Tracks (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Tracks
Type = Box set
Artist = Bruce Springsteen


Released = November 10, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 254:58
Label = Columbia
Producer = various
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nckzu3ejanok link]
Last album = "Blood Brothers"
(1996)
This album = "Tracks"
(1998)
Next album = "18 Tracks"
(1999)

"Tracks" is a four-disc box set by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1998 containing 66 songs. This box set is comprised mostly of never-before-released songs recorded during the sessions for his many albums, but also includes a number of heretofore unavailable single B-sides, as well as demos and alternate versions of already-released material.

History

The collection starts with Springsteen's audition for John Hammond, the legendary producer who discovered Bob Dylan, and includes mainly unreleased material as well as rare B-sides. As the sleevenotes mention, Springsteen was in the habit of producing albums that were thematically linked even if they were not strictly concept albums; so some tracks that "didn't fit" the theme of the album ended up orphaned.

The four-disc box set was later condensed into an album called "18 Tracks".

A few of the unreleased tracks received fairly regular appearances on the 1999-2000 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour. These included "My Love Will Not Let You Down", "I Wanna Be With You" (which had peaked out a #33 appearance on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart), and "Where the Bands Are".

Track listing

Disc one

#"Mary Queen of Arkansas" – 4:30
#*Recorded at CBS Studios, NY on May 3 1972
#"It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 2:57
#*Recorded at CBS Studios, NY on May 3 1972
#"Growin' Up" – 2:42
#*Recorded at CBS Studios, NY on May 3 1972
#"Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" – 2:05
#*Recorded at CBS Studios, NY on May 3 1972
#"Bishop Danced" – 4:23
#*Recorded at Max's Kansas City (Live) on February 19 1973
#"Santa Ana" – 4:39
#*Recorded at 914 Sound Studios on June 28 1973
#"Seaside Bar Song" – 3:36
#*Recorded at 914 Sound Studios on June 28 1973
#"Zero and Blind Terry" – 5:59
#*Recorded at 914 Sound Studios on June 28 1973
#"Linda Let Me Be the One" – 4:29
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on June 28 1975
#"Thundercrack" – 8:30
#*Recorded at 914 Sound Studios on June 28 1973
#"Rendezvous" – 2:53
#*Recorded at The Record Plant (LA Remote) (Live)
#"Give the Girl a Kiss" – 3:57
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on November 10 1977
#"Iceman" – 3:20
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on October 27 1977
#"Bring on the Night" – 2:42
#*Recorded at The Power Station on June 13 1979
#"So Young and in Love" – 3:51
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on January 6 1978
#"Hearts of Stone" – 4:33
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on October 14 1977
#"Don't Look Back" – 3:00
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on July 2 1977

Disc two

#"Restless Nights" – 3:49
#*Recorded at The Power Station on April 11 1980
#"A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)" – 3:19
#*Recorded at The Power Station on May 5 1982
#"Roulette" – 3:57
#*Recorded at The Power Station on April 3 1979
#"Dollhouse" – 3:36
#*Recorded at The Power Station on August 21 1979
#"Where the Bands Are" – 3:47
#*Recorded at The Power Station on October 9 1979
#"Loose Ends" – 4:05
#*Recorded at The Power Station on July 18 1979
#"Living on the Edge of the World" – 4:21
#*Recorded at The Power Station on December 7 1979
#"Wages of Sin" – 4:56
#*Recorded at The Power Station on May 10 1982
#"Take 'em as They Come" – 4:32
#*Recorded at The Power Station on April 10 1980
#"Be True" – 3:43
#*Recorded at The Power Station on July 21 1979
#"Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own" – 2:49
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, NY on July 16 1979
#"I Wanna Be With You" – 3:25
#*Recorded at The Power Station on May 31 1979
#"Mary Lou" – 3:24
#*Recorded at The Power Station on May 30 1979
#"Stolen Car" – 4:33
#*Recorded at The Power Station on July 26 1979
#"Born in the U.S.A." – 3:13
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, January 1982
#"Johnny Bye-Bye" – 1:54
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, January 1983
#"Shut Out the Light" – 3:51
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, January 1983

Disc three

#"Cynthia" – 4:17
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on April 20 1983
#"My Love Will Not Let You Down" – 4:28
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on May 5 1982
#"This Hard Land" – 4:52
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on May 11 1982
#"Frankie" – 7:26
#*Recorded at The Power Station on May 14 1982
#"TV Movie" – 2:48
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on June 13 1983
#"Stand on It" – 3:09
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on June 16 1983
#"Lion's Den" – 2:21
#*Recorded at The Power Station on January 25 1982
#"Car Wash" – 2:10
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on May 31 1983
#"Rockaway the Days" – 4:45
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on February 3 1984
#"Brothers Under the Bridges" – 5:10
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on September 4 1983
#"Man at the Top" – 3:26
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on January 12 1984
#"Pink Cadillac" – 3:38
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on May 31 1983
#"Two for the Road" – 2:02
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, February 1987
#"Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" – 3:29
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on June 16 1983
#"When You Need Me" – 2:59
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on January 20 1987
#"The Wish" – 5:20
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on February 22 1987
#"The Honeymooners" – 2:09
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on February 22 1987
#"Lucky Man" – 3:30
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on April 4 1987

Disc four

#"Leavin' Train" – 4:09
#*Recorded at Oceanway Studios, LA on February 27 1990
#"Seven Angels" – 3:30
#*Recorded at Oceanway Studios, LA on June 29 1990
#"Gave It a Name" – 2:53
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on August 24 1998
#"Sad Eyes" – 3:52
#*Recorded at Soundworks West, LA on January 25 1990
#"My Lover Man" – 4:01
#*Recorded at Soundworks West, LA on December 4 1990
#"Over the Rise" – 2:42
#*Recorded at Soundworks West, LA on December 7 1990
#"When the Lights Go Out" – 3:09
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, LA on December 6 1990
#"Loose Change" – 4:24
#*Recorded at The Record Plant, LA on January 31 1991
#"Trouble in Paradise" – 4:45
#*Recorded at Soundworks West, LA on December 1 1989
#"Happy" – 4:56
#*Recorded at A & M Studios, LA on January 18 1992
#"Part Man, Part Monkey" – 4:33
#*Recorded at Soundworks West, LA January 1990
#"Goin' Cali" – 3:06
#*Recorded at A & M Studios, LA on January 29 1991
#"Back in Your Arms" – 4:44
#*Recorded at The Hit Factory on January 12 1995
#"Brothers Under the Bridge" – 4:55
#*Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on May 22 1995