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Bruce Springsteen
Born In the U.S.A. (1984)
FLAC LOSSLESS 24bit-96kHz
PBTHAL Vinyl Rip
2015 Box Set


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Bruce Springsteen had become increasingly downcast as a songwriter during his recording career, and his pessimism bottomed out with Nebraska. But Born in the U.S.A., his popular triumph, which threw off seven Top Ten hits and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, trafficked in much the same struggle, albeit set to galloping rhythms and set off by chiming guitars. That the witless wonders of the Reagan regime attempted to co-opt the title track as an election-year campaign song wasn't so surprising: the verses described the disenfranchisement of a lower-class Vietnam vet, and the chorus was intended to be angry, but it came off as anthemic. Then, too, Springsteen had softened his message with nostalgia and sentimentality, and those are always crowd-pleasers. "Glory Days" may have employed Springsteen's trademark disaffection, yet it came across as a couch potato's drunken lament. But more than anything else, Born in the U.S.A. marked the first time that Springsteen's characters really seemed to relish the fight and to have something to fight for. They were not defeated ("No Surrender"), and they had friendship ("Bobby Jean") and family ("My Hometown") to defend. The restless hero of "Dancing in the Dark" even pledged himself in the face of futility, and for Springsteen, that was a step. The "romantic young boys" of his first two albums, chastened by "the working life" encountered on his third, fourth, and fifth albums and having faced the despair of his sixth, were still alive on this, his seventh, with their sense of humor and their determination intact. Born in the U.S.A. was their apotheosis, the place where they renewed their commitment and where Springsteen remembered that he was a rock & roll star, which is how a vastly increased public was happy to treat him.


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Analyzed: Bruce Springsteen / Born In The U.S.A.
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.26 dB -16.14 dB 4:41 01-Born In The U.S.A.
DR12 -1.82 dB -15.72 dB 3:28 02-Cover Me
DR12 -2.42 dB -15.71 dB 4:51 03-Darlington County
DR11 -0.70 dB -15.90 dB 3:15 04-Working On The Highway
DR12 -1.93 dB -16.86 dB 3:38 05-Downbound Train
DR14 -4.04 dB -21.57 dB 2:46 06-I'm On Fire
DR11 -2.72 dB -15.10 dB 4:04 07-No Surrender
DR12 -2.40 dB -15.56 dB 3:47 08-Bobby Jean
DR12 -2.71 dB -16.14 dB 3:32 09-I'm Goin' Down
DR11 -2.50 dB -15.68 dB 4:18 10-Glory Days
DR11 -2.38 dB -14.91 dB 4:04 11-Dancing In The Dark
DR14 -1.39 dB -18.46 dB 4:35 12-My Hometown

Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2791 kbps
Codec: FLAC