Tunnel Of Love

Performer: Bruce Springsteen
Engineer: Roger Talkov; Toby Scott
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards); Nils Lofgren (vocals, guitar); Jimmie Wood (harmonica); Roy Bittan (piano, synthesizer); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums, percussion); Patty Scialfa, Clarence Clemons (background vocals). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin. Recorded in New Jersey and at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica, sound effects); Nils Lofgren (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (vocals, saxophone); Danny Federici (vocals, organ); Patti Scialfa (vocals); James Wood (harmonica); Garry Tallent (horns); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Max Weinberg (drums, percussion). Audio Mixers: Mark McKenna; Bob Clearmountain. Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Kren Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Nj; The Hit Factory, New York, NY. Photographers: Bob Adelman; Annie Leibovitz; Elliot Erwitt. TUNNEL OF LOVE (Bruce Springsteen's ninth album) is essentially a solo release and marked the final chapter of The E Street band, whose members appear separately on several tracks. Springsteen's home studio in Rumson, New Jersey was the primary recording location. Popular music as an art form has attained some of its greatest peaks when dealing with the thorny material of relationships. Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel Of Love, a powerful meditation on his own disintegrating marriage, represents a classic of its type. Predominantly an intimate solo recording the songs convey the gamut of emotions experienced in a long-term relationship, from desire ('Ain't Got You') through disquiet and deceit ('Tunnel Of Love' and 'Brilliant Disguise') to despair ('When You're Alone'), ending on a note of cautious optimism ('Valentine's Day'). Springsteen would never again be as nakedly emotional as he was on this beautiful and honest album.

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #25 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best LPs Of The 80s Survey. Q (10/01, p.43) - Ranked #48 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime" - "...Springsteen never sounded more focussed..." Q (3/00, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...the first in a series of bravely confessional releases (the closing 'Valentine's Day' is quietly heartbreaking) and his last work for some time with the E Street Band..."

Bruce Springsteen came out of New Jersey in the early 1970s sounding like a cross between Bob Dylan and early Tom Waits, backed by the rambunctious E Street Band. After toughening up his sound, Springsteen created his 1975 masterpiece, BORN TO RUN, which garnered critical acclaim for its blend of Spectorian grandeur and street poetry. Nine years later, BORN IN THE U.S.A. made him a worldwide superstar with its beefed-up stadium-rock sound. Along the way, he's produced such low-key acoustic-based milestones as NEBRASKA and THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD, never losing the blue-collar ethos that is central to his vision. His 2002 album, THE RISING, is considered one of the finest artistic responses to the 9/11tragedy produced in the event's immediate aftermath.

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