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Bruce Springsteen
Tracks
RELEASE
November 10, 1998
LABEL
Sony Music Distribution
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Heartland Rock, Rock & Roll
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Album Review
For years, decades even,
Bruce Springteen
was legendary for the amount of recordings he did not release. Every time he cut an album, he recorded a surplus of songs and left some out, not always on the basis of quality, but often because they simply didn't suit the mood of the record. It was inevitable that dedicated fans and collectors would bootleg these recordings, and for many years, he was one of the most popular bootlegged artists, rivaling even
Bob Dylan
.
Dylan
released a box set of unreleased songs in 1991, paving the way for the long-overdue appearance of a similar
Springsteen
set,
Tracks
, in 1998. Spanning four discs, it isn't entirely devoted to unreleased material -- a few B-sides pop up here and there -- nor is it truly definitive, since it misses a number of key outtakes, plus his original version of "Because the Night," the sole hit for
Patti Smith
. Instead, the compilation is an unassuming sampling of what's in the vaults, from his early acoustic demos to polished outtakes from
Human Touch
and
Lucky Town
. Along the way, there are a number of great songs -- "Bishop Danced" is every bit as terrific as its legend, as are "Thundercrack," "Give the Girl a Kiss," "Hearts of Stone," "Roulette," and many others.
Tracks
merely offers fans an enjoyably sequenced selection of what was left behind. If the end result isn't as revelatory as some may have expected (even the acoustic "Born in the U.S.A.," powerful as it is, doesn't sound different than you may have imagined it), it's because
Springsteen
is, at heart, a solid craftsman, not a blinding visionary like
Dylan
. That's why
Tracks
is for the dedicated fan, where The Bootleg Series or The Basement Tapes were flat-out essential for rock fans.
–
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Track Listing
Mary Queen of Arkansas [Demo Version]
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City [Demo Version]
Growin' Up [Demo Version]
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? [Demo Version]
Bishop Danced [Live]
Santa Ana
Seaside Bar Song
Zero and Blind Terry
Linda Let Me Be the One
Thundercrack
Rendezvous
Give the Girl a Kiss
Iceman
Bring on the Night
So Young and So in Love
Hearts of Stone
Don't Look Back
Restless Nights
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Roulette
Doll House
Where the Bands Are
Loose Ends
Living on the Edge of the World
Wages of Sin
Take 'Em as They Come
Be True
Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own
I Wanna Be with You
Mary Lou
Stolen Car
Born in the U.S.A. [Demo Version]
Johnny Bye Bye
Shut Out the Light
Cynthia
My Love Will Not Let You Down
This Hard Land
Frankie
TV Movie
Stand on It
Lion's Den
Car Wash
Rockaway the Days
Brothers Under the Bridge ['83]
Man at the Top
Pink Cadillac
Two for the Road
Janey, Don't You Lose Heart
When You Need Me
The Wish
The Honeymooners
Lucky Man
Leavin' Train
Seven Angels
Gave It a Name
Sad Eyes
My Lover Man
Over the Rise
When the Lights Go Out
Loose Change
Trouble in Paradise
Happy
Part Man, Part Monkey
Goin' Cali
Back in Your Arms
Brothers Under the Bridge
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