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Born to Run

Born to Run is the third album by the American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band....
. It was released on August 25, 1975 through Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
. It captured the heaviness of Springsteen's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences.

Born to Run was a critical and commercial success and became Springsteen's breakthrough album. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
and reached high positions on charts worldwide.

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Born to Run is the third album by the American rock

Rock music

Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Columbia Records

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
and reached high positions on charts worldwide. Two single

Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
s were released from the album: "Born to Run

Born to Run (song)

"Born to Run" is a song from United States singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run....
" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is the second song on Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album Born to Run.The song loosely tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band....
", the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity. The tracks "Thunder Road

Thunder Road (song)

"Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is consistently ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and one of the top rock songs of all time....
" and "Jungleland

Jungleland

"Jungleland" is an almost ten-minute long, epic closing song on Bruce Springsteen's classic 1975 album Born to Run, and tells a tale of the love between the "Rat" and the "Barefoot Girl" amid the backdrop of gang violence....
" became staples of album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock is a United States FM broadcasting Radio format focusing on album tracks by Rock music artists....
radio and Springsteen concert high points. The album has been placed on several "best ever" lists and is listed in the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
' National Recording Registry

National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed...
of historic recordings.

On November 14, 2005, a "30th Anniversary" remaster of the album was released as a box set including two DVDs: a production diary film and a concert movie.

History

Springsteen began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second album by Bruce Springsteen and the as-yet-unnamed E Street Band, it is described by Allmusic as "one of the greatest albums in the history of rock & roll." It was released in 1973 in music....
, released in 1973. Given an enormous budget in a last-ditch effort at a commercially viable record, Springsteen became bogged down in the recording process while striving for a wall of sound

Wall of Sound

The Wall of Sound is a music production technique for pop and rock music recordings developed by record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios during the 1960s....
production. But, fed by the release of an early mix of "Born to Run

Born to Run (song)

"Born to Run" is a song from United States singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run....
" to progressive rock radio

Progressive rock (radio format)

Progressive rock is a radio station Radio programming Radio format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the disc jockeys are given wide latitude in what they may play, similar to the freeform but with the proviso that some kind of rock music is almost always what is played....
, anticipation built toward the album's release. All in all the album took more than 14 months to record, with six months alone spent on the song "Born To Run" itself. During this time Springsteen battled with anger and frustration over the album, saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the studio. During the process, Springsteen brought in Jon Landau

Jon Landau

Jon Landau is an United States music critic, Talent manager and record producer, most known for his association in all three capacities with Bruce Springsteen....
to help with production. This was the beginning of the breakup of Springsteen's relationship with producer and manager Mike Appel

Mike Appel

Mike Appel is an United States music industry Talent manager and record producer, most known for his role in both capacities early in the career of Bruce Springsteen....
, after which Landau assumed both roles.

Once released, Born to Run was a breakthrough hit and catapulted his career from a northeast regional act to an acclaimed national and worldwide recording artist. This was his first album to feature pianist Roy Bittan

Roy Bittan

Roy Bittan is an United States keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed "The Professor", plays the piano, organ , accordion and synthesizers....
and drummer Max Weinberg

Max Weinberg

Maxwell Sachel Weinberg is an United States drummer and television personality, most widely known as the drummer of the E Street Band since 1974 and as the leader of The Max Weinberg 7, the house band for Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as the upcoming The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien....
. Born to Run was released to overwhelming critical acclaim which swiftly spiralled into hype. While his previous two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was the first album recorded by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1973 in music and sold about 25,000 copies in the first year....
and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, received good reviews, popular success had been scarce; Born to Run cemented Springsteen's reputation among critics and established his first mainstream fanbase.

The album is noted for its use of introductions to set the tone of each song (all of the record was composed on piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
, not guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
), and for the Phil Spector

Phil Spector

Harvey Philip Spector is an United Statesn record producer and songwriter.The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s' girl group sound and clocked in over twenty-five Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965....
-like "Wall of Sound

Wall of Sound

The Wall of Sound is a music production technique for pop and rock music recordings developed by record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios during the 1960s....
" arrangements and production. Indeed, Springsteen has said that he wanted "Born to Run

Born to Run (song)

"Born to Run" is a song from United States singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run....
" to sound like "Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
singing Bob Dylan, produced by Spector." Most of the tracks were first recorded with a core rhythm section band comprising Springsteen, Weinberg, Bittan, and bassist Garry Tallent

Garry Tallent

Garry Tallent , sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an United States musician and record producer, best known for being the longtime bass guitar player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
, with other members' contributions then added on.

