Likewise, it showcases how he was wary of commercialism but often bent towards it, confessing that he was, after all, a pop kid at heart. This was evidenced two years later when he produced his best-selling album in the shape of Born in the USA. That classic clocked a cracking 53,000,000 sales while Nebraska fetched 6,500,000. Yet, it remains the record he believes defines his outlook the best.

Nebraska is, by far, my favorite Springsteen record. Full disclosure, I was never much of a fan of his. Aside from his obvious hits everyone knows, of course.

Then I watched his biopic Deliver me from Nowhere on a whim because I like the guy from Shameless and The Bear. I’m glad I did!

After I saw the backstory of Nebraska, I was on a mission to track it down on vinyl. I went to local flea markets and other second hand stores and dug through musty old boxes of records for two days before I found it at this hole in the wall down the road from my house. I put a lot of miles on that thing over the next few days.

I like folk music though. I could totally see why Springsteen fans in the 80s weren’t very impressed at the time. My favorite bands are all crusty folk punk kids, and this isn’t quite that, but it’s so fucking raw. I could listen to Atlantic City on repeat for days.