THE RIVER REVISITED
Anthony C. Slikas | 08/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"1ST I'D LIKE TO SAY THERE'S NOT A RADICAL IMPROVEMENT ON THE SOUND BUT THERE'S AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE SOUND ON THESE JAPANESE RECORDINGS...I GUESS THE TERM REMASTERED DOESN'T APPLY BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME MIX...I'D SAY THE IMPROVEMENT LIES IN THE SOUND TO BE MORE FULLER OVERALL...GONE MAY BE THE HARSHNESS...ALTHOUGH ALOT OF THE TRACKS ON BORN TO RUN WERE SUFFERING FROM DISTORTION BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ALBUM...2ND I'D LIKE TO SAY THE PACKAGING IS EXCELLENT...IF YOU WERE A BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FAN AS THE ALBUMS CAME OUT THIS IS AS CLOSE TO HAVING THE RECORDS AGAIN...ALL THE ARTWORK AS IT WAS THEN IS HERE IN THESE RELEASES ONLY ALOT SMALLER...AND YES THERE'S LYRICS TO ALL THE CDS BUT AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LYRIC SHEETS ANYMORE WE SHOULD KNOW ALL THE LYRICS OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT THE JAPANESE RELEASES...I'D HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE PROMO FOR THE SET THERE'S THE BEATLES, DYLAN, THE ROLLING STONES AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...SPRINGSTEEN IS THE LAST OF THE GREAT ONE'S...IT'S AMAZING AT HOW GOOD HIS QUALITY WAS...EVEN HIS LESSER EFFORTS SUCH AS HUMAN TOUCH ARE CONSIDERED HIS WEAKER ALBUMS BUT BY ANOTHER MAN'S TERMS THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED GREAT BECAUSE IT'S COMING FROM THE MAN WHO RECORDED NEBRASKA IT'S CONSIDERED AN OK EFFORT...I THINK NEBRASKA WAS THE BEST ALBUM EVER RECORDED...BUT THIS IS THE REVIEW FOR THE RIVER...THE RIVER STANDS AS THE BEST WELL ROUNDED BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ALBUM IN HIS CANON...BORN TO RUN MAY BE THE BEST CONCEPT ALBUM...BORN IN THE USA MAY OF HAD THE MOST HITS ON THE RADIO...BUT THE RIVER IS THE MOST WELL ROUNDED BETWEEN GOOD TIME ROCK AND ROLL...TO A SERIOUS SIDE AND ALL THOSE WORDS...I THINK THE ONLY REASON YOUR READING THE REVIEW IS THE SOUND BETTER? YES THE SOUND IS BETTER...HOW MUCH BETTER? ALOT BETTER...I DON'T HEAR MUCH DISTORTION ON THESE RELEASES AND I HEAR AN OVERALL SWEETER SOUND...COULD I BE WRONG? MAYBE BUT I WOULDN'T FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS AS I ORDERED ALL 3 SETS...THE PACKAGING IS GREAT...IT GETS RID OF THOSE UGLY LOOKING CDS AS WELL."