Meeting Across the River

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"Meeting Across the River" is a moody, jazz-tinged ballad by Bruce Springsteen that serves as a cinematic, character-driven prelude to "Jungleland" on the Born to Run album.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
album Born to Run
artist Bruce Springsteen
composer Bruce Springsteen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument piano
trumpet
upright bass
featuresMusician Randy Brecker
follows She’s the One
genre ballad
jazz rock
rock
hasCharacter Eddie
hasInstrumentationStyle sparse arrangement
hasMood melancholic
noir
hasMusicalStyle jazz-tinged
moody
hasReputation cult favorite among Springsteen fans
hasTheme desperation
risk
small-time crime
hasTitle Meeting Across the River self-link
hasType album track
includedIn Bruce Springsteen live setlists
isPreludeTo Jungleland
label Columbia Records
language English
length 3:18
lyricist Bruce Springsteen
narrativeForm character-driven
cinematic
partOf Born to Run
partOfDiscographyOf Bruce Springsteen
performer Bruce Springsteen
precedes Jungleland
producer Bruce Springsteen
Jon Landau
Mike Appel
recordedBy E Street Band
surface form: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
releaseYear 1975
setting New York metropolitan area
surface form: New York–New Jersey area
side Side two of Born to Run
trackNumber 7

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Born to Run hasPart Meeting Across the River
Meeting Across the River hasTitle Meeting Across the River self-link