"Familiarity breeds contempt." So the saying goes and that's what happened to me with BORN IN THE USA when it came out. Everywhere I turned you heard people misinterpreting the title track, (Reagan wanted to use it for his campaign-It's fairly obvious he never heard anything other than the chorus, if that much.) and the rest of the album was always on the airwaves. I had to leave it alone for quite awhile before I could appreciate it again. There are a lot of good numbers here once you get past the bombast. The fast moving double of "Darlington County/"Working on the Highway," the Cash-like "Downbound Train," the creepy "I'm on Fire," and  the pain behind the rockin' beat of "I'm Goin' Down," all work as well as anything Springsteen has done. It's the obvious "Glory Days," the very un-Springsteen like "Dancing in the Dark"(which could have been featured in Eddie and the Cruisers without missing a beat) and the over the top title track (which would have works really well as an acoustic version) that end up leaving a sour taste. But enough time has passed for me to appreciate the good songs on this one.