Magic in the Night The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen

Name: Magic in the Night The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen
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ISBN: 9780312533809

ISBN-10: 0312533802

ISBN-13: 9780312533809

Edition: 2009

Authors: Rob Kirkpatrick

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The definitive look at The Boss and how his music has both shaped and confronted American mythologyEmerging on the music scene with 1973's "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", Bruce Springsteen was heralded as "the future of rock and roll", and since then his influence and popularity have exploded. Rob Kirkpatrick'sMagic in the Nightuses Springsteen's biography as a lens through which listeners can reevaluate his music as he morphs from "the next Bob Dylan" to a Reagan-era pop culture icon, and again to today's populist voice, discussing each album in chronological order. Kirkpatrick's keen insights show why the classic 1975 album "Born to Run" is the most popular album of all time…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.23" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English

Rob Kirkpatrick is a senior editor with Thomas Dunne Books at St. Martins Press. He is the author of 1969, The Quotable Sixties, Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators, and Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen. He lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut.



Introduction



Jukebox Graduate


Greetings from




The Follow-Up, the Future of Rock 'n' Roll, and a Farewell to Asbury Park


The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)



Thunder Road Revue


Born to Run (1975)



Running into the Darkness


Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)



Double Shot


The River (1980)



A Meanness in This World


Nebraska (1982)



Nebraska Becomes Electric


Born in the U.S.A. (1984)



Bruced Out


Live/1975-85 (1986)


Tunnel of Love (1987)



Snake Eyes


Human Touch and Lucky Town (1992)



At the Movies


The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)



September and Everything After


Live in New York City (2001) and The Rising (2002)



Dust Devils and Dixieland


Devils & Dust (2005)


We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)


Afterword


Update: That Old-Time Magic


Live in Dublin (2007)


Magic (2007)


Discography


Notes


Bibliography


Index