Bruce Springsteen - Tracks
Columbia  (1998)
Rock

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CD  252:54
66 tracks
Tracks (Disc 1)  (67:34)
   01   Mary Queen Of Arkansas             04:28
   02   It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City             02:55
   03   Growin' Up             02:40
   04   Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?             02:03
   05   Bishop Danced             04:21
   06   Santa Ana             04:37
   07   Seaside Bar Song             03:34
   08   Zero And Blind Terry             05:57
   09   Linda Let Me Be The One             04:27
   10   Thundercrack             08:28
   11   Rendezvous             02:51
   12   Give The Girl A Kiss             03:55
   13   Iceman             03:18
   14   Bring On The Night             02:40
   15   So Young And In Love             03:49
   16   Hearts Of Stone             04:31
   17   Don't Look Back             03:00
Tracks (Disc 2)  (62:42)
   01   Restless Nights             03:47
   02   A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)             03:17
   03   Roulette             03:55
   04   Dollhouse             03:34
   05   Where The Bands Are             03:45
   06   Loose Ends             04:03
   07   Living On The Edge Of The World             04:19
   08   Wages Of Sin             04:54
   09   Take 'em As They Come             04:30
   10   Be True             03:41
   11   Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own             02:47
   12   I Wanna Be With You             03:23
   13   Mary Lou             03:22
   14   Stolen Car             04:31
   15   Born In The U.S.A.             03:11
   16   Johnny Bye-Bye             01:52
   17   Shut Out The Light             03:51
Tracks (Disc 3)  (67:25)
   01   Cynthia             04:15
   02   My Love Will Not Let You Down             04:26
   03   This Hard Land             04:50
   04   Frankie             07:24
   05   TV Movie             02:46
   06   Stand On It             03:07
   07   Lion's Den             02:19
   08   Car Wash             02:08
   09   Rockaway the Days             04:43
   10   Brothers Under the Bridges ('83)             05:08
   11   Man at the Top             03:24
   12   Pink Cadillac             03:36
   13   Two for the Road             02:00
   14   Janey Don't You Lose Heart             03:27
   15   When You Need Me             02:57
   16   The Wish             05:18
   17   The Honeymooners             02:07
   18   Lucky Man             03:30
Tracks (Disc 4)  (55:13)
   01   Leavin' Train             04:07
   02   Seven Angels             03:28
   03   Gave It A Name             02:51
   04   Sad Eyes             03:50
   05   My Lover Man             03:59
   06   Over The Rise             02:40
   07   When The Lights Go Out             03:07
   08   Loose Change             04:22
   09   Trouble In Paradise             04:43
   10   Happy             04:54
   11   Part Man, Part Monkey             04:31
   12   Goin' Cali             03:04
   13   Back In Your Arms             04:42
   14   Brothers Under The Bridge             04:55
Personal Details
Details
Country USA
Packaging Digipac
Recording Date 1998
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
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