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Born In The USA’ Voted Greatest Rock Album
The Boss comes out on top…

by Jason Gregory on 15/05/2007

Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born In The USA’ has been voted the greatest rock album of all time in a new poll.

The 1984 album beat off competition from bands including Nirvana and The Clash to top the survey, which was carried out in conjunction with a new BBC rock documentary.

‘Born In The USA,’ which has sold over fifteen million albums worldwide, was described as having “unabashed sentimentality” by music writer, David Hepworth. He added: “Splashy sound, enormous drums, brilliant packaging - rock albums don't come any poppier."

Dire Straits 1985 album ‘Brothers In Arms,’ came in at number two in the poll, just ahead of Nirvana’s seminal 1991 album, ‘Nevermind,’ which was described as a “snapshot of those times.”

Other notable bands to make the top ten included The Clash with ‘London Calling,’ and the ‘White Album’ by The Beatles.

The full top ten can be seen bellow:

1- Bruce Springsteen – ‘Born In The USA’
2- Dire Straits- ‘Brothers In Arms’
3- Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’
4- The Clash – ‘London’s Calling’
5- David Bowies– ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’
6- The Beatles - ‘White Album’
7- Black Sabbath - ‘Paranoid’
8- U2 - ‘Achtung Baby’
9- The Stone Roses – ‘The Stone Roses’
10- Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin IV’

Quelle: http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=31722

Billy Joel: I don't think like Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel says that he could never embrace recording an album of standards the way his longtime labelmate Bruce Springsteen has done with his Seeger Sessions album and tour. Springsteen's recent covers project featured songs from the folk era which were made popular by folk legend Pete Seeger.

Joel explained that one has to get into a very specific mindset to do any type of covers project, let alone one with such socio-political implications: "Sure Pete Seeger wrote a lot of great stuff, but I think you kinda have to put yourself in that place. I think you kinda have to feel like Pete Seeger to do that. And I know that Bruce is very social-minded (and) political minded -- and of course that's what Pete Seeger was. I don't think that way. I... I'm an abstractionist. The music comes first. The music is the message."

Billy Joel just wrapped up a series of U.S. dates. Although no additional shows have been announced, there are rumors that he'll be booking at least one more swing through the States before the end of the year.

On June 5th Springsteen will release his latest live collection, called Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band Live In Dublin. Initial copies of the disc also include a live DVD.
Quelle: http://www.therockradio.com/2007/05/bil ... bruce.html

3- Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’

Schön, das Bruce an erster Stelle steht, aber warum diese Schrammel Band Nirvana ständig für die größten Rock´n Roll Scheiben herhalten muß. Hmmm, zugegeben, es war der Startschuß einer neuen ziemlich kurzlebigen Ära anspruchsloser Rock Musik. Muß es denn gleich für die Ewigkeit sein ? Und wo ist Bat out of Hell ?

Damals gabs massenhaft bessere Bands, wie zum Beispiel "Dinosaur Jr", "Big F.", "Mudhoney" und "Soundgarden".

Die ersten beiden Pearl Jam fand ich noch ganz ordentlich, aber auch die haben den Langzeittest bis in die Gegenwart nicht geschafft. Einzig das Album "Apple" von Mother Love Bone, quasi die Vorgänger von Pearl Jam hält die Grunge Fahne in meiner Billy Wand hoch ...obwohl, besonders "grungig" finde ich die nicht.