The ol' bobert sees this peak think like beauty... it's in the eyes of the beholder. For you Springsteen peaked with "Born in the USA" or "Darkness on the Edge of Town". As for me, having known Bruce in the late 60's and booking him at a club I was managing, those two songs don't do a thing fir me. I like a lot of his stuff on the "Lucky Town" album which I think was his best albums. But albums don't tell the entire story because the recording companies are after profits and marketable middle of the road music that fits in their circle. And music style is another variable. Old rock n' rollers are thought to be past their prime early in life but bluesmen and jazzmen just get better. As a musican and songwriter, unless a pysical disability creeps in the prevents me from playing music and writing then the concept of peaking is like a square peg and a round hole. Just won't happen. It's only when one thinks of music as a product, rather than a process, that one can comprehend the concept of peaking. Unfortunately, many musicans have succumbed to that assembly-line/ been-there-done-that trap. And it is a trap, make no bones about it, because it robs them of something that used to be fun, and spiritual that became a chore. The music industry is littered with these poor folks... That's just this ol' hillbillies' opinion... Bobert