The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen's studio album
Publication (s)	September 11, 1973 or November 5, 1973
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Rock , folk rock
Title (number)	7th
running time	46:34
occupation	E Street Band : Bruce Springsteen - vocals , guitar , harmonica , bass Clarence Clemons - saxophone , vocals Danny Federici - accordion , keyboards , vocals Suki Lahav - violin , vocals Vini Lopez - drums , vocals, cornet in The E Street Shuffle David Sancious - keyboard Garry Tallent - bass, tuba , vocals Other musicians: Richard Blackwell - percussion and congas Albany Tellone - baritone saxophone in The E Street Shuffle
production	Bruce Springsteen , Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos
Studio (s)	914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt , New York
chronology Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973) The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Born to Run (1975)

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second studio album by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen , released in 1973 .

history

After Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ , Springsteen's second album was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in the summer of 1973 . To save money, Springsteen's then producer Mike Appel booked the night hours for the recordings. That and the already bad conditions of the 914 led to productions that were strictly rejected by the CBS officials. Only after a few revisions was the album produced and released in November 1973. Approved by the critics, this album was also denied commercial success for the time being. In the first year after the release, 50,000 copies were sold in the USA, which, as with the first album, was not enough to make the Billboard 200 . In the following years, however, it reached platinum status with one million copies sold.

In 1987 the album was voted number 51 of the 100 best albums of the last 20 years by the American music magazine Rolling Stone and in 2003 it was voted number 132 of the 500 best albums of all time .

In 2010 the album was released with Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ and the five following studio albums in the CD box set The Collection 1973-84 .

Track list

Original edition

page A

1. The E Street Shuffle - 4:26
2. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - 5:35
3. Kitty's Back - 7:07
4. Wild Billy's Circus Story - 4:43

Side B

1. Incident on 57th Street - 7:45 am
2. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - 7:02
3. New York City Serenade - 9:56

All songs were written by Bruce Springsteen.

literature

• John Duffy [Ed]: Bruce Springsteen - In his own words . Palmyra, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-930378-27-2 .
• Christopher Sandford: Bruce Springsteen - The Rock Voice of America . Hannibal, St. Andrä-WIERT 1999, ISBN 3-85445-171-7 .

Web links

• detailed album review on stonepony.de
• The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle at brucespringsteen.net (English)
• The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle at Allmusic (English)
• The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ short review on allmusic ; Retrieved October 16, 2010
2. ↑ album criticism on www.stonepony.de; Retrieved October 16, 2010
3. ↑ Levy, Joe (Ed.): Rolling Stone. The 500 best albums of all time . (Original edition: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Wenner Media 2005). Translation: Karin Hofmann. Wiesbaden: White Star Verlag, 2011, p. 118; see also: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums Of All Times