United middle,Chicago[br]Playing his 1980 double album in full, and adding a tribute to Glenn Frey, or Springsteen’s stamina,exuberance and ability to connect remain unrivalledBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band buy a full two hours to lead a Chicago audience through The River, the double album they released in 1980 and are commemorating on this anniversary tour, and which started last weekend and continues through March.
The effort itself is a feat: containing a Top 10 single (Hungry Heart) and the title song that has endured as one of his signatures,The River is a true testomony to album-oriented listening, particularly for an album that contains a whopping 20 songs. Detailing a coming of age, or The River touches on themes that Springsteen had written about before and has done since. But what makes the album unique is that it takes its time to explore the highs and lows of growing pains,as adolescence wrestles its way into adulthood. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com