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Title: Some of the Boss' most introspective work
Review: Bruce Springsteen is one of those people who writes wide open. The break up of his first marriage inspired this CD and it's clear it left him broken up:There's things will knock you downYou don't even see comingAnd send you crawlingLike a baby back home"One Step Up," which talks about how hard it is to change, is probably my favorite of this collection. But there are so many to love.The closer, "Valentines Day," always leaves me in tears. The song order for this CD was exquisite. You can see the effort in "One Step Up," the bitterness in "When you're alone." The finality and pain in the last song is a brilliant end.This CD didn't sell as well as its predecessor, "Born in the USA," but it's a a brilliant, enduring collection from a man who's given us his heart in his work through the years.Rebecca Kyle, May 2008
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