Tracks (album)

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Tracks
Box set by Bruce Springsteen
Released	November 10, 1998
Genre	Rock
Length	254:58
Label	Columbia
Producer	various
Professional reviews
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Bruce Springsteen chronology
Blood Brothers (1996) Tracks (1998) 18 Tracks (1999)

Tracks is a four-disc box set by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1998 containing 64 songs. Springsteen had an extraordinary number of songs he never put on his albums, making him one of the more heavily bootlegged musicians. 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc one 2.2 Disc two 2.3 Disc three 2.4 Disc four

[edit] 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".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

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

[edit] Disc two

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

[edit] Disc three

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

[edit] Disc four

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

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