 20 Grammy Awards out of 50 nominations. Sources 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"
"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"
"Brilliant Disguise ""Brilliant Disguise"" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 album ""Tunnel of Love"". It was released as the first single from the album, reaching the #5 position on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart in the United States. The follow-up single, ""Tunnel of Love"", also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, giving Springsteen two consecutive #1's. The single reached the top ten in four additional countries including Canada and Ireland and the top twenty in Australia, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. ""Brilliant Disguise"" was nominated for Best Male"
"derived largely from rock 'n' roll music of the 50s and 60s, but with a more explicit pop-rock sound than earlier albums. This is apparent in the adoption of Eighties pop-rock hallmarks like the reverberating-tenor drums, very basic percussion/guitar and repetitive lyrics apparent in many of the tracks. The title song pointed to Springsteen's intellectual direction, while a couple of the lesser-known tracks presaged his musical direction. The album sold well, becoming his first No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and a long tour in 1980 and 1981 followed, which included Springsteen's first extended tour of Europe and"
"Theater in Los Angeles. The DVD ""Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon, London '75"", a full-length concert film recorded on November 18, 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London during the brief European portion of their Born to Run tours, this live recording was subsequently released as the CD ""Hammersmith Odeon London '75"". Packages from retailer Best Buy also included a CD single replica of the original ""Born to Run"" 45 single. The box set debuted on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on December 3, 2005 at number 18 with sales of 53,206 copies. In November 2014,"
"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"
"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"
"in The Springfields in February 1962. After entering the British charts with the hit ""Breakaway"" they scored a hit single in the US with ""Silver Threads and Golden Needles"", becoming the first UK vocal group to make the US Top 20. UK chart success continued in 1963 with ""Island of Dreams"" and ""Say I Won't Be There"". They were voted the top British group by readers of the ""NME"" in 1962. The Springfields' final performance was in ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"", the biggest television programme of the day, where they were presented with a trophy by compere Bruce"
"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"
"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"""
"on the Billboard 200. Finally, the performance was included in the DVD release of ""Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City"" on November 6, 2001. This live recording was reissued again as B-side for ""The Rising"" single in July 2002. Once more, it was included as the final track on the November 2003 compilation ""The Essential Bruce Springsteen"", which reached number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. On the 2002–2003 Rising Tour, the second encore of shows was a thematic one that typically centered around ""My City of"
"Been Proved"", originally from movie ""Scandal"", and ""In Private"", both UK Top 20 hits for Springfield in 1989. The culmination of Springfield's new success was the album ""Reputation"", released in 1990. The original album was released only in the UK and reached #18 in the UK Albums Chart, Springfield's first hit album in her native country in over twenty years. In 1997, the album was re-released (this time in America as well) as ""Reputation and Rarities"", and included the entire ""Reputation"" album, along with two tracks recorded for the album, but never used or released until then, the ballads ""Any"
"a whole, although its livelier songs make it ""the kind of album that will be fun to go back to"" if Springsteen improves upon it. According to him in """" (1981), Springsteen eschewed the limiting folk conventions of his first album for a vibrant, quirky style of rock and roll that balances his celebrations of wild youth with a mature embrace of city life: ""This guy may not be God yet, but he has his sleeveless undershirt in the ring."" ""The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle"" made its first appearance on the British albums chart on June"