Assisted by Springsteen's Big Man, saxophonist Clarence Clemons, she revels in bravado in a way that recalls jukebox heroes and other rock strivers, capped by a chorus that's as lighter-ready as it is made for club remixes. — M.J.
Lady Gaga may have crash-landed into music as an electropop oddity, but the 2010s revealed a crucial fact about her artistic makeup: She loves big-tent arena rock. "The Edge of Glory," from her sprawling 2011 album Born This Way, showed that she could thrash with the best of them. Assisted by Springsteen's Big Man, saxophonist Clarence Clemons, she revels in bravado in a way that recalls jukebox heroes and other rock strivers, capped by a chorus that's as lighter-ready as it is made for club remixes. — M.J.