Album Reviews

14 Years after his Greatest Hits collection, there is now a greatest hits collection of Bruce Springsteen with his trusty E Street Band. Kicking off with “Blinded By The Light” and “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” , then on to “Born To Run” and the glorious “The River” and then straight to “Glory Days”, “Dancing In The Dark” and “The Rising”… damn, this guy has written so many classics that a 16-song collection doesn’t even begin to do him justice! Nonetheless this is a great album to blast through your speakers when driving in your car on a sunny day!

Springsteen is always good but he’s never as good as when he’s playing with his E Street Band surrounding him. Rounding out this collection are two live cuts of songs he wrote for others… “Because The Night” is made infamous in Patti Smith’s version while “Fire” is more commonly known as that song by the Pointer Sisters. And while not essential to this collection, Springsteen more than adequately proves he can make them his own again.

As the man’s last album proved a couple of months ago, this is not a definitive greatest hits collection by far. But hell, it sure is a lot of fun!