The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle November; Carlin gives a date of November 11, though November 5 has also been cited among online sources. "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle" sold poorly when it was first released in 1973 but received acclaim from critics. "Rolling Stone" magazine's Ken Emerson said that its lengthy, vividly written songs make for a more challenging and romantic album than "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", but still retain that album's ebullient music because of Springsteen and the E Street Band's masterful playing. In a less enthusiastic review for "Creem", Robert Christgau wrote that it does not cohere as
Asbury Park, New Jersey After a spike in gang violence, violent crime had decreased by almost 20% from 2006 to 2008. In the calendar year through August 26, 2013, Asbury Park has had 6 homicides; there have also been 17 people non-fatally injured in shooting incidents. In February 2014, "Operation Dead End" arrested gang members of the Crips and Bloods; one Asbury Park patrol officer was arrested for aiding gang members. On June 16, 2015, Asbury Park police officers arrested a Neptune Township off-duty police officer for the murder of his ex-wife on an Asbury Park street in broad daylight. , the Asbury Park