Tracks is a four-disc box set by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1998.

History

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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 includes many songs that were never released, as well as outtakes of some of his other songs.

It 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", and "Where the Bands Are".

Track listing

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Disc 1

1. "Mary Queen of Arkansas" – 4:30
2. "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" – 2:57
3. "Growin' Up" – 2:42
4. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" – 2:05
5. "Bishop Danced" – 4:23
6. "Santa Ana" – 4:39
7. "Seaside Bar Song" – 3:36
8. "Zero and Blind Terry" – 5:59
9. "Linda Let Me Be the One" – 4:29
10. "Thundercrack" – 8:30
11. "Rendezvous" – 2:53
12. "Give the Girl a Kiss" – 3:57
13. "Iceman" – 3:20
14. "Bring on the Night" – 2:42
15. "So Young and in Love" – 3:51
16. "Hearts of Stone" – 4:33
17. "Don't Look Back" – 3:00

Disc 2

1. "Restless Nights" – 3:49
2. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)" – 3:19
3. "Roulette" – 3:57
4. "Dollhouse" – 3:36
5. "Where the Bands Are" – 3:47
6. "Loose Ends" – 4:05
7. "Living on the Edge of the World" – 4:21
8. "Wages of Sin" – 4:56
9. "Take 'em as They Come" – 4:32
10. "Be True" – 3:43
11. "Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own" – 2:49
12. "I Wanna Be With You" – 3:25
13. "Mary Lou" – 3:24
14. "Stolen Car" – 4:33
15. "Born in the U.S.A." – 3:13
16. "Johnny Bye-Bye" – 1:54
17. "Shut Out the Light" – 3:51

Disc 3

1. "Cynthia" – 4:17
2. "My Love Will Not Let You Down" – 4:28
3. "This Hard Land" – 4:52
4. "Frankie" – 7:26
5. "TV Movie" – 2:48
6. "Stand on It" – 3:09
7. "Lion's Den" – 2:21
8. "Car Wash" – 2:10
9. "Rockaway the Days" – 4:45
10. "Brothers Under the Bridges" – 5:10
11. "Man at the Top" – 3:26
12. "Pink Cadillac" – 3:38
13. "Two for the Road" – 2:02
14. "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" – 3:29
15. "When You Need Me" – 2:59
16. "The Wish" – 5:20
17. "The Honeymooners" – 2:09
18. "Lucky Man" – 3:30

Disc 4

1. "Leavin' Train" – 4:09
2. "Seven Angels" – 3:30
3. "Gave It a Name" – 2:53
4. "Sad Eyes" – 3:52
5. "My Lover Man" – 4:01
6. "Over the Rise" – 2:42
7. "When the Lights Go Out" – 3:09
8. "Loose Change" – 4:24
9. "Trouble in Paradise" – 4:45
10. "Happy" – 4:56
11. "Part Man, Part Monkey" – 4:33
12. "Goin' Cali" – 3:06
13. "Back in Your Arms" – 4:44
14. "Brothers Under the Bridge" – 4:55

Bruce Springsteen albums | 1998 albums | Box set albums

Tracks