The 1974 Album Bruce Springsteen Called America's Best

The 1974 album that Bruce Springsteen described as "America's greatest" was Jackson Browne's "Late for the Sky." Springsteen was deeply impressed by the quality of the songwriting, arrangements and emotional honesty present on the record. Released at the height of the singer-songwriter era, the album featured songs such as "Late for the Sky", "Before the Deluge" and "Fountain of Sorrow". According to Springsteen, few works have managed to capture with such beauty and depth the emotions, dreams and disappointments of American life. Decades later, the album continues to be considered one of the most important works of folk-rock music of the 1970s.