Born in the U.S.A.
by Bruce Springsteen
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 June 1984
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 46:54
- Community rating: 3.84/5 from 19 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Masking deeply critical, socially conscious narratives of working-class struggle beneath massive, heavily synthesized pop-rock production, 'Born in the U.S.A.' became an inescapable global phenomenon. Bruce Springsteen balances incredibly energetic, stadium-ready anthems with intense, passionate reflections on the disillusionment of Vietnam veterans and blue-collar decay. It is a defining, highly melodic, and remarkably bittersweet commercial blockbuster.
Genres
Descriptors: alienation, satirical, conscious, political, melodic
Tracklist
- Born in the U.S.A. (4:39)
- Cover Me (3:28)
- Darlington County (4:50)
- Working on the Highway (3:15)
- Downbound Train (3:37)
- I'm On Fire (2:39)
- No Surrender (4:02)
- Bobby Jean (3:48)
- I'm Goin' Down (3:31)
- Glory Days (4:18)
- Dancing In the Dark (4:05)
- My Hometown (4:37)
Credits
- Bruce Springsteen - primary artist, lead vocals, guitar, producer, words by, music by, written-by, copyright, phonographic copyright
- Steve Van Zandt - acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals, performer [performed by: the e street band], producer
- Andrea Klein - art direction, design
- Garry Tallent - bass, backing vocals, performer [performed by: the e street band]
- Obie O'Brien - crew [homework]
- Doug Sutphin - crew [roadwork]
- Mike Batlan - crew [roadwork]
- Max Weinberg - drums, backing vocals, performer [performed by: the e street band]
- Billy Straus - engineer [assistant]
- Bruce Lampcov - engineer [assistant]
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer [assistant]
- John Davenport - engineer [assistant]
- Zoe Yanakis - engineer [assistant]
- Bob Ludwig - lacquer cut by, mastered by
- Jon Landau - management, producer
- Barbara Carr - management [associate]
- Denise Sileci - management [office manager]
- Bob Clearmountain - mixed by
- Danny Federici - organ, glockenspiel, performer [performed by: the e street band], piano
- Clarence Clemons - performer [performed by: the e street band], saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
- Roy Bittan - performer [performed by: the e street band], synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
- The E-Street Band - performer [performed by]
- Annie Leibovitz - photography by, photography
- Chuck Plotkin - producer
- Toby Scott - recorded by
- Bill Scheniman - recorded by [track recorded by]
- Richie La Bamba - backing vocals
- Ruth Jackson - backing vocals