Live in New York City

"'The Boss' is back big time - and Bruce Springsteen is taking his fans to the promised land."
- Reuters, Gary Graff

"With revamped favorites, obscurities and a pair of new songs (including encore Land of Hope and Dreams), the two-disc tour memento is no lazy flashback but a reaffirmation of the band's resources and relevance." - Edna Gundersen, USA Today

"Fans who bought Bruce Springsteen's new live CD at Jack's Music in Red Bank shortly after midnight Monday received an unexpected bonus: a visit from Springsteen himself."
- Asbury Park Press, Kelly-Jane Cotter

"Recorded at the New York shows, both the special and the album capture marvelously the intensity and character of the tour. The key to the reunion's success was that Springsteen and the eight-member band looked forward, not back, using new and relatively unfamiliar tunes to define his themes of commitment and community."

"...this companion to the HBO concert special of the same name (plus bonus tracks) handily supports the legend of the group's live power and passion. Tales of redemption and introspection take on new life as Springsteen plays the inspired role of rock'n'roll revivalist, and very together with the band, he performs as if the very soul of music depended on it."
- Billboard Magazine

"'41 Shots', I remembering the gunning down of Amadou Diallo, is as powerful a piece of protest music as has come along in three decades."
- New York Magazine

"On a solo 'Born In The U.S.A.,' Springsteen reinvents the song as a stark, anguished howl...This tour de force mates one of the finest vocal performances of Springsteen's career with eerie slide-guitar voicings that manage to evoke both the Far East and Mississippi. The impact of that performance is exceeded only by 'American Skin (41 Shots),' a new song that Springsteen unveiled in the closing weeks of the tour."
- Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot

"Springsteen blazes away live. The arrangements might as well be new songs. He transforms 'Born In The U.S.A.' from full-bore rocker into brilliant Delta blues ballad without sacrificing any of the song's rage. Hamming it up like an evangelical preacher, he turns 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-out' in to a 16-minute gospel blowout." "Listening to him roar through 'Murder Incorporated' and 'Prove It All Night,' you practically feel his throat stinging."
- Dallas Morning News, Thor Christensen

"I can finally hear Springsteen's voice loud and clear on a live cd. He sounds wiser, rangier and fresher. His passion is overwhelming, creating a heightened sense of hope in his songs about the dreams of everyday Americans."
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jon Bream

"Springsteen and company rummage through fresh corners of their songbook and reconnect in new and exciting ways. They draw enormous strength from one another, from being together as a band again, and that swagger spills out of the speakers on the new record."
- San Francisco Chronicle, Joel Selvin

"The HBO concert special underscores the runaway brilliance of these tour-ending, climactic shows."
- Boston Globe, Steve Morse

"Springsteen's new live set is as good as they get. Are you gonna ignore a concert disc by the most electrifying live rock solo performer of the modern era? Springsteen reestablishes that he's exactly that on the very first track, 'My Love Will Not Let You Down.' It may have been an obscure choice to open the show...but as delivered here, it's as rousing as a national anthem."
- NY Daily News, Jim Farber

"...it is something good. Something very good. It is something that has the power - especially in TV form - to turn the blase into Bossaholics, just like an actual Springsteen performance. The TV and CD versions, which follow the same order, open in instantly-gripping, high-energy style with 'My Love Will Not Let You Down.' It might as well have been titled 'My Show Will Not Let You Down.' His intent is clear. The song is his guarantee."
- Boston Herald, Larry Katz

"Mirroring Springsteen's austere stage set and no-nonsense show, this film is mainly about music, with few special effects and crowd shots. That's just fine, because once the Boss and his happy band of musical gypsies blast off, they rarely let the viewer come up for air."
- Arizona Republic, Larry Rodgers

"...a warts-and-all slice of live, electrifying rock ''n' roll. The guitar solos in 'Murder Incorporated' are left at full length, and we're allowed to hear one of the greatest bands of the rock era push it for all it's worth."
- Denver Rocky Mountain News, Mark Brown