Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen — album cover
№ 31 of 100

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen · 1975 · Rock

Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (1975), № 31 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. $500,000 of Columbia's money and a Hammond organ Springsteen couldn't really play. The album that taught American rock to think in cinemascope.

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