It’s a good day to be a Bruce Springsteen fan: His new album, “High Hopes,” came out today and even if it’s not chockful of winners, it’s enough to tide us over until a true new studio album emerges. Plus, Springsteen & The E Street Band were announced as headliners for New Orleans’ Jazz Fest in May, which could mean there is a U.S. tour coming, their first stateside outing since 2012.
I reviewed “High Hopes” last week, and now I’m looking back at what I consider to be the best 10 studio albums of Springsteen’s career. I excluded live and compilation albums and, as with all things, this list is totally subjective. What struck me as I reviewed his 18 studio albums is how potent Springsteen’s music was from the start and it hasn’t let up. My choices span 1973-2007 (that tells you two of them right there). Springsteen has been making meaningful, important, joyous music for more than 40 years, seldom succumbing to laziness or nostalgia.
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