And Born To Run is filled with great moments, like "Backstreets," "At night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying/Blame it on the lies that killed us/Blame it on the truth that ran us down." Or "Born To Run," the iconic passage, "It's a death trap, a suicide rap/Oh baby we gotta get out while we're still young." Springsteen is widely regarded as one of the great lyricists ever in rock. One thing that distinguishes Born To Run is the incredible lyricism. But of course you can say the same about the Beatles' Revolver, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and countless other landmark albums that are also considered among the elite records of all time. And in every musical respect the album was a smash success. The year plus spent in the studio perfecting the Phil Spector-like wall of sound is also well-documented. There are at least four certified Springsteen classics in the title track, "Jungleland," "Thunder Road" and "Backstreets." That is half the album and the other four tracks are all standouts in their own way. You don't get to be regarded as one of the consensus best rock albums of all time without delivering top to bottom and one through eight there is no filler on this album. That quick guitar solo in the opening "Thunder Road" the epic Clarence Clemons sax solo in the closing "Jungleland" the Bo Diddley-beat in "She's The One" the raucous anthemic energy of "Born To Run" that would make it arguably the greatest live song of time Professor Roy Bittan's haunting piano intro to the side one closer, "Backstreets," another candidate for greatest live song of all time the playful fervor of "Night" the understated elegance of "Meeting Across The River" and of course the unbridled jubilation of the autobiographical "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out." Of course there are countless musical highlights in the eight-song collection. But as I started to think about honoring my favorite album of all time for its forty-fifth anniversary I actually thought about the album for the first time in some time, what makes Born To Run so special.
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