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There had been quite a few love songs in Springsteen’s repertoire before he made this record, but very few in the true first person. Most of them were narrated by his various characters, and you could even argue that the exuberant kid crowing "the record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance" on E Street Shuffle ’s "Rosalita" was a construct of sorts. But here, in the middle of a first marriage that would end in divorce, Springsteen essays a group of songs all about the joys, but mostly sorrows, of emotional commitment and connection — or, more to the point, lack thereof. "I just can’t see what a woman like you is doing with me," he sings on "Brilliant Disguise." An insecure Bruce — imagine that. The music is suitably spare. One of Springsteen’s most fascinating records.
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Just as he had followed his 1980 commercial breakthrough The River with the challenging Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen followed the most popular album of his career, Born in the U.S.A., with another low-key, anguished effort, Tunnel of Love. Especially in their sound, several of the songs, "Cautious Man" and "Two Faces," for example, could have fit seamlessly onto Nebraska, though the arrangements overall were not as stripped-down and acoustic as on the earlier album. While Nebraska was filled with songs of economic desperation, however, Tunnel of Love, as its title suggested, was an album of romantic exploration. But the lovers were just as desperate in their way as Nebraska's small-time criminals. In song after song, Springsteen questioned the trust and honesty on both sides in a romantic relationship, specifically a married relationship. Since Springsteen sounded more autobiographical than ever before ("Ain't Got You" referred to his popular success, while "Walk Like a Man" seemed another explicit message to his father), it was hard not to wonder about the state of his own two-and-a-half-year marriage, and it wasn't surprising when that marriage collapsed the following year. Tunnel of Love was not the album that the ten million fans who had bought Born in the U.S.A. as of 1987 were waiting for, and though it topped the charts, sold three million copies, and spawned three Top 40 hits, much of this was on career momentum. Springsteen was as much at a crossroads with his audience as he seemed to be in his work and in his personal life, though this was not immediately apparent.
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Ain't Got You
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2:07 |
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Tougher Than The Rest
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4:34 |
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All That Heaven Will Allow
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2:38 |
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Spare Parts
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3:39 |
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Cautious Man
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3:56 |
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Walk Like A Man
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3:36 |
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Tunnel Of Love
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5:10 |
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Two Faces
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3:01 |
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Brilliant Disguise
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4:15 |
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One Step Up
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4:21 |
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When You're Alone
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3:21 |
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Valentine's Day
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5:13 |
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12 Total Tracks, 45:51 Total Length
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Credits
- Nils Lofgren - Guitar // Nils Lofgren - Guitar // Nils Lofgren - Guitar // Nils Lofgren - Vocals // Nils Lofgren - Vocals // Nils Lofgren - Vocals // Nils Lofgren - Performer // Nils Lofgren - Performer // Nils Lofgren - Performer // Nils Lofgren - Soloist // Nils Lofgren - Soloist // Nils Lofgren - Soloist // Bruce Springsteen - Bass // Bruce Springsteen - Bass // Bruce Springsteen - Bass // Bruce Springsteen - Guitar // Bruce Springsteen - Guitar // Bruce Springsteen - Guitar // Bruce Springsteen - Harmonica // Bruce Springsteen - Harmonica // Bruce Springsteen - Harmonica // Bruce Springsteen - Sound Effects // Bruce Springsteen - Sound Effects // Bruce Springsteen - Sound Effects // Bruce Springsteen - Vocals // Bruce Springsteen - Vocals // Bruce Springsteen - Vocals // Bruce Springsteen - Producer // Bruce Springsteen - Producer // Bruce Springsteen - Producer // Bruce Springsteen - Main Performer // Bruce Springsteen - Main Performer // Bruce Springsteen - Main Performer // Bruce Springsteen - Performer // Bruce Springsteen - Performer // Bruce Springsteen - Performer // Clarence Clemons - Saxophone // Clarence Clemons - Vocals // Clarence Clemons - Performer // Patti Scialfa - Vocals // Roy Bittan - Synthesizer // Roy Bittan - Piano // Roy Bittan - Keyboards // Roy Bittan - Performer // Bob Clearmountain - Mixing // Danny Federici - Organ // Danny Federici - Vocals // Danny Federici - Performer // Jay Healy - Mixing Assistant // Jay Healy - Assistant // Rob Jacobs - Assistant // Jon Landau - Producer // Jon Landau - Management // Tim Leitner - Assistant // Bob Ludwig - Mastering // Mark McKenna - Mixing // Mark McKenna - Mixing Assistant // Mark McKenna - Assistant // Chuck Plotkin - Producer // Toby Scott - Engineer // Roger Talkov - Engineer // Roger Talkov - Assistant // Garry Tallent - Bass // Garry Tallent - Horn // Garry Tallent - Performer // Max Weinberg - Percussion // Max Weinberg - Drums // Max Weinberg - Performer // James Wood - Harmonica // Annie Leibovitz - Photography // Sandra Choron - Art Direction // Elliot Erwitt - Photography // Bob Adelman - Photography // The E Street Band - Group
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