2003CC: Bruce Springsteen
- Born to Run (75): *****
- Darkness on the Edge of Town (78): *****
- The River (80): *****
- Born in the U.S.A. (84): *****
- Nebraska (82): *****
- The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle (73): **** 1/2
- The Ghost of Tom Joad (95): ****
- The Rising (02): ****
- Live 1975 - 1985 (86): ****
- Tunnel of Love (87): ****
- Tracks (98): *** 1/2
- Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (73): *** 1/2
- Lucky Town (92): ***
- Greatest Hits (95): ***
- Human Touch (92): ** 1/2
- Plugged: In Concert (92): ** 1/2
- Live in New York City (01): ** 1/2
- 18 Tracks (99): **
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever
Yay! Thank you for making all these!
It's glad to see that the Boss has more 5-star albums in this 2003 update. I'm also glad that "Darkness on the Edge of Town", which I think is a better (but less famous) album than "Born in the USA." Aack, I need to get The River...
You're welcome.
And you're right. Darkness was slighted far too long. I go back and forth on whether Born or Darkness is better, or River, but heck, why? They are all three fantastic albums!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs