The River
by Bruce Springsteen
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 October 1980
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:23:42
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 12 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Bruce Springsteen's sprawling, immensely successful double album perfectly captures the dynamic, exhausting live energy of the E Street Band. 'The River' seamlessly transitions between incredibly energetic, joyful rock-and-roll party anthems and profoundly bittersweet, deeply sentimental acoustic ballads regarding working-class struggles and fading romance.
Genres
Descriptors: arena rock, melodic, storytelling, ballad, saxophone, male-vocals, nostalgia
Tracklist
- The Ties That Bind (3:34)
- Sherry Darling (4:03)
- Jackson Cage (3:03)
- Two Hearts (2:46)
- Independence Day (4:50)
- Hungry Heart (3:19)
- Out In the Street (4:17)
- Crush on You (3:11)
- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (2:37)
- I Wanna Marry You (3:30)
- The River (4:59)
- Point Blank (6:06)
- Cadillac Ranch (3:03)
- I'm a Rocker (3:37)
- Fade Away (4:46)
- Stolen Car (3:54)
- Ramrod (4:05)
- The Price You Pay (5:29)
- Drive All Night (8:33)
- Wreck on the Highway (3:52)
Credits
- Bruce Springsteen - primary artist, guitar, harmonica, producer, vocals, written-by, piano, phonographic copyright
- Jimmy Wachtel - art direction, design, photography by [other], additional photography
- Clarence Clemons - backing vocals, saxophone
- Roy Bittan - backing vocals, piano, organ
- Steve Van Zandt - backing vocals, guitar, producer
- Garry Tallent - bass
- Max Weinberg - drums
- Dana Bisbee - engineer [assistant]
- Garry Rindfuss - engineer [assistant]
- James Farber - engineer [assistant]
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer [assistant]
- Raymond Willard - engineer [assistant]
- Ken Perry - lacquer cut by, mastered by, mastering
- Bob Clearmountain - mixed by, recorded by
- Chuck Plotkin - mixed by
- Toby Scott - mixed by
- Jim Bauerlein - mixed by [digital operator]
- Danny Federici - organ
- Frank Stefanko - photography by [cover], photography by [other], task photography
- Amanda Flick - photography by [other], additional photography
- Barry Goldenberg - photography by [other], additional photography
- David Gahr - photography by [other], additional photography
- Joel Bernstein - photography by [other], additional photography
- Jon Landau - producer
- Jimmy Iovine - recorded by
- Neil Dorfsman - recorded by
- Flo & Eddie - backing vocals
- James Bauerlein - assistant mix