In this thoroughly researched book, Himes makes the case for the album being Springsteen's most successful marriage of romance and despair, comedy and drama, literary craftmanship and political engagement. Himes examines Springsteen's prodigious output during 1981-1984 and discusses why some songs wound up on BORN IN THE USA, some on NEBRASKA, others on TRACKS, and others on no official album at all.
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