Below the shoulders and above the knees. Red and white stripes, no stars. The figure on the album's cover is purposely anonymous: he is the everyman tasked with directly confronting the shortcoming of his homeland.

Born in the U.S.A. is Bruce's seventh and best-selling album. While a fistful of decades separates its inception from the present-day, the stories Springsteen sings about could have been written yesterday. Layered and nuanced, varied and raw, Born in The U.S.A. is a record that explores quotidian pain and national disillusionment.