Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Stone", Lester Bangs hailed Springsteen as a daring new artist who sets himself apart from his contemporaries with songwriting that either has a serious meaning or showcases his uninhibited gift for verbose, overloaded lyrics and rhyme schemes. "Some of [his words] can mean something socially or otherwise", Bangs said, "but there's plenty of 'em that don't even pretend to, reveling in the joy of utter crass showoff talent run amuck and totally out of control". Peter Knobler wrote in "Crawdaddy" that "he sings with a freshness and urgency I haven't heard since I was rocked by 'Like a Rolling Stone'
Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake the two EPs, added two previously unreleased bonus tracks, and re-sequenced everything into one cohesive record, "Greetings and Salutations"." Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake Greetings & Salutations from Less Than Jake is a compilation album by American ska punk band Less Than Jake, released on October 15, 2012 in the UK and January 8, 2013 in the US. Produced by vocalist and bass guitarist Roger Manganelli, the album combines two previously released EPs, "Greetings from Less Than Jake" (2011) and "Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake" (2012), along with two new tracks recorded during the same sessions. "Goodbye,