In terms of the original LP's sequencing, Springsteen eventually adopted a "four corners

Four Corners (disambiguation)

Four Corners is a point in the southwestern United States where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet.Four Corners may also refer to:...
" approach, as the songs beginning each side ("Thunder Road", "Born to Run") were uplifting odes to escape, while the songs ending each side ("Backstreets", "Jungleland") were sad epics of loss, betrayal, and defeat (Originally, he had planned to begin and end the album with alternative versions of "Thunder Road".)

Also, original pressings have "Meeting Across the River" billed as "The Heist". The original album cover has the title printed in a graffiti style font. These copies are very rare and considered to be the "holy grail" for Springsteen collectors.

Release and reception

The album's release was accompanied by a $250,000 promotional campaign by Columbia directed at both consumers and the music industry, making good use of Landau's "I saw rock 'n' roll's future—and its name is Bruce Springsteen" quote. With much publicity, Born to Run vaulted into the top 10 in its second week on the charts and soon went Gold. Time and Newsweek magazines put Springsteen on the cover in the same week, and the question of hype became a 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 Odeon" printed on them not be given out. Now fearing the hype might backfire, Columbia suspended all press interviews with Springsteen.

When the hype died down, sales tapered off and the album was off the chart after 29 weeks. But the album had established a solid national fan base for Springsteen which he would build on with each subsequent release.

Born to Run continued to be a strong catalog seller through the years, re-entering the Billboard chart in late 1980 after The River
The River (album)

The River is a double album by Bruce Springsteen released in 1980 in music....
was released, and again after the blockbuster success of Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1984 .In contrast to his previous album, the critical favorite Nebraska , Born in the U.S.A. featured anthemic, radio-friendly arrangements and 1980s production incorporating Springsteen's first use of synthesizers....
, spending most of 1985 on the chart. It was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of a large number of private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, which the RIAA claims "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recor...
in 1986, the first year in which pre-1976 releases were eligible for platinum and multi-platinum awards.

In 1987, Born to Run was ranked #8 on Rolling Stone's "Top 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years" and in 2003, Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" ranked Born to Run at number 18. In 2001, the TV network VH1

VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
named it the 27th-greatest album of all time, and in 2003, it was ranked as the most popular album in the first Zagat Survey

Zagat Survey

Zagat Survey was established by Tim Zagat and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York, New York, the Zagats surveyed their friends....
Music Guide.

Born to Run is listed in the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed...
of historic recordings.

In December 2005, U.S. Representative Frank Pallone

Frank Pallone

Frank Pallone Jr. is an United States Democratic Party politician, who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives where he represents New Jersey's New Jersey's 6th congressional district ....
(who represents Asbury Park) and 21 co-sponsors sponsored H.Res. 628, "Congratulating Bruce Springsteen of New Jersey on the 30th anniversary of his masterpiece record album 'Born to Run', and commending him on a career that has touched the lives of millions of Americans." In general, resolutions honoring native sons are passed with a simple voice vote. This bill, however, was referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and died there.

Album cover

The cover art of Born to Run is one of rock music's most popular and iconic images. It was taken by Eric Meola

Eric Meola

Eric Meola is an American photographer. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 and is self-taught in the art of photography. In New York he apprenticed under photographer Pete Turner, who influenced Meola's use of saturated color and graphic design....
, who shot 900 frames in his three hour session. These photos have been compiled in Born to Run: The Unseen Photos.

The photo shows Springsteen holding an electric guitar, a cross between a Fender Telecaster

Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-Pick up , solid-body electric guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation....
(body and pickups) and a Fender Esquire

Fender Esquire

The Fender Esquire is a solid body electric guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and was the first guitar sold by Fender in 1950....
(neck), while leaning against saxophonist Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons nicknamed The Big Man, is an United States musician, best known as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
. After he plugged in an amp and started to play, he casually leaned on Clemons. That image became famous as the cover art. "Other things happened," says Meola, "but when we saw the contact sheets, that one just sort of popped. Instantly, we knew that was the shot." Ultra-thin lettering graced the mass produced version: an unusual touch then; a design classic since.

