NewCC0016: Bruce Springsteen
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 10:46
Tags:
- Born to Run (75): *****
- The River (80): *****
- Darkness on the Edge of Town (78): **** 1/2
- Born in the U.S.A. (84): **** 1/2
- The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (73): **** 1/2
- Nebraska (82): **** 1/2
- Tunnel of Love (87): **** 1/2
- Live 1975 - 1985 (86): ****
- Tracks (98): ****
- The Ghost of Tom Joad (95): *** 1/2
- Lucky Town (92): *** 1/2
- Eighteen Tracks (99): *** 1/2
- Greetings from Asbury Park NJ (73): *** 1/2
- Human Touch (92): ***
- Greatest Hits (95): ***
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever