The Angel (song)

This article is about the Bruce Springsteen song. For other songs with the same title, see Angel (disambiguation).
"The Angel"
Song by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1973 (1973-01-05)
Recorded1972
Studio914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York
GenreRock
Length3:24
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. track listing
9 tracks

Side one

  1. "Blinded by the Light"
  2. "Growin' Up"
  3. "Mary Queen of Arkansas"
  4. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?"
  5. "Lost in the Flood"

Side two

  1. "The Angel"
  2. "For You"
  3. "Spirit in the Night"
  4. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"

"The Angel" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973. It was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" single.[1] The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract.[2][3] At the time Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song.[4] It has had very few live performances.[4]

  1. ^ Marsh, D. (1979). Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story. p. 268. ISBN 0-440-10694-X.
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, R. (2007). The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-0-275-98938-5.
  3. ^ "The Demo Sessions". Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  4. ^ a b Humphries, P. (1996). Bruce Springsteen. p. 6. ISBN 0-7119-5304-X.