Born in the USA page 8

 Born in the USA page 8 by ric gustafson

In 1985, Springsteen's ' Born in the USA' was the years best selling album. It never left the top 10. Other artists benefited from Springsteen's success that year. One artist was John Mellencamp. Two of his albums ' the Lonesome Jubilee' and ' Scarecrow' were considered heartland rock. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers came out with an album called ' Southern Accents'. Dire Straits came out with an album called ' Brothers in Arms'. These albums benefited from heavy MTV rotation of songs from the albums. The success of ' Born in the USA' helped their record sales also.

The next album Springsteen did after ' Born in the USA' was called ' Tunnel of Love'. The title track and the rest of the album was a complete departure from ' Born in the USA'. 

Then Springsteen came out with two albums at the same time. The first was ' Human Touch'. The second was ' Lucky Town'. None of these albums did as well as ' Born in the USA'.

In 2002, Bruce Springsteen was greatly affected by 9/11. He talked to survivors. Then he began to write songs. Those songs became ' The Rising'. It was Springsteen's first album of original songs in seven years.

The album revitalized Bruce Springsteen's life and his career.

The End.

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