The Greatists Albums of the 20th Century

#2-"Born in the U.S.A."-Bruce Springsteen

If you heard every song on this album separetly and not as a whole you
might not figure it was Bruce's best work.,let alone the 2nd Greatist album of
the 20th Century.But the grand sum of "Born in the U.S.A." adds up to so much
more than it's individual parts that it's impossible not to notice how every song is
set up so perfectly for the song before it and the song that comes after it.Though
never formally called a concept album,Springsteen's masterpiece is a near perfect
reflection of the state of America in the 1980's-it was released in 1985.The Frus-
tration,the impossibility of of figureing out who the enemy was that was earasing
"The American Dream","The Middle Class" and "The Strong Independant Individualist" that all had built our Great Country.It all seemed to be fading away and at a very
rapid pace.Springsteens album frames this do or die moment in American History Perfectly.
As an artist that was and is Springteens job but he really pulled out all the stops on this album
and as a total album it is devastatingly Real and right on the money.It doesn't get any better than this.When it comes to writing songs about America Springteen has no equal.In fact nobody
else comes even close.

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