text: In All Music Guide to Rock (2002), William Ruhlmann gave Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. five stars and said that it combined the mid-1960s folk rock music of Bob Dylan, accessible melodies, and elaborate arrangements and lyrics: "Asbury Park painted a portrait of teenagers cocksure of themselves, yet bowled over by their discovery of the world. It was saved from pretentiousness (if not preciousness) by its sense of humor and by the careful eye for detail ... that kept even the most high-flown language rooted." In 2003, the album was ranked number 379 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. They ranked it 37th on their list of greatest debut albums.
  Track listing
  Personnel
  Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards, handclaps, bass guitar on “Blinded by the Light” and “Spirit in the Night”
  The E Street Band
  Clarence Clemons – saxophone, backing vocals, handclaps
  Vini Lopez – drums, backing vocals, handclaps
  David Sancious – piano, Hammond organ, keyboards
  Garry Tallent – bass guitar
  Additional musicians
  Richard Davis – double bass on "The Angel"
  Harold Wheeler – piano on "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night"
  Technical
  Louis Lahav – engineer
  Jack Ashkinazy – remixing
  John Berg – cover design
  Fred Lombardi – back cover design
  Steven Van Zandt reportedly provided sound effects on "Lost in the Flood", although Van Zandt denied having any involvement on his official Twitter page.
  Charts