Editing Born to Run (section)

===Rankings===
''Born to Run'' has frequently appeared on lists of the greatest albums of the 1970s<ref name="UCRRockAlbums" /><ref name="Paste70s" /><ref name="AS70s" /> and of all time.{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=147}}<ref name="WSJ">{{Cite news |last=Kahn |first=Ashley |title=Springsteen Looks Back On 'Born to Run' |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113157733159792810 |url-status=live |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=November 10, 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230930174728/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113157733159792810 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''NME''{{'s}} Matthew Taub argued that ''Born to Run'' is "probably the single best rock album of the 1970s, and easily one of the finest ever recorded".<ref name="NMEBest">{{cite web |last=Taub |first=Matthew |url=https://www.nme.com/features/bruce-springsteen-albums-ranked-2808825 |title=Bruce Springsteen: every album ranked in order of greatness |date=November 8, 2022 |work=NME |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204163135/https://www.nme.com/features/bruce-springsteen-albums-ranked-2808825 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[American Songwriter]]'' included it in a 2023 list compiling 10 albums that shaped the 1970s music landscape.<ref name="AS70s">{{cite web |last=Beviglia |first=Jim |url=https://americansongwriter.com/classic-rock-gems-10-albums-that-shaped-the-1970s-music-landscape/ |title=Classic Rock Gems: 10 Albums That Shaped the 1970s Music Landscape |date=August 28, 2023 |work=[[American Songwriter]] |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829030725/https://americansongwriter.com/classic-rock-gems-10-albums-that-shaped-the-1970s-music-landscape/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1987, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 8 in a list of the "100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years"<ref name=RS1987>{{cite news| first1=Anthony| last1=DeCurtis| author1-link=Anthony DeCurtis |first2=Mark |last2=Coleman| title=The Best 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years |magazine=Rolling Stone| issue=507| date=August 27, 1987| page=45}}</ref> and in 2003, the magazine ranked it 18th on its list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run-50006/| year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time| magazine=Rolling Stone| access-date=September 23, 2019| archive-date=July 4, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704091928/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run-50006/| url-status=live}}</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revision and dropping a few slots to number 21 in the 2020 reboot of the list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run-3-1063212/|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620144208/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run-3-1063212/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, [[NPR]] included ''Born to Run'' in a list compiling the 100 most important albums in the 20th century.{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=147}} A year later, the TV network [[VH1]] named it the 27th-greatest album of all time,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62192/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=/shows/dynamic/includes/wildcards/the_greatest/album_list_full.jhtml&event_id=862772&start=61 |title=The Greatest: 100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll |access-date=January 31, 2007 |work=The Greatest |publisher=[[VH1]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001131714/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62192/episode_wildcard.jhtml?wildcard=%2Fshows%2Fdynamic%2Fincludes%2Fwildcards%2Fthe_greatest%2Falbum_list_full.jhtml&event_id=862772&start=61 |archive-date=October 1, 2007 }}</ref> and in 2003, it was ranked as the most popular album of all time in the first [[Zagat Survey]] Music Guide.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984699#| title=Born To Run' Tops Zagat Music Survey| access-date=January 31, 2007| first=Barry A. |last=Jeckell| date=September 23, 2003| magazine=Billboard| archive-date=October 23, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023181800/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984699| url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was also voted number 20 in the third edition of [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000),{{sfn|Larkin|2000|p=43}} and was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' (2006).{{sfn|Dimery|Lydon|2006|p=343}} In [[Apple Music]]'s 2024 list of the [[Apple Music 100 Best Albums|100 Best Albums]], the album ranked number 22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple Music 100 Best Albums |url=https://100best.music.apple.com/us |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514224218/https://100best.music.apple.com/us |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2003, ''Born to Run'' was added to the [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2004/04-061.html |title=Librarian of Congress Names 50 New Recordings to the National Recording Registry |access-date=January 31, 2007 |date=March 19, 2004 |work=The Library Today |publisher=[[The Library of Congress]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070205121156/http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2004/04-061.html |archive-date=February 5, 2007 }}</ref> In December 2005, U.S. New Jersey representative [[Frank Pallone]] and 21 co-sponsors sponsored H.Res. 628, a bill that would have celebrated the 30th anniversary of ''Born to Run'' and Springsteen's overall career. In general, resolutions honoring native sons are passed with a simple voice vote. The bill failed upon referral to the [[United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Committee on Education and the Workforce]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Joal|last=Ryan|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=32521e2b-a367-4e2e-a196-c9caf59a59d3 |title=Senate Shows the Boss Who's Boss |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=November 15, 2005 |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611152231/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=32521e2b-a367-4e2e-a196-c9caf59a59d3 |archive-date=June 11, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>