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All rights reserved.18 Tracks - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 1999)
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| Track Listing 1. Growin' Up 2. Seaside Bar Song 3. Rendezvous - (live) 4. Hearts of Stone 5. Where the Bands Are 6. Loose Ends 7. I Wanna Be With You 8. Born in the U. S. A. 9. My Love Will Not Let You Down 10. Lion's Den 11. Pink Cadillac 12. Janey, Don't You Lose Heart 13. Sad Eyes 14. Part Man, Part Monkey 15. Trouble River - (previously unreleased, bonus track) 16. Brothers Under the Bridge 17. Fever, The - (previously unreleased, bonus track) 18. Promise, The - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
Album Notes Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Stevie Van Zandt (guitar); Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar, dobro); Soozie Tyrell (violin); Danny Federici (accordion, keyboards, organ, glockenspiel); Mario Cruz, Jerry Vivino (tenor saxophone); Ed Manion (baritone saxophone); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Mike Spengler, Mark Pender (trumpet); Richie Rosenberg (trombone); David Sancious (piano, organ. keyboards); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards); Randy Jackson, Gary Tallent (bass); Omar Hakim, Jeff Porcaro, Max Weinberg, Gary Mallaber, Vini Lopez (drums); Michael Fisher (percussion); Nils Lofgren (background vocals). Producers include: John Hammond, Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau. Engineers include: Phil Giambalvo, Louis Lehav, Toby Scott. Includes liner notes by Bruce Springsteen. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. "The Promise" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song. This single-disc sampler was put together in deference to Springsteen fans unprepared to shell out the cash for the TRACKS box set. It features many of the key tracks from the box, illuminating the Boss's career beyond the official album cuts. From the infectious, good-humored "Part Man, Part Monkey" to the rock & roll anthem "Where the Bands Are" and the chilling acoustic version of "Born in the U.S.A," 18 TRACKS is Springsteen at his best. The prolific songwriter has always come up with way too much material for whatever album he was working on, and the cuts left over are never less than top-notch. Thus, 18 TRACKS (not to mention its parent box set) is no collection of cast-offs. Rather, it's an alternate, equally compelling history of the quintessential American rock & roller. As an added inducement, there are bonus tracks here that don't appear on the box, included the beloved "The Promise" and "The Fever." Editorial Reviews Q (10/01/2001) Melody Maker (04/24/1999) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||
  Worth it for 2 songs!Review created: 01/05/00 by: joe.giglio -- a member of Epinions  Pros: at least 2 great Songs Cons: too pricy For those of us who are true Bruce Springsteen fans (being from New Jersey is a plus!), this album is a must have. If you are not ready to buy the entire box set, this is a good sampler. The two songs that make this a must have are "The Fever" and "The Promise". "Fever" is a wonderful example of a song from Bruce and the band that dives into a slightly different genre than usual, with a delightful blues-sy feel. It is quite long and features Clarence Clemons (need I say more?). The reason for buying this record is "The Promise", Bruce's follow-up to "Thunder Road." A song that has floated around for sometime, fans were upset that it wasn't included on the Box Set "Tracks". Bruce was unhappy with existing recordings of the song, and so, in 1999 he went back into the studio to record it. It's just Bruce on the piano, and his angst is apparent in his sorrowful voice as he follows up the the exuberance and promise of "Thunder Road." Review ID: 10000000000265840 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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