Thoughts about Springsteen's Born in the USA album

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I've been listening to it quite a bit lately, trying to figure out the historical place of this album in Springsteen's career. I know it's good, but I'm not sure it's great.

I think one could very easily make the assertion that every song on Born in the USA is among Springsteen's best 50, but I also think similarly that none of his top 10 would be from this album.

I won't make a poll about this, but I'm interested to see how people view this album in terms of Springsteen's career, whether it is seminal or just good.

Edit: fixed title.