"Tunnel Of Love" was recorded during a three week period, at Bruce's home in Rumson, New Jersey. While many people were expecting Bruce to cash in on the BITUSA success and release BITUSA II, Bruce came out with 12 mature songs about love and relationships. The lyrics were no longer solely about blue-collar life struggles and now also covered emotional turmoil’s. The album only featured some members of the band on various tracks. Clarence Clemons does not appear at all. Even though the album was not the great commercial success BITUSA was, the album does go platinum on the day of its release and reaches number one in the charts three weeks later. “Brilliant Disguise”, “One Step Up” and “Tunnel Of Love” all reach the Top 10 in the charts. The album won all the honors given by the (Rolling Stone) critics; best album, best single, best songwriter but did not manage to win any awards given by the readers/listeners.
The release signalled a change in Springsteen's music, and it would be his last album for five years.
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