Bruce’s superstar status is largely due to his live
performances. He is known for playing over 3 hours per show, and never
letting up. He rewarded many of his fans in 1986 by releasing a 5-LP
concert LP of his many tours over the years: "Live 1975-85."
The LP debuted at Number 1 and although the hype of the set affected
later sales, the LP was considered a must for any serious rock music fan.
In 1987, Bruce released "Tunnel
of Love"
which contained the Top 10 hits "Brilliant Disguise,"
"One Step Up" and "Tunnel Of Love." The LP found
more popularity with the VH-1 crowd than the MTV crowd, but continued
Bruce’s commercial and critical success. Bruce’s lyrics had focused away
from blue-collar life struggles and focused more on emotional turmoil.
By 1992, Bruce had toured for a few years, married
Patti Scialfa (a former singer with the E Street Band, 1991), and told
the E Street Band he was moving on with other backup performers (in
1989). The dissolving of the E Street Band was an effort to expand
Bruce’s collaborative efforts.
In 1992, Bruce simultaneously released "Human
Touch" and "Lucky Town." The LPs were marginal hits but
were over-shadowed by other up-and-coming acts. The same year, Bruce
performed on MTV Unplugged and released an LP of the performance in
Europe the following year (a U.S. release wasn’t available until 1997).
In 1994, Bruce recorded a song for Philadelphia about
a gay man dying of AIDS: "Streets Of Philadelphia." The song
was a Top 10 hit and won Bruce an Academy Award and gave the AIDS fight
a lyrical voice on the radio. "Streets Of Philadelphia" also
won Bruce 4 Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance,
Best Rock Song, Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture or
For Television, and Song Of The Year. The video for the song also won an
MTV Video Music Award in 1994 for Best Video From a Film.
Bruce Springsteen released his "Greatest Hits" in 1995
with a few new tracks with the E Street Band including "Secret
Garden" and "Murder Incorporated." Bruce returned to his
folk roots with the release of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" the
same year. The LP was not a commercial success but allowed Bruce to play
music he admired and give folk music a boost. The LP did win Bruce a
Grammy Award the following year for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
In 1997, Bruce was on radio airwaves again when
"Secret Garden" was used in the movie "Jerry
McGuire." Also in
September, 1997, Bruce’s "In Concert / MTV Plugged" was
released in the U.S. Previously, the LP was only available as an import.
The LP is a collection of 13 songs from Bruce’s appearance on MTV
Unplugged – in which he "plugged in" and played electric.
Bruce Springsteen can also be heard on other compilation LPs and
soundtracks including: "No Nukes" (1980), "We Are The
World" (1985), "Sun City" (1985), "Folkways – Vision
Shared" (1988), "For Our Children" (1991), "A
Tribute To Curtis Mayfield" (1993), and the "Dead Man
Walking" soundtrack (1996, for which he received another Academy
Award nomination).
"One Step Up, Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce
Springsteen," a tribute double-LP to Bruce Springsteen’s music by
artists such as David Bowie,
Ben E. King,
Joe Cocker, and
Donna Summer was released in September 1997.
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