The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
by
Bruce Springsteen
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studio album
First released:
Sep 11 1973

Overview Edit

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the second album by Bruce Springsteen and the as-yet-unnamed E Street Band, and is described by Allmusic as "one of the greatest albums in the history of rock & roll." It was released in 1973. The album includes the song "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)," the band's most-used set-closing song for the first 10 years of its career.

As with Springsteen's first album, it was well-received critically but had little commercial success at the time. However, once Springsteen achieved popularity with Born to Run, several selections from this album became popular FM radio airplay and concert favorites.

The E Street Band is known to have taken its name from David Sancious' mother's home in Belmar, New Jersey. But based on first-hand recounts of Sancious, the 'shuffle' occurred when the band's rented truck broke down late one night after a gig in New York City. Snowing, but within walking distance of Sancious' mother's home, the band decided to walk the short distance. The back photo on the album has the six band members standing in a doorway. The picture was of an antique store on Sairs Ave in the west end section of Long Branch, New Jersey. The building was across the street from West End Elementary School, and for years was Tommy Reeds bicycle repair shop and penny candy store; sadly, it is now a parking lot.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 132 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. On November 7, 2009, Springsteen and the E Street Band played the album in its entirety for the first time ever in a concert at Madison Square Garden.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
32432
Release dates:
  • Oct 25 1990

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5 stars 29 years and many great albums later, this is still his best
Bruce Springsteen won me over forever in 1973 with this album. I went to see him perform as an opening act for Dr. John in Santa Monica as a result of this album. My college roomate had a big quadrophonic stereo system that he'd use for dorm dances, and the one demand I made on him for helping him carry his stuff downstairs was that we could play "Rosalita" and "Kitty's Back" at every dance. All the kids at first would stop dancing, because it was the only unfamiliar stuff we'd play, but by the …
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Written by John Stodder "a.k.a. Juan La Princi"
3 stars Great Music But Lousy Fidelity.
It's a shame that this album has never been remastered to bring the sound quality up to what it could and should be. The music itself rates 5-stars, but because the album was never remastered, the quality of the sound rates 2-stars. To me, it is amazing that an artist of Springsteen's stature and accomplishment has allowed this inferior product to remain in its current condition. I keep waiting for it to be upgraded so I can buy it and hear it as it deserves to be heard.
Written by TSC "The Sanity Cruzer"

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    The E Street Shuffle
    4:30
    		Play Buy track
    2
    4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
    5:36
    		Play Buy track
    3
    Kitty's Back
    7:09
    		Play Buy track
    4
    Wild Billy's Circus Story
    4:47
    		Play Buy track
    5
    Incident on 57th Street
    7:45
    		Play Buy track
    6
    Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
    7:04
    		Play Buy track
    7
    New York City Serenade
    9:55
    		Play Buy track

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