Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. 1. "Blinded by the Light" 2. "Growin' Up" 3. "Mary Queen of Arkansas" 4. "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?" 5. "Lost in the Flood" 6. "The Angel" 7. "For You" 8. "Spirit in the Night" 9. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" "The album first charted in the UK on 15 June 1985, in the wake of the" Born in the USA "tour arriving in Britain, and remained in the Top 100 for ten weeks." Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Guide to Rock" (2002), William Ruhlmann gave "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." five stars and said that it combined the mid-1960s folk rock music of Bob Dylan, accessible melodies, and elaborate arrangements and lyrics: ""Asbury Park" painted a portrait of teenagers cocksure of themselves, yet bowled over by their discovery of the world. It was saved from pretentiousness (if not preciousness) by its sense of humor and by the careful eye for detail ... that kept even the most high-flown language rooted." In 2003, the album was ranked number 379 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the 500 greatest albums of