Born In The USA, though, took on a momentum of its own and slipped out from his control. 1984 was an election year in the US, and at a campaign stop in Hammonton, New Jersey that September, the ...

In part due to this unique recording process, Springsteen revealed in the liner notes for Born in the U.S.A. that he wasn't happy with the album upon its 1984 release. "It was a record I put out.

I always heard Born in the USA as dispatches from various people left behind by Reagan’s America. As a listener, it felt cohesive. "I guess, it was to a lot of other people too," Springsteen admits.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music's "Born to Run" symposium main event is Saturday, Sept. 6, at Monmouth University.

Bruce Springsteen maps the treasures of his own music vault Curated by the Boss himself, "Lost and Found" captures the spirit of seven long-lost records spanning four decades By Caryn Rose ...