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All rights reserved.The Essential Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 2003)
| Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Blinded by the Light 2. For You 3. Spirit in the Night 4. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 6. Thunder Road 7. Born to Run 8. Jungleland 9. Badlands 10. Darkness on the Edge of Town 11. Promised Land, The 12. River, The 13. Hungry Heart 14. Nebraska 15. Atlantic City DISC 2: 1. Born in the U. S. A. 2. Glory Days 3. Dancing in the Dark 4. Tunnel of Love 5. Brilliant Disguise 6. Human Touch 7. Living Proof 8. Lucky Town 9. Streets of Philadelphia 10. Ghost of Tom Joad, The 11. Rising, The 12. Mary's Place 13. Lonesome Day 14. American Skin - (live) 15. Land of Hope & Dreams - (live)
Album Notes Initial pressings included a limited edition bonus disc featuring previously unreleased studios and live performances. Personnel includes: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, harmonica, recorder, bass); Patti Scialfa (vocals, guitar); Nils Lofgren (guitar, slide guitar, dobro, banjo, background vocals); Steve Van Zandt (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Danny Frederici (accordion, piano, organ, Farfisa organ, glockenspiel, background vocals); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Garry Tallent (tuba, bass, background vocals); Roy Bittan (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, pump organ, keyboards, synthesizer, glockenspiel, background vocals); David Sancious (piano, electric piano, organ, Clavinet); Max Weinberg (drums, background vocals); Soozie Tyrell (background vocals). Producers includes: Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Steve Van Zandt. Recorded between 1973 & 2002. If you're looking for a definitive Bruce Springsteen collection, search no further. THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN covers every phase of the Boss's career, from the Dylan-inspired absurdist folk-rock of his 1973 debut, through the Brando-with-a-Telecaster pathos of DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, to the Spectorian grandeur of BORN TO RUN and the stark, existential folk of NEBRASKA. And that's just the first disc! The second goes on to document Springsteen's superstar period with cuts from the epochal BORN IN THE USA and the moody, stripped-down TUNNEL OF LOVE, on through his post-9/11 mission statement, THE RISING. For hardcore fans that already own everything on the first two CDs, there's a bonus disc of rarities--none of which appeared on the prolific songwriter's rarities box set, TRACKS. The brightest spots of disc three are easily the equal of Springsteen's best-known material. Bruce's own version of "From Small Things" (covered successfully by Dave Edmunds), a furious live version of the working man's lament "Held Up Without a Gun," and the gorgeously evanescent "County Fair" are worth the price of admission all by themselves. True to its promise, this collection perfectly captures the essence of the gifted Jersey boy's magic. Editorial Reviews Uncut (01/01/2004) Mojo (12/01/2003) Q (01/01/2004) Entertainment Weekly (11/21/2003) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||
Reviews  The Essential Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen, Bruce (C The boss's greatest hits! I like the second disc the most which has the majority of his classic songs. If your in the same boat then I wouldn't pay more than $10 plus shipping because you can get these tracks on Bruce Springsteens greatest hits. Review ID: 10000000001575455 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Awesome 3-disc setReview created: 08/05/06 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. As the title suggests, this is THE essential Bruce Springsteen. There are songs I've never heard of before ("American Skin", "County Fair") as well as the best sellers of his over the years. I like all of the songs about the same, but of course there are the stand-outs: "Born in the U.S.A."; "Glory Days"; and "Born to Run". I did, however, think there were a few "essentials" missing, both from the "Born in the U.S.A." album. Those are "I'm on Fire", and "I'm Goin' Down". Those are two of the songs that epitomize Bruce for me, but this is still definitely a compilation worth owning. Review ID: 10000000001515462 Was this review helpful? Report this review  You can't narrow the Boss down to two CDs. But you can be happy.Review created: 11/14/03 by: jeff_wilder78 -- a member of Epinions Pros: All the selections are good, the bonus disc is worthwhile. Cons: Missing a lot of great music, nowhere near to being a definitive collection. Bruce Springsteen himself needs no introduction. But this two-CD anthology of the man does, as it seems to be advertising itself as a definitive compilation of the Boss, when in fact it is nowhere near close to that. Conventional wisdom on Mr. Springsteen says that the man is really an album-oriented artist and is thus hard to summarize in a compilation, even a two-CD one. That argument may be born out by the disastrous attempt at a single disc Greatest Hits a few years ago. While The Essential Bruce Springsteen may seem like a good choice for the very casual Springsteen fan on first notice,.. Review ID: 10000000000629549 The Essential Bruce Springsteen never skips a beat, even if it's incomplete.Review created: 11/13/03 by: deadmilkboy -- a member of Epinions Pros: They placed 30 career-spanning cuts on two CDs, and the rarities disc is sweet. Cons: There will be a judge of track selection, since some classics are lost. It was bound to happen after about 35 different releases. I was anticipating it from the moment they had released so many of them it had began to be a trend. They had already reached Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Miles Davis, and even Men At Work. I didn t know how it was going to be done, or what was going to go into it, but damned I was when I finally saw it for myself. It is here, it is now... ...it is THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN! Did I say that out loud? Much like the retrospective releases of Dylan, Davis or Cash, it is impossible to have 2 CDs do complete justice to.. Review ID: 10000000000629551 A definite upgrade from Greatest Hits.Review created: 03/20/04 by: estreetshuffle -- a member of Epinions Pros: Offers tracks from every Springsteen album released from 1972 through 2002, plus unreleased bonus tracks. Cons: Undoubtedly leaves out essential tracks. In the liner notes of The Essential Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen makes clear the obvious problem in compiling such a collection. Granted, there are some tracks that are universally accepted essentials, such as Born to Run, and Thunder Road, , but the necessity of other tracks can be debated. For example, many Springsteen fans would cite the notable exceptions of such standards as Racing in the Street and Backstreets as weaknesses in the collection. However, as Springsteen also said in the liner notes, this collection was not compiled with those die-hard fans in mind. We saw a lot of new. Review ID: 10000000000629550 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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