Bruce Springsteen - The River (Top 500 Countdown Update)

The River is a tough album to place. As much as I like the songs on the album it has a very disjointed feeling. A good example of this is with the songs "The River" followed by "Point Blank" followed by "Cadillac Ranch" followed by "I'm a Rocker." Each of these songs are very good. "The River" and "Point Blank" are very complimentary of each other as are "Cadillac Ranch" and "I'm a Rocker," but together it just doesn't seem to work. Just another example of how hard it is to make a double album. All in all The River feels like a transitional album. It's a blend of Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska, and Born in the USA. Those albums stand much better on their own than this album does trying to represent all three.