专辑除高窜 BILLBOARD 专辑排行 TOP3和荣获 3 白金的记录之外，更获得「滚石杂誌」5 颗星的青睐，是Bruce首张叫好又叫座的成名作。Bruce 以此专辑获成为歌坛一颗闪亮的明日之星，因而当年度的「时代周刊」和「新闻周刊」，都以他的做封面人物介绍。同名单曲「Born To Run」将自己比喻为一个机车骑士，即使人生道路有如高速公路般变化莫测，也要努力奋斗不懈闯出个名堂。「Jungleland」以年青人在社会夹缝中求生存、恋爱和工作的心境，做出强烈和深刻的描写。「Night」描述因每天面对同样工作，到晚上只好在和女友约会时，得以抚慰孤单心灵的无奈。

本专辑在[滚石]杂誌评选的最伟大的500张摇滚专辑中排名18

1. Thunder Road

2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

3. Night

4. Backstreets

5. Born to Run

6. She's The One

7. Meeting Across The River

8. Jungleland

歌词

In the day we sweat it out in the streets

of a runaway american dream

At night we ride through mansions

of glory in suicide machines

Sprung from cages out on highway 9,

Chrome wheeled,fuel injected and steppin'out over the line

oh~Baby this town rips the bones from your back

It's a death trap,

it's a suicide rap

We gotta get out while we're young

`cause tramps like us,

baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in i wanna be your friend

I want to guard your dreams and visions

Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims

And strap your hands across my engines

Together we could break this trap

We'll run till we drop,

baby we'll never go back

Will you walk with me out on the wire

`cause baby i'm just a scared and lonely rider

But i gotta find out how it feels

I want to know if love is wild,

girl i want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones

scream down the boulevard

The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors

And the boys try to look so hard

The amusement park rises bold and stark

Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

I wanna die with you wendy on the streets tonight

In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes

on a last chance power drive

Everybody's out on the run tonight

but there's no place left to hide

Together wendy we'll live with the sadness

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul

o!~Someday girl i don't know when

we're gonna get to that place

Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun

But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run