Rolling Stone called the album one of the most important albums in the 1970s . They said that Neil Young , Jackson Browne , and Bruce Springsteen were four most important new artists to become well known in the 1970s . Rolling Stone called the album one of the most significant releases of the 1970s and placed him alongside Neil Young , Jackson Browne , and Bruce Springsteen as one of the four most important new artists to become well known during the decade .