| The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts | ||||
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| Live album by
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
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| Released | November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19) | |||
| Recorded | September 21–22, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 90:12 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bruce Springsteen | |||
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The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts is a live album and concert filmbyBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released on November 19, 2021. It was recorded over two nights, September 21 and 22, 1979, at Madison Square Garden, as part of the No Nukes concerts organized by activist group Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) against the use of nuclear energy.[1]
Most tracks are from Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and its predecessor, Born to Run (1975), while the album also includes performances of "The River" and "Sherry Darling" preceding their release in studio form on the following year's The River (1980).[2] Springsteen's "Detroit Medley" and his cover of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay" were previously released in a different form on the 1980 album No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 93/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Classic Rock |  [1] |
| Pitchfork | 9.0/10[5] |
| PopMatters | 10/10[6] |
| Under the Radar |    [7] |
On review aggregator Metacritic, the album has a score of 93 out of 100 based on six critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[3] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said the audio recording and accompanying film "flesh out a pivotal moment in Springsteen's rise to superstardom, providing the first professionally recorded and filmed glimpse of the E Street Band at full roar", complimenting the set list for being "structured like a party" and concluding that Springsteen's other performances over the years "haven't diminished the power of this one: It has a distinctive blend of magic and might, the sound of a band who knows they've hit their stride and still gets giddy at the noise they make".[5]
Tracks 1–5, 10 and 12 were recorded on September 22, 1979, while tracks 6–9, 11 and 13 were recorded on September 21, 1979. All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.[8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Prove It All Night" | 5:58 | |
| 2. | "Badlands" | 5:45 | |
| 3. | "The Promised Land" | 6:21 | |
| 4. | "The River" | 6:05 | |
| 5. | "Sherry Darling" | 6:11 | |
| 6. | "Thunder Road" | 5:26 | |
| 7. | "Jungleland" | 10:10 | |
| 8. | "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (with a snippet of "Stagger Lee" as introduction) | "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price, Harold Logan | 12:07 |
| 9. | "Born to Run" | 4:59 | |
| 10. | "Stay" | Maurice Williams | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Detroit Medley" (consisting of "Devil with the Blue Dress On", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "C.C. Rider" and "Jenny Take a Ride") | William Stevenson, Frederick Earl Long ("Devil with the Blue Dress On"); Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco ("Good Golly Miss Molly"); Traditional ("C.C. Rider"); Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Robert Crewe ("Jenny Take a Ride") | 9:41 |
| 12. | "Quarter to Three" | Gene Barge, Frank Guida, Joseph Royster, Gary Anderson | 9:56 |
| 13. | "Rave On" | Sunny West, Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty | 2:57 |
| Total length: | 90:12 | ||
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Additional musicians on "Stay"
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