Ask any Bruce Springsteen fan to pick the artist's best album and you're bound to get a variety of answers. But I'm willing to bet the one title that would come up most frequently is "Nebraska," the 1982 record that found the Boss at an introspective crossroads. Before "Nebraska" came 1980's "The River," Springsteen's biggest hit at the time. In 1984, he would release "Born in the U.S.A.," which would turn him into a superstar; a world-beloved rock god who would pack massive stadiums and bring down the house during every show.

But before that there was "Nebraska," a quiet, haunting affair full of echoey songs about losers, drifters, and serial killers. It was not what anyone expected from Springsteen at the time, and that was part of its power. Of course, it certainly helped that the

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