This is, I suppose, one of the first albums I probably ever heard. My parents had this in their collection back in the day when I was growing up, and it was one of the albums that had a big impact on my musical taste. Musically and lyrically there's not one song on this album that I can say is "sub-par". Springsteen's songwriting hits it usual high standard, and he is backed up wonderfully by the E Street Band (In my humble opinion, one of the finest Rock n' Roll bands I've ever heard and seen live). This album is definetly worth buying.