Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ

chronology
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
Bruce Springsteen's studio album
Publication ; (s)	5th January 1973
admission	June - July 1972
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD
Genre (s)	Rock , folk rock
Title (number)	9
running time	37:08
occupation	E Street Band :; ; Bruce Springsteen - acoustic guitar , electric bass , congas , electric guitar , harmonica , piano , vocals ; ; Clarence Clemons - saxophone , vocals; ; Vinnie Lopez - drums , French horn , vocals; ; David Sancious - keyboard , organ , piano, saxophone; ; Garry Tallent - electric bass , horn ; ; Guest musicians:; ; Richard Davis ─ electric bass; ; Harold Wheeler ─ piano;
production	Mike Appel , Jim Cretecos
Studio (s)	914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt , New York

Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ is the first studio album by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen . The band with whom he recorded the album had no name at the time, but is considered the early E Street Band . Officially, however, it was only announced with this name from 1974. The album sold over 25,000 times in the first year and a total of around 2 million times (as of January 2008).

history

Springsteen and his first manager Mike Appel decided to record the album at the inexpensive 914 Sound Studios in Orangetown , Rockland County , in order to save as much as possible on the advance payment from Columbia Records .

The two tracks Blinded by the Light and Spirit in the Night were released as singles , but did not achieve any notable placements.

In 2003 the album was voted number 379 of the 500 best albums of all time by the American music magazine Rolling Stone .

The Manfred Mann's Earth Band coverte three tracks on the album: Spirit in the Night ( Nightingales & Bombers , 1975) Blinded by the Light ( The Roaring Silence , 1976) and For You ( Chance , 1980). With Blinded by the Light , the Earth Band achieved a No. 1 hit in the United States in 1976.

David Bowie later recorded three tracks on the album. Growin 'Up appeared on a re-issue of Pin Ups , a record with covers. He released the title It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City on the 3-CD box Sound + Vision . Spirits in the Night was ultimately chosen for the Astronettes .

In 2010 the album was released with the following six studio albums in the CD box set The Collection 1973-84 .

Track list

Original edition

page A

Blinded by the Light - 5:06
Growin 'Up - 3:05
Mary Queen of Arkansas - 5:21
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? - 2:05
Lost in the Flood - 5:17 am

Side B

The Angel - 3:24
For You - 4:40
Spirit in the Night - 4:59
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City - 3:13

All titles are written by Bruce Springsteen.

Web links

Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ at brucespringsteen.net (English)
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ on Allmusic (English)
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums Of All Times

[1] Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums Of All Times


Studio albums	Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973) • The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) • Born to Run (1975) • Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) • The River (1980) • Nebraska (1982 ) • Born in the USA (1984) • Tunnel of Love (1987) • Human Touch (1992) • Lucky Town (1992) • The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) • The Rising (2002) • Devils & Dust (2005) • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) • Magic (2007) • Working on a Dream (2009) • Wrecking Ball (2012) • High Hopes (2014) • Western Stars (2019)
Live albums	Live 1975-85 (1986) • In Concert MTV Plugged (1993) • Live in New York City (2001) • Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2006) • Live in Dublin (2007)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1995) • Tracks (1998) • 18 Tracks (1999) • The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) • Born to Run - The 30th Anniversary Edition (2005) • Greatest Hits (2009) • The Collection 1973 - 84 (2010 ) • The Promise (2010)