Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on 5 January, 1973 through Columbia Records and went to number 60 in the United States, number 35 in Sweden and number 41 in the United Kingdom when it charted in 1985. It was ranked #379 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of all time in 2003.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1973 (1973-01-05)
RecordedJune 7 – October 26, 1972[1]
Studio914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York
GenreRock
Length37:08
LabelColumbia
ProducerMike Appel, Jim Cretecos
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
(1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
(1973)


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Singles from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
  1. "Blinded by the Light"
    Released: February 1973
  2. "Spirit in the Night"
    Released: May 1973

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bruce Springsteen

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Blinded by the Light"   5:06
2. "Growin' Up"   3:05
3. "Mary Queen of Arkansas"   5:21
4. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?"   2:05
5. "Lost in the Flood"   5:17
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "The Angel"   3:24
2. "For You"   4:40
3. "Spirit in the Night"   5:00
4. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"   3:13
Total length:
37:08

References

  1. Heylin, Clinton (2012). Springsteen Song by Song A Critical Look. New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. pp. 8–13. Retrieved 27 March 2020.