Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Released	January 5, 1973
Recorded	June 7 – October 26, 1972
Studio	914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	37:08
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mike Appel · Jim Cretecos
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
Singles from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
	"Blinded by the Light"; Released: February 1973; "Spirit in the Night"; Released: May 1973;

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. It was produced from June through October 1972 by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios. The album was released January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records to average sales but a positive critical reception.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. first charted in the United Kingdom on June 15, 1985, in the wake of Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. tour arriving in Britain; it remained in the top 100 for ten weeks.^[2] In 2003, the album was ranked at No. 379 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list^[3] and in 2013 the same magazine listed Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. as one of the "100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time".^[4] On November 22, 2009, the album was played in its entirety for the first time by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, to celebrate the last show of the Working on a Dream tour.^[5]

^ Heylin, Clinton (2012). Springsteen Song by Song A Critical Look. New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. pp. 8–13. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1996
^ Cite error: The named reference RS500 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 October 2013.
^ Goldstein, Stan (November 15, 2009). "Bruce Springsteen to play the entire 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' album in Buffalo". nj.com. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

[Penguin_Group_USA_Inc-1] Heylin, Clinton (2012). Springsteen Song by Song A Critical Look. New York: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. pp. 8–13. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[ReferenceA-2] The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1996

[RS500-3] Cite error: The named reference RS500 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 October 2013.

[5] Goldstein, Stan (November 15, 2009). "Bruce Springsteen to play the entire 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' album in Buffalo". nj.com. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

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