The Springsteen and Clemons cover pose has been imitated often, from Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....
on the album Next Position Please
Next Position Please

Next Position Please is a studio album by Cheap Trick, produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1983 in music. It was the band's seventh studio album and eighth release overall....
, to Tom

Tom Magliozzi

Thomas Louis Magliozzi is a Peabody Award-winning American Talk radio host. He and his younger brother Ray Magliozzi, also known collectively as Click and Clack , The Tappet Brothers, are the hosts of National Public Radio's Car Talk....
and Ray Magliozzi

Ray Magliozzi

Raymond F. Magliozzi is a co-host of NPR's winning weekly radio show, Car Talk. They are known as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers". Their show was honoured with a Peabody Award in 1992....
on the cover of the Car Talk
Car Talk

Car Talk is a Talk radio broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. Its subjects are automobiles and repair, and it often takes humorous turns....
compilation, Born Not to Run: More Disrespectful Car Songs, to Bert

Bert

Bert is a fictional character, a The Muppets on the Public Broadcasting Service's long-running children's television show, Sesame Street. Bert was originally performed by Frank Oz....
and the Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster is a fictional The Muppets character on the children's television series Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!", and "Om nom nom nom" ....
on the cover of the Sesame Street
Sesame Street

Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
album, Born to Add.

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen

Side one

"Thunder Road
Thunder Road (song)

"Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is consistently ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and one of the top rock songs of all time....
" – 4:49
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is the second song on Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album Born to Run.The song loosely tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band....
" – 3:11
"Night" – 3:00
"Backstreets
Backstreets (song)

Backstreets is a song from the album Born to Run, which was released in 1975. It deals with the relationship between two friends: the narrator and Terry....
" – 6:30

Side two

"Born to Run
Born to Run (song)

"Born to Run" is a song from United States singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run....
" – 4:31
"She's the One" – 4:30
"Meeting Across the River
Meeting Across the River

"Meeting Across the River" was the seventh track on Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough 1975 album, Born to Run; it also appeared as the b-side of "Born to Run ", the lead single from that album....
" – 3:18
"Jungleland
Jungleland

"Jungleland" is an almost ten-minute long, epic closing song on Bruce Springsteen's classic 1975 album Born to Run, and tells a tale of the love between the "Rat" and the "Barefoot Girl" amid the backdrop of gang violence....
" – 9:36

30th Anniversary Edition

On November 14, 2005, Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
released Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition in box set form. The package included:

a remastered CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
version of the original album - the CD is all black (including playback side) with the label side replicating the original vinyl disc having four bands (the original LP had four tracks per side) and including a modified red Columbia label listing all 8 tracks
the DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
Wings For Wheels, a lengthy documentary on the making of the album, which later won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video

The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. A similar award for Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has also been awarded since 1984....

with bonus film of three songs recorded live on May 1, 1973 at the Ahmanson 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
Born to Run tours

Born to Run was Bruce Springsteen's last, best hope for fortune and fame. As such it became a torturous recording process, and to make ends meet Springsteen and the E Street Band concert tour constantly during the first set of recording sessions for it, performing his new songs as he developed them....
.

this live recording was subsequently released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London '75
Hammersmith Odeon London '75

Hammersmith Odeon London '75 is both a concert video and the fourth live album by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, released in 2006 . It is a full-length recording of their performance on 18 November 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, during their Born to Run tours....

Packages from retailer Best Buy

Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. is a Fortune 500 company and the largest specialty Retailing of consumer electronics in the United States accounting for 21% of the market....
also included:

a CD single
CD single

A CD single is a single in the form of a standard size compact disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor....
replica of the original "Born to Run
Born to Run (song)

"Born to Run" is a song from United States singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run....
" 45 single.

The box set debuted on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
album chart on December 3, 2005 at number 18 with sales of 53,206 copies. It spent 6 weeks on the chart.

