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Universal acclaim- based on 90 Ratings
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Positive: 76 out of 90
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Mixed: 3 out of 90
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Negative: 11 out of 90
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RyanM.Apr 29, 2005It seems uncanny how many great songs are on this record. One of the few albums where I never skip a track.
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ScottHFeb 13, 2006Bruce does it again.
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NseEAug 10, 2003Fantastic! Beautiful, moving, deep. Contains possibly the greatest song on loss ever released (You're missing). The boss.
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MichaelE.Aug 16, 2002Not my faqvorite, but perhaps the only album I've heard this year in which EVERY song is equally strong. And I've heard all the big ones.
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RoyD.Aug 2, 2002Easily the most diverse Springsteen album ever, "The Rising" hits on all cylinders! From ballads to rockers and all points in between, this CD is truly a force.
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ChadS.Aug 2, 2002
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ZackAApr 6, 2006Eloquence in music and lyric that comes from no other master than Bruce Springsteen.
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TroyJul 31, 2002An instant classic. Emotional, evocative and excellent.
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ClaytonL.Aug 19, 2002I'm a Springsteen fan - and never has he or any other artist chronicled a tragedy in what it means to the many human beings who were touched.
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MarthaR.Aug 6, 2002His best!!!!! He only gets better with age!
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KennyB.Aug 6, 2002an album echoing the best of his past styles and innovating some new ones.Both melancholy and energising-no author could handle such subject matter better!"Paradise","missing",&"nothing man"are perfection. Music to make you hold your' breath and close your' eyes!
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kennybMar 12, 2005Best album of that year and one of my favourites ever".Nothing man","missing you",and" the rising" are moving and soberly stirring, whilst "paradise" must be the most beautiful and poignant song ever!
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MattJApr 29, 2005
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kenwOct 4, 2002
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AaronLOct 7, 2002Springsteen hasn't sounded this impassioned, rockin', personal, or just plain fantastic since "Tunnel of Love." A true triumph of heart and spirit that reflects this moment in time, yet will not grow old or dated.
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DavidJ.Jul 31, 2002Poignant and uplifting...a truly great and timely record.
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OlavV.Aug 14, 2002Though I'm european and the 11th may have had a less impact on my life, then on American's, i can't imagine you can't find comfort and console in songs as 'into the fire, u're missing, the rising, my city of ruins. It's a great album!
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RoyalC.Aug 14, 2002The Boss is surely back. The Rising is an album that yearns for that "human connection" that too many of us have been lacking. Although much of the album is rightfully melancholy, each song seems to, rather musically or lyrically, have that undying silver lining.
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LydiaE.Aug 2, 2002Lyrics too greeting card simple unlike the ineffable poetry of most of his work. The music without surprise or dimension, excepting the bone marrow glimmer of Missing and the Sufi track.....
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JulianE.Aug 26, 2002
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PatD.Aug 9, 2002Love it !!!!! Love it!!!!
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J.MershonSep 10, 2002
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ChristianM.Sep 12, 2002
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TessaS.Sep 9, 2002You don't have to be American to 'get' Springsteen (true Ozzie comment) but I rate this as one of his best. It's poetic, touching and yet full of the raunch that we love about the Boss.
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BrianJul 19, 2004One of his better CDs. But definitely not his best. No way it compares to BTR, Darkness, the River, and Live 75-85. But I'd put it up there in the second tier with BITUSA, Wild, Innocent and E Street Shuffle, Tunnel of Love. FYI - Zagats guide to music 2003 says the "Rising" is the best album of this decade so far.
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DaveJApr 12, 2005Bruce's best since Born in the USA.
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MikeAMay 6, 2005Historical release. 9/11 lived through one of contemporary music's most relevant songwriters.
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ScottYJul 14, 2005I reserve the coveted 10 for masterpieces, and this may be the album of the decade. Bruce is truly an American rock poet and this CD really captures a lot of moods surrounding 9/11 and beyond. The production is excellent, the band sounds great, and I don't think it can be compared to his other top albums. BTR, et al, are 10s, too, but a 10 from a different time.
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BobGDec 7, 2002From beginning to end this disc is a masterpiece.
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EvaD.Aug 26, 2002possitivly one of his best yet!!! he always is the voice for all americans. We can't get enough of it!!!
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JakeHJul 22, 2004The Rising is one of the best songs ever written and Bruce Springsteen is the greatest singer song writer since Bob Dylan
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Jul 30, 2011This was the first album I ever listened to, and it stuck with me ever since. I was six years old on 9/11, and back then I really didn't understand what was going on. Now that I do, this album really brings it all into focus. Every song is moving in its own way and together they make a masterpiece like none other.
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Sep 30, 2017
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Apr 9, 2012This album is a fantastic return, the Boss does it again, with power, expression and fantastic tracks. While most of the songs were written after September 11, 2001, a few of them pre-date the attacks. It's been rumoured that Springsteen got the inspiration for the album a few days after the 9/11 attacks
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Dec 28, 2014Excelente Álbum!!!,O melhor desde Born In The U.S.A 84,Um álbum potente em todos os sentidos baladas e rock.
Top 9 The Rising
1-Countin' On A Miracle
2-Into The Fire
3-Lonesome Day
4-Worlds Apart
5-Waitin' On A Sunny Day
6-The Rising
7-Empty Sky
8-Mary's Place
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Apr 4, 2016...........................................................................................................A Very Good Comeback Album, this album is a Masterpiece, Even with two weak tracks like Further Up (on the road) & The Fuse.....
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May 1, 2018
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Oct 17, 2016...............................A Masterpiece!!!! Little affected by two weak tracks with weak melodies "The Fuse" & "Further up (on the road), " but the rest is Awesome a Masterpiece even.....
Awards & Rankings
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Springsteen refuses to allow himself either vengefulness or excessive pride, and he avoids too-literal musings on the tragedy that ultimately undermined songs like Neil Young's "Let's Roll."
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SpinThe most eloquent artistic response yet to the World Trade Center tragedy. [Sep 2002, p.130]
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Both sober and celebratory, The Rising makes a strong case for the transcending power of rock and roll.