Music: Cruising Through the Darkness

Ending a time of stormy silence, Springsteen rocks back

The dust hasn't settled yet, and now likely never will. After almost three years of legal entanglements, a creative time-out and a lingering celebrity hangover, Bruce Springsteen has come storming back, raising a fine ruckus, not just reaffirming his promise as the pre-eminent rock figure of the late '70s, but redeeming, even enhancing it.

A volley of legal actions between Bruce and his former manager kept Springsteen effectively off course for more than a year after the release of his galvanic 1975 album Born to Run. Once he...

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