Personnel

The E Street Band

Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan

Roy Bittan is an United States keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed "The Professor", plays the piano, organ , accordion and synthesizers....
– piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
, Fender Rhodes, background vocals
Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
Ernest "Boom" Carter – drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
on "Born to Run"
Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons nicknamed The Big Man, is an United States musician, best known as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
– saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
s, tambourine
Tambourine

The tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the Percussion instrument family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"....
, background vocals
Danny Federici
Danny Federici

Daniel Paul "Danny" Federici was an United States musician, most known as the longtime organ , glockenspiel and accordion player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
– organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
, glockenspiel
Glockenspiel

File:Glockenspiel-malletech.jpgFile:GlockenspielSousaphone.jpgThe glockenspiel is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family....
on "Born to Run"
Suki Lahav
Suki Lahav

Tzruya "Suki" Lahav is an Israeli violinist and vocalist, who was known for being a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band from September 1974 to March 1975, and an actress, lyricist, screenwriter, and novelist, who in years since has achieved success in Hebrew language works in Israel....
– violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
on "Jungleland"
David Sancious
David Sancious

David Sancious is an United States musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on the 1992 album Human Touch....
– piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
, organ on "Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band....
– vocals
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
, guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
s, harmonica
Harmonica

The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
, percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
, horn arrangements
Garry W. Tallent
Garry Tallent

Garry Tallent , sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an United States musician and record producer, best known for being the longtime bass guitar player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
– bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt is an United States musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve....
– horn arrangements on "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out"; background vocals on "Thunder Road"
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg

Maxwell Sachel Weinberg is an United States drummer and television personality, most widely known as the drummer of the E Street Band since 1974 and as the leader of The Max Weinberg 7, the house band for Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as the upcoming The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien....
– drums

Additional musicians

Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre

Wayne Andre was an American jazz trombone, best known for his work as a session musician.Andre's father was a saxophonist, and he took private music lessons from age 15....
– trombone
Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate....
Mike Appel
Mike Appel

Mike Appel is an United States music industry Talent manager and record producer, most known for his role in both capacities early in the career of Bruce Springsteen....
– background vocals
Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane,"[1] he won 15 Grammys as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007....
– tenor saxophone
Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the Alto saxophone, is the most common size of saxophone....
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker

Randal "Randy" Brecker is an United States trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock , and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Frank Zappa, Parliament-Fun...
– trumpet
Trumpet

The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
, flugelhorn
Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical Bore . Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the keyed bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus predating Adolphe Sax's innovative work....
Charles Calello – conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
, string arrangements
Richard Davis
Richard Davis

Richard Davis is an United States double bass player who has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1977. Originally from Chicago, he first became known in that city before establishing himself in New York City for twenty-three years....
– double bass
Double bass

The double bass or contrabass is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow string instrument used in the modern orchestra. It is a standard member of the string section of the orchestra and smaller string musical ensembles in European classical music....
David Sanborn
David Sanborn

David Sanborn is an United States alto saxophone saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental Pop music and R&B....
– baritone saxophone
Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the larger and lower pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax....

Production

John Berg – album design
Greg Calbi – mastering
Andy Engel – album design
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig

Bob Ludwig is an United States Audio mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. Ludwig's craftsmanship is appreciated widely within the music profession, as testified by his extensive credits and demand for his work....
– re-mastering
Eric Meola – photography
Photography

Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an ....

Engineers

Andy Abrams
Angie Arcuri
Ricky Delena
Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine

James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine , is a music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.He has worked with bands including U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Wallflowers, Three Dog Night, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen....
Louis Lahav
Thom Panunzio
Thom Panunzio

Thom Panunzio is an audio engineer originally working at Record Plant Studios in New York. Since the mid-1970s he has engineered and produced albums by Willie Nile, Nuclear Valdez, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Willy DeVille, Tony Richards and The Kman Band, and Bob Dylan....
Corky Stasiak
David Thoener

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Notes
1975	US Record World Record World *Record World* magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Box magazines....	1 (1 week)	initial release
1975	US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....	3	initial release
1975	UK Album Chart	36
1985	US Billboard 200	101	re-entry at time of Born in the U.S.A.
1985	UK Album Chart	17
2005	US Billboard 200	18	Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"Born to Run"	US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....	23
1975	"Born to Run"	US Cash Box Top 100 Singles	17
1976	"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"	US Billboard Hot 100	83
1976	"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"	US Cash Box Top 100 Singles	63

Born to Run

History

Release and reception

Album cover

Track listing

Side one

Side two

30th Anniversary Edition

Personnel

The E Street Band

Additional musicians

Production

Engineers

Chart positions

Album

Singles

External links