Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
by Bruce Springsteen
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 January 1973
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:10
- Community rating: 3.55/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Heavily marketed by his label as the next Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen's magnificent debut successfully blended dense folk-rock lyricism with working-class rock and roll power. 'Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.' is a fiercely energetic, wonderfully passionate heartland rock classic, filled with beautifully poetic, deeply nostalgic urban narratives and an incredibly warm, bittersweet summer atmosphere.
Genres
Descriptors: folk, guitar-driven, acoustic, melodic, piano
Tracklist
- Blinded By The Light (5:03)
- Growin' Up (3:05)
- Mary Queen of Arkansas (5:21)
- Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (2:04)
- Lost in the Flood (5:17)
- The Angel (3:24)
- For You (4:39)
- Spirit in the Night (5:00)
- It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City (3:14)
Credits
- Bruce Springsteen - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, congas, harmonica, handclaps, backing vocals, written-by, arranged by, bass, bass, piano
- Clarence Clemons - backing vocals, saxophone [sax], handclaps
- Vincent Lopez - backing vocals, drums, handclaps
- Garry Tallent - bass
- John Berg - cover [design], design [cover design]
- Louis Lahav - engineer
- Jack Ashkinazy - mixed by [remixed by]
- Fred Lombardi - photography by [back cover]
- Tichnor Bros. Inc. - photography by [front cover]
- David Sancious - piano, organ
- Jim Cretecos - producer
- Mike Appel - producer
- Harold Wheeler - piano
- Richard Davis - double bass [upright bass]