Why Bruce Springsteen almost deleted his 1975 masterpiece from history: “It sounds terrible”There really isn’t much left for Bruce Springsteen to achieve in the world of music. But while pushing his album sales into the millions with ease, Springsteen hasn’t always been wholly satisfied with every record he has released. When it comes to the 1975 anthemic album Born To Run – which has become synonymous with ‘The Boss’ – Springsteen, for a time, was no different. He might have endeavoured to create “the greatest rock record” ever heard, but the toll of that ambition left him feeling a little awkward when it came to the end result. This was an element of the record that Springsteen was a little more instantly endeared to.