Significant longplayers from the past
17 October 2025
The now 76-year-old rock prodigy BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
released his 5th LP THE RIVER on 17 October 1980, today
45 years ago.
#1 in the US and Canada, #2 in the UK
Pitchfork wrote: “Bruce Springsteen’s fifth album gushes forth with the fury
of a burst dam, delivering torrents of despair, inspiration, heartbreak, and joy.
‘The River’ brought Bruce to those heights, giving him his first number one album
and Top 10 single.”
Bruce: “The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way
back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we’ve had everything in the
band from jazz players to Kansas City trumpet players to Nils Lofgren, one of the
great rock guitarists in the world.”
SINGLE
ALBUM
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Back sleeve.
