Tunnel of Love | 
 enlarge | Label: Columbia Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 114534
Format: Original Recording
Media: LP Record
ASIN: B000OCE0FK
Publication Date: 1987
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Product Description
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.
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A testament to why first impressions can be meaningless October 6, 2007
finulanu (Here, there, and everywhere)
Okay, I'll admit when I've been unfair to an album, and I've gotta say I've really been unfair to this one in the past. I despised every song but "Brilliant Disguise" when I first heard it. But it's a real grower. For one, I like how Springsteen weighs personal lyrics with pop hooks here, so both people who listen to music for the lyrics and the melodies can get something out of it. A lot of acts fail to do that while writing personal albums, but Springsteen had remarkable success. My favorite example of this is the title track. I'll admit I don't like the '80s production on it (the computerized guitar solo is my least favorite part), but he cooks up some tasty metaphors and milks the familiar chord progression for all it's worth. "Tougher Than the Rest"; "All that Heaven Will Allow", and especially "Brilliant Disguise", my favorite song on the record and one of my all-time top Springsteen picks, follow in this path. He also cooks up a surprisingly stellar country-rocker with "Spare Parts". Now, I'm still in firm denial this is anywhere near Born to Run - "Cautious Man" is a noticeable lapse, "Walk Like a Man" is basically the same song; and "Two Faces" is a rare example of Springsteen making the '80s pop formula bad. For some reason, Bruce has always been quite potent when it comes to '80s pop - I never understood why, since I hate the sound coming from anyone else. I don't know, I guess it's just Bruce's thing? Anyway, "Two Faces" is a rare example of Bruce making the '80s pop thing suck (again, he would never do that anywhere else, and have you ever heard the Stones or Clapton, not to mention the "real" '80s pop stars - other than Prince, of course, because Prince rules - try it? *Shudders*). I guess the folky "One Step Up" is nothing to faint over either, but it's got a good vibe. I like "When You're Alone", too. Strong vocal hook. Cool organ part. Distinct vocals. So I will now set my previous animosity with this record aside and give it a firm, solid thumbs up. And not the Australian "thumbs-up" (flipping the bird, in other words) - that's firmly reserved for Human Touch. No, I mean the American thumbs-up. Or the gladiator thumbs-up. Or whatever. My god, when I ramble, I ramble!
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