The Collection 1973-84

RELEASE
August 24, 2010
LABEL
Sony UK
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Heartland Rock, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock

Album Review

This eight-disc box set includes the first seven albums by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, from 1973's Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. through 1984's Born in the U.S.A. (The River, having been a double album, is on two of the discs here). The individual CDs are packaged in LP mini sleeves. While The River, Greetings from Asbury Park, and Born to Run were originally released on LP with gatefold sleeves, only The River gets that treatment here. Also troubling is that there are no individual booklets, just one that comes inside the set that details credits and photographs of the front covers. It is unclear whether or not these are indeed remastered versions or simply the existing masters repackaged, and there is no bonus material. The price tag is the most attractive thing about the box, which usually retails for between $40 and $45. While Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town have been given deluxe packaging with loads of extras, the rest of these titles were only released in Japan as remasters.
Thom Jurek, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Blinded by the Light
  2. Growin' Up
  3. Mary Queen of Arkansas
  4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
  5. Lost in the Flood
  6. The Angel
  7. For You
  8. Spirit in the Night
  9. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
  10. The E Street Shuffle
  11. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
  12. Kitty's Back
  13. Wild Billy's Circus Story
  14. Incident on 57th Street
  15. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
  16. New York City Serenade
  17. Thunder Road
  18. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
  19. Night
  20. Backstreets
  21. Born to Run
  22. She's the One
  23. Meeting Across the River
  24. Jungleland
  25. Badlands
  26. Adam Raised a Cain
  27. Something in the Night
  28. Candy's Room
  29. Racing in the Street
  30. The Promised Land
  31. Factory
  32. Streets of Fire
  33. Prove It All Night
  34. Darkness on the Edge of Town
  35. The Ties That Bind
  36. Sherry Darling
  37. Jackson Cage
  38. Two Hearts
  39. Independence Day
  40. Hungry Heart
  41. Out in the Street
  42. Crush on You
  43. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
  44. I Wanna Marry You
  45. The River
  46. Point Blank
  47. Cadillac Ranch
  48. I'm a Rocker
  49. Fade Away
  50. Stolen Car
  51. Ramrod
  52. The Price You Pay
  53. Drive All Night
  54. Wreck on the Highway
  55. Nebraska
  56. Atlantic City
  57. Mansion on the Hill
  58. Johnny 99
  59. Highway Patrolman
  60. State Trooper
  61. Used Cars
  62. Open All Night
  63. My Father's House
  64. Reason to Believe
  65. Born in the U.S.A.
  66. Cover Me
  67. Darlington County
  68. Working on the Highway
  69. Downbound Train
  70. I'm on Fire
  71. No Surrender
  72. Bobby Jean
  73. I'm Goin' Down
  74. Glory Days
  75. Dancing in the Dark
  76. My Hometown