Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Hits
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Bruce Springsteen


Released = February 27, 1995
Recorded = 1974 - 1995
Genre = Rock
Length = 76:35
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = various (see separate albums for producers)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sx6m96oofep7~T1 link]
Last album = "In Concert/MTV Plugged"
(1993)
This album = "Greatest Hits"
(1995)
Next album = "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
(1995)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Type = Compilation
Last album = "Chimes of Freedom"
(1988)
This album = "Greatest Hits"
(1995)
Next album = "Blood Brothers"
(1996)

"Greatest Hits" is Bruce Springsteen's first compilation album, released February 27, 1995 on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years and four extra numbers at the end, mostly recorded with the E Street Band in 1995. The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s. Some of the songs are shorter versions of the original album releases.

The incorporation of the "new" tracks was portrayed in the 1996 documentary "Blood Brothers". "Murder Incorporated" and "This Hard Land" were, in fact, unused 1982 songs from the "Born in the U.S.A." sessions, with the latter being re-recorded here more than a decade later, and both subsequently became Springsteen concert staples. "Blood Brothers", on the other hand, was played only as the final closing song of both the 1999-2000 Reunion Tour and 2002-2003 Rising Tour, both times with an extra verse added. "Secret Garden" achieved notoriety via the soundtrack of the 1996 film "Jerry Maguire". Alternate versions of several of these new tracks were released on the 1996 "Blood Brothers" EP.

The compilation was commercially successful, hitting the peaks of the U.S. album chart and UK Album Chart and selling roughly four million copies in the U.S.

Track listing

# "Born to Run" – 4:30
#* (Originally released on the album "Born to Run".)
# "Thunder Road" – 4:48
#* (Originally released on the album "Born to Run".)
# "Badlands" – 4:03
#* (Originally released on the album "Darkness on the Edge of Town".)
# "The River" – 5:00
#* (Originally released on the album "The River".)
# "Hungry Heart" – 3:20
#* (Originally released on the album "The River".)
# "Atlantic City" – 3:56
#* (Originally released on the album "Nebraska".)
# "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:03
#* (Originally released on the album "Born in the U.S.A.")
# "Born in the U.S.A." – 4:41
#* (Originally released on the album "Born in the U.S.A.")
# "My Hometown" – 4:12
#* (Originally released on the album "Born in the U.S.A.")
# "Glory Days" – 3:49
#* (Originally released on the album "Born in the U.S.A.")
# "Brilliant Disguise" – 4:15
#* (Originally released on the album "Tunnel of Love".)
# "Human Touch" – 5:10
#* (Originally released on the album "Human Touch".)
# "Better Days" – 3:44
#* (Originally released on the album "Lucky Town".)
# "Streets of Philadelphia" – 3:16
#* (Originally released on the soundtrack to "Philadelphia".)
# "Secret Garden" – 4:27
# "Murder Incorporated" – 3:57
# "Blood Brothers" – 4:34
# "This Hard Land" – 4:50

Personnel (Tracks 15-18)

The E Street Band

*Roy Bittan – piano, synthesizer, electronic keyboards
*Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion
*Danny Federici – organ, electronic keyboards
*Bruce Springsteen – guitar, vocals, harmonica
*Garry Tallent – bass guitar
*Max Weinberg – drums
*Steven Van Zandt – guitar on "Murder Incorporated," mandolin on "This Hard Land"
*Nils Lofgren - guitar
*Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
*Backing Vocals on "Murder Incorporated" : all

Additional musicians

*Frank Pagano - percussion on "Blood Brothers" and "This Hard Land"

Production

*Produced by: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau & Chuck Plotkin; Steven Van Zandt on "Murder Incorporated"
*Recorded by: Toby Scott
*Mixed by: Bob Clearmountain
*Mastered by: Bob Ludwig
*Assistant Engineers: Carl Glandville, Pete Keppler, Ryan Freeland, Jay Militscher & Tony Duino-Black
*Sequence Editing: Brian Lee
*Recorded at The Hit Factory

Chart positions

succession box
before = "Balance" by Van Halen
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = March 18 1995 – March 31 1995
after = "Me Against the World" by 2Pacsuccession box
before = "The Colour of My Love" by Celine Dion
"Wake Up!" by Boo Radleys
title = UK number one album
years = March 11 1995 – March 17 1995
April 15 1995 – April 21 1995
after = "Medusa" by Annie Lennox
"Picture This" by Wet Wet Wetsuccession box
before = "Hi Fi Way" by You Am I
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = March 12 1995 – March 18 1995
after = "Dookie" by Green Day