Quote Originally Posted by Mantra View Post
I read about two thirds of this during the summer. It was pretty good, although I was hoping he would dig into things a little deeper. In some ways it didn't really add that much to my understanding of him and his music. It's mostly just him going through the different eras, narrating his career, explaining the what happened next, etc. I wish there had been a little less straight narration and more reflection/analysis type stuff. For example, Nebraska is my favorite album of his, and I was so excited to read what he had to say about it, but he mostly just talked about all the details that everybody knows about, stuff you could read about on wikipedia. There was some interesting stuff in there, for sure, I just wish there had been more.

I have to admit I did skim a bit here and there when it got to sections that didn't interest me that much, like certain albums I never cared for much.

That said, it was still a fairly enjoyable read.
Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll is a pretty good read in terms of diving into the album process for most of his albums, from what I remember. It's less of a straight biography than some of the other high profile Springsteen books.

Of course I love Born to Run and Darkness, but I've always had a soft spot for Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. too, and The Rising is a top three album for me as well. Bruce is definitely my favorite artist behind NIN.