<P> Originally , Springsteen intended The River to be a single set entitled The Ties That Bind and released in late 1979 with 10 tracks . Springsteen added darker material after he 'd written the title track . Indeed , The River became noted for its mix of the frivolous next to the solemn . This was intentional , and in contrast to Darkness , for as Springsteen said during an interview , `` Rock and roll has always been this joy , this certain happiness that is in its way the most beautiful thing in life . But rock is also about hardness and coldness and being alone ... I finally got to the place where I realized life had paradoxes , a lot of them , and you 've got to live with them . '' </P>
<P> Originally , Springsteen intended The River to be a single set entitled The Ties That Bind and released in late 1979 with 10 tracks . Springsteen added darker material after he 'd written the title track . Indeed , The River became noted for its mix of the frivolous next to the solemn . This was intentional , and in contrast to Darkness , for as Springsteen said during an interview , `` Rock and roll has always been this joy , this certain happiness that is in its way the most beautiful thing in life . But rock is also about hardness and coldness and being alone ... I finally got to the place where I realized life had paradoxes , a lot of them , and you 've got to live with them . '' </P>
what was the album the river originally called
what was the album the river originally called
The Ties That Bind
The Ties That Bind