Born to Run

E40115
rock album studio album

Born to Run is Bruce Springsteen’s landmark 1975 rock album, celebrated for its anthemic sound, cinematic storytelling, and role in establishing him as a major American rock icon.

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Born to Run (autobiography) 2
Born to Run (song) 2
Bruce Springsteen album "Born to Run" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard 200 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard 200 Top 10
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtBy Eric Meola ⓘ
criticalReception widespread acclaim ⓘ
featuresBand E Street Band ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation guitars ⓘ
orchestral arrangements ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
hasPart Backstreets ⓘ
Born to Run self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Born to Run (song)

Jungleland ⓘ
Meeting Across the River ⓘ
Night ⓘ
She’s the One ⓘ
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out ⓘ
Thunder Road ⓘ
includedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ
keyContributor Clarence Clemons ⓘ
Garry Tallent ⓘ
Max Weinberg ⓘ
Roy Bittan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 39:26 ⓘ
mainTheme escape and longing ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
youthful dreams ⓘ
nextWork Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
notableFor anthemic sound ⓘ
cinematic storytelling ⓘ
establishing Bruce Springsteen as a major American rock icon ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
previousWork The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Mike Appel ⓘ
recordedAt 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York ⓘ
Record Plant, New York City ⓘ
recordedIn 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1975-08-25 ⓘ
titleTrack Born to Run self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Born to Run (song)
yearOfRelease 1975 ⓘ

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Thunder Road → album → Born to Run ⓘ
The Boss → associatedWithWork → Born to Run ⓘ
Springsteen on Broadway → basedOn → Born to Run ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born to Run (autobiography)
subject surface form: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
subject surface form: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
this entity surface form: album Born to Run
Born to Run → hasPart → Born to Run self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born to Run (song)
subject surface form: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
this entity surface form: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen → notableAlbum → Born to Run ⓘ
Columbia Records → notableRelease → Born to Run ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Born to Run ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Born to Run ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born to Run (autobiography)
Emmylou Harris → notableWork → Born to Run ⓘ
Thunder Road → openingTrackOf → Born to Run ⓘ
Thunder Road → partOf → Born to Run ⓘ
Clarence Clemons → performedOn → Born to Run ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bruce Springsteen album "Born to Run"
E Street Band → recordedOn → Born to Run ⓘ
Born to Run → titleTrack → Born to Run self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born to Run (song)