Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 Born in the USA album transformed him from a favorite of rock audiences with a big cult following to a megastar. The album spawned seven top ten singles and has sold thirty million copies worldwide. The timely production and upbeat arrangements made the songs acceptable to Reagan-era America despite their sometime critical content. The title song was famously appropriated by Ronald Reagan despite it highlighting the failure of the country to live up to its promises or acknowledge the human wreckage created by the Vietnam War.
Great summary.