Critical Reception
Born in the U.S.A. was received by music critics with almost universal acclaim and praise. Robert Christgau gave the album an A+, describing it as Springsteen's "most rhythmically propulsive, vocally incisive, lyrically balanced, and commercially undeniable album", feeling that, "while Nebraska's one-note vision may be more left-correct, my instincts (not to mention my leftism) tell me that this uptempo worldview is truer." Debby Miller in Rolling Stone also praised the album, highlighting the prevalence of uptempo songs, and calling it an album of "rowdy, indomitable spirit".
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