Bruce Springsteen: Ranking His Albums From Worst To Best

How do The Boss' 18 studio efforts place?

There is a lot of material in Bruce Springsteen's rich and diverse back catalogue. Bruce released his first studio album in 1973. The forty two years since have seen a plethora of live albums, box sets, bootlegs, EPs and compilations flood the market. No, there is no shortage of Bruce's music out there for you to listen to and enjoy. It is all of this work together that paints the full, true picture of Springsteen's career, but it is the studio albums that Bruce will be judged on by many. These are the releases that are the most anticipated, the ones that take months, if not years, of studio time to record and perfect. Bruce Springsteen's studio albums are a varied bunch. Each album is different and unique in its own way. Most feature the ever-dependable E Street Band, but some don't. Some are full of original, never-before-heard material, others comprised entirely of outtakes and covers. Sometimes Bruce just relies on himself, a guitar and a harmonica and makes it up as he goes along. Since Bruce's music spans five decades, his sound has understandably changed and developed over the years. His latest, 2014's High Hopes is a million miles away from 1973's Greetings From Asbury Park N.J, for example. So how does one go about ranking such an assorted, rag-bag collection of albums? Well, like this. Let's start with number eighteen...
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