Bruce Springsteen’s “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” will be released on June 27.
If nothing else, Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Bruce Springsteen’s new boxed set, to be released on June 27 — should bolster his legacy as one of the most prolific singer-songwriters, ever. It includes seven albums, described as “complete” yet “unreleased” until now, dating from 1983 to 2018. There are 83 new songs on it, in all, more than 70 of which have never been released in any form.
That’s right: seven albums, 83 songs. I am unaware of any other rock artist in the genre’s history who has released so many complete albums, in this way.
There will also be a one-CD, two-LP version, Lost And Found: Selections From The Lost Albums, made up of 20 highlights.
” ‘The Lost Albums’ were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,” said Springsteen in a press release. “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”
The press release also says:
From the lo-fi exploration of “LA Garage Sessions ’83” — serving as a crucial link between “Nebraska” and “Born in the U.S.A.” — to the drum loop and synthesizer sounds of “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions,” “The Lost Albums” offer unprecedented context into 35 prolific years (1983-2018) of Springsteen’s songwriting and home recording. … Throughout the set, that sonic experimentation takes the form of film soundtrack work (for a movie that was never made) on “Faithless,” country combos with pedal steel on “Somewhere North of Nashville,” richly-woven border tales on “Inyo” and orchestra-driven, mid-century noir on “Twilight Hours.”
You can listen to the first single, the hard-hitting rock song “Rain in the River,” below. This song is from Perfect World, which Springsteen describes as is “a record I pieced together from work I had held for this project … I wanted just a little fun, noise, and rock ‘n’ roll to finish the package.”
You can also watch, below, a two-minute video of Springsteen talking about the project.
The boxed set can be pre-ordered HERE. For information and updates, visit lostalbums.net.
DANNY CLINCH
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Here are the track listings for the albums in the boxed set:
LA Garage Sessions ’83
“Follow That Dream”
“Don’t Back Down on Our Love”
“Little Girl Like You”
“Johnny Bye Bye”
“Sugarland”
“Seven Tears”
“Fugitive’s Dream”
“Black Mountain Ballad”
“Jim Deer”
“County Fair”
“My Hometown”
“One Love”
“Don’t Back Down”
“Richfield Whistle”
“The Klansman”
“Unsatisfied Heart”
“Shut Out The Light”
“Fugitive’s Dream (Ballad)”
Streets of Philadelphia Sessions
“Blind Spot”
“Maybe I Don’t Know You”
“Something in the Well”
“Waiting on the End of the World”
“The Little Things”
“We Fell Down”
“One Beautiful Morning”
“Between Heaven and Earth”
“Secret Garden”
“The Farewell Party”
Faithless
“The Desert (Instrumental)”
“Where You Goin’, Where You From”
“Faithless”
“All God’s Children”
“A Prayer by the River (Instrumental)”
“God Sent You”
“Goin’ to California”
“The Western Sea (Instrumental)”
“My Master’s Hand”
“Let Me Ride”
“My Master’s Hand (Theme)”
Somewhere North of Nashville
“Repo Man”
“Tiger Rose”
“Poor Side of Town”
“Delivery Man”
“Under a Big Sky”
“Detail Man”
“Silver Mountain”
“Janey Don’t You Lose Heart”
“You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone”
“Stand on It”
“Blue Highway”
“Somewhere North of Nashville”
Inyo
“Inyo”
“Indian Town”
“Adelita”
“The Aztec Dance”
“The Lost Charro”
“Our Lady of Monroe”
“El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)”
“One False Move”
“Ciudad Juarez”
“When I Build My Beautiful House”
Twilight Hours
“Sunday Love”
“Late in the Evening”
“Two of Us”
“Lonely Town”
“September Kisses”
“Twilight Hours”
“I’ll Stand by You”
“High Sierra”
“Sunliner”
“Another You”
“Dinner at Eight”
“Follow the Sun”
The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Perfect World” album.
Perfect World
“I’m Not Sleeping”
“Idiot’s Delight”
“Another Thin Line”
“The Great Depression”
“Blind Man”
“Rain in the River”
“If I Could Only Be Your Lover”
“Cutting Knife”
“You Lifted Me Up”
“Perfect World”
Springsteen’s Tracks, a four-CD boxed set released in 1998, includes rarities and previously unreleased material recorded between 1972 and 1998.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are currently on a break from touring but will return to the road May 14, at Co-op Live in Manchester, England.
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