Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run

‘Born to Run’, recently remastered from its original analogue masters, stands out among albums for its powerful message of hope and opportunity along with the excitement of travelling on the open road. It narrates stories about people hailing from a small-town in Jersey searching for an improved existence by speeding through highways one moment or making momentary arrangements at other times; they even considered fleeing away somewhere West where no one could find them or perhaps right across the river to bustling New York City. Songs such as ‘Jungleland,’ ‘Thunder Road,’ ‘Backstreets’, etc., are enormous undertakings incorporating influence taken from legends like Phil Specter, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley as well as West Side Story. Upon its release in 1975, then-unknown Springsteen earned simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek magazines – quite remarkable! Such attention was warranted then and holds true even today.