10 Artists That Will Not Defend Their Own Albums

10. Human Touch/Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen

Some of Bruce Springsteen's greatest work has come from the underdog stories. No matter how much success might be out of the grasp of the people who live the story of Born to Run, it's enough to at least imagine a place where they end up happy, even if they don't reach their dreams. When Bruce actually writes happy endings to his stories though, that's when he starts to get a little bit hard to stomach.

Coming off of his massive divorce album Tunnel of Love, the '90s saw Bruce occupying a different skin for both Human Touch and Lucky Town, both of which were released on the exact same day. Though not all of these songs are bad by traditional rock star standards, it's definitely an odd look for the Boss, trading in the sounds of The E Street Band for something that was a lot more streamlined and seemed to be chasing a more pop friendly sound with the subject matter.

Without the signature push of the E Street Band, both of these albums almost feel neutered in a strange way, as if we're seeing Springsteen being pushed into what he thinks that his label wanted him to make at the time. And it didn't take long after this record for Bruce to see how big of a mistake he made either, going on to mention less than a decade later at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony that these records were pretty much bombs. Bruce doesn't necessarily have to make depressing music, but you have to have both sides of the coin most of the time.