Tunnel of love
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Publication |
October 9, 1987 |
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January - July 1987 |
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| Label (s) | Columbia Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
46:25 |
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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin |
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Studio (s) |
u. a. A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California |
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Tunnel of Love is the eighth studio album by Bruce Springsteen . It was released in 1987 under Columbia Records and reached number one on the charts in the US and UK.
General
The tracks Brilliant Disguise , Tunnel of Love , Tougher Than the Rest , Spare Parts and One Step Up were released as singles, Brilliant Disguise was the only one before the album was released, and there is also a music video for each of the first four music tracks mentioned. Bruce Springsteen got 1987 Tunnel of Love the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance .
Track list
page 1
- Ain't Got You - 2:11
- Tougher Than the Rest - 4:35
- All That Heaven Will Allow - 2:39
- Spare Parts - 3:44
- Cautious Man - 3:58
- Walk Like a Man - 3:45
Page 2
- Tunnel of Love - 5:12
- Two Faces - 3:03
- Brilliant Disguise - 4:17
- One Step Up - 4:22
- When You're Alone - 3:24
- Valentine's Day - 5:10
All pieces were written by Bruce Springsteen
Meaning and reception
In 2003 the album was voted number 475 of the 500 best albums of all time by the American music magazine Rolling Stone . Rolling Stone gave the album 5 out of 5 stars; the critic Steve Pond first recalled the genesis of the album: "Bruce Springsteen met a woman, fell in love, married and made an album about meeting a woman, falling in love and getting married." Pond discusses different songs on the album and leaves especially on Walk Like a Man (at the end of the first page of the record), which in his opinion might be the most beautiful song that Springsteen wrote for his father. “There is the heart of the album: an uncertain journey on a dangerous, dark highway. The album doesn't sound like an easy trip - but it's been a long time since Bruce Springsteen wrote anything about free rides of any kind. One of the wonders of Tunnel of Love is that in the end it convinces us that the mysterious journey can be worth the effort ”.
The album received 4.5 out of 5 stars at Allmusic : Tunnel of Love is an album of “romantic exploration;” Song for song, sincerity and trust in a relationship and especially love marriage are questioned. The album was "a weak, painful endeavor" and songs like Cautious Man and Two Faces followed on from Nebraska . Even if Tunnel of Love is not the album the ten million fans and buyers of Born in the USA have been waiting for and although it made it to the top of the charts, sold three million times and contained three top 40 hits let it be a moment in your career.
Web links
- Tunnel of Love on brucespringsteen.net (English)
- Tunnel of Love at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Springsteens Grammy Awards on allmusic.com , accessed May 11, 2011
- ↑ Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums Of All Times
- ↑ Critique of Steve Pond (October 1987) , accessed June 28, 2011
- ↑ Original text: "So Bruce Springsteen met a girl, fell in love, got married and made an album of songs about meeting a girl, falling in love and getting married."
- ↑ Original text: There's the heart of the album: an uncertain journey down a dangerous, dark highway. The album doesn't make it sound like an easy trip - but then, it's been a long time since Bruce Springsteen has written about free rides of any sort. One of the wonders of Tunnel of Love is that in the end, he convinces us that the mystery ride just might be worth the toll.
- ^ Commentary on Allmusic.com by William Ruhlmann , accessed on June 28, 2011