Bruce Springsteen recalls initial doubts about THIS hit album

Bruce Springsteen has made a surprising revelation about his Grammy nominated album.

Speaking with Rolling Stone, the legendary guitarist revealed that he initially had doubts about his album Born in the USA.

He told the outlet that he wasn’t interested in the album, saying, “I enjoyed the recording and the experience of Nebraska, and thought I might continue in that vein with a small rhythm section, still very lo-fi, and a new group of songs.”

“At the time, I wasn’t sure where I was going with Born in the U.S.A. I had half the record, but I didn’t have the other half. And so it was just a record that happened in between those two records,” Springsteen said.

Revealing that he wasn’t happy with the album upon its release in 1984, Springsteen said, “It was a record I put out. It became the record I made, not necessarily the record that I was interested in making.”

“I was interested in taking Nebraska and making a full record that had somewhat that same feeling.”

“If you hear 'My Hometown' and you hear 'Born in the U.S.A.,' they were sort of the bookends I intended. And the rest of the stuff was … just what I had at the time. Those were the songs I wrote. Those were the songs I recorded,” Springsteen explained.

In conclusion Bruce Springsteen shared some insight into the creative process saying, “You go in the studio, you have an idea. It’s not necessarily what you come out with. So that was just the situation of that record for me personally.”

Bruce Springsteen is set to release seven-album compilation Tracks II: The Lost Albums on June 27, 2025.

The seven-album compilation Tracks II: The Lost Albums will include the music he recorded between 1983 and 2018.