top 10 albums bruce springsteen: tunnel of love [1987]

I always knew that Bruce Springsteen had something to say. I remember listening to Darkness on the Edge of Town, knowing that the lyrics meant something but not being able to understand his mumbled delivery. With Tunnel of Love, Bruce finally realised his potential. It is an album filled with stuff to say about men and their inability to articulate how they feel, not that this is something that Bruce ever suffers from. This is an album about ordinary men and the relationships that they have, with women, and perhaps most eloquently with their fathers. There is a sense of melancholy running through the album, a sense of lost opportunity. Forget all of the throw away power pop hit singles that Bruce has had over the years, this is the album that people will point to in the future as the one that proves Bruce really did have something to say.