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- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Dec 4, 2015
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Heartland Rock
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Dec 16, 2015It's a mind-bogglingly superb testament to an artist at peak power.
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Dec 7, 2015Such is the bounty contained on The Ties That Bind that it might make you question Bruce Springsteen’s judgment even as you marvel at his ridiculous talent.
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Dec 8, 2015The River Collection isn’t a glimpse of what could have been--it’s raw proof that The River sessions produced too many good songs for one album (even a double album) to contain.
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Dec 14, 2015It's an iconic if flawed album. But the overflow of songs presented on The Ties That Bind makes for a great argument-starter. Did Springsteen assemble the best version of The River? This boxed set provides evidence for piecing together an even better one.
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Jan 27, 2016What becomes apparent with them is that with The E Street Band backing him, Springsteen seemed incapable of writing a clunker. At this point they were on fire and could have turned just about anything into a grandstanding rave-up or stirring anthem, as required.
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MojoDec 14, 2015The box set joy is the archive additions, their whiff of ancient wasted sweat. [Jan 2016, p.102]
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UncutDec 9, 2015What are we left with? A handful of wonderful "new" songs, some interesting also-rans and alternative choices, and the sobering realisation an entirely different double album from The River: a work not quite of equal quality, but still of a remarkable standard. [Jan 2016, p.86]
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