Bruce Springsteen's Mythic Lost Albums Compiled in New Box Set: Listen to 'Rain in the River'
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For decades, Bruce Springsteen fans have whispered of a suite of albums that the Boss recorded in full—particularly in the 1990s—but never released. That collection was known as Tracks II, and today, it became a reality. On June 27, seven albums of never-before-heard Springsteen music will be collected in a box set, spanning from 1983 to 2018. In a trailer, Springsteen describes going into his vault during the pandemic and polishing off these albums, in part to put to bed the narrative of his 'lost '90s.' Below, watch that trailer and listen to a new song, 'Rain in the River,' from the Perfect World collection. Plus, check out the box set's full tracklist.
Among the seven albums are LA Garage Sessions '83—a bridge between Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.—the 1993 Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, the abandoned movie soundtrack Faithless, an E Street Band–assisted country album called Somewhere North of Nashville, and the Western Stars preface Twilight Hours. Inyo is described as a set of cinematic border tales, while Perfect World is 'the one thing on this that wasn't initially conceived as an album,' says Springsteen. The complete set includes 74 songs that have never been heard, and a further eight new versions of songs that otherwise found the light of day.
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Tracks II: The Lost Albums:
LA Garage Sessions '83:
01 Follow That Dream 02 Don't Back Down On Our Love 03 Little Girl Like You 04 Johnny Bye Bye 05 Sugarland 06 Seven Tears 07 Fugitive's Dream 08 Black Mountain Ballad 09 Jim Deer 10 County Fair 11 My Hometown 12 One Love 13 Don't Back Down 14 Richfield Whistle 15 The Klansman 16 Unsatisfied Heart 17 Shut Out The Light 18 Fugitive's Dream (Ballad)
Streets of Philadelphia Sessions:
01 Blind Spot 02 Maybe I Don't Know You 03 Something in the Well 04 Waiting on the End of the World 05 The Little Things 06 We Fell Down 07 One Beautiful Morning 08 Between Heaven and Earth 09 Secret Garden 10 The Farewell Party
Faithless:
01 The Desert (Instrumental) 02 Where You Goin', Where You From 03 Faithless 04 All God's Children 05 A Prayer by the River (Instrumental) 06 God Sent You 07 Goin' to California 08 The Western Sea (Instrumental) 09 My Master's Hand 10 Let Me Ride 11 My Master's Hand (Theme)
Somewhere North of Nashville
01 Repo Man 02 Tiger Rose 03 Poor Side of Town 04 Delivery Man 05 Under a Big Sky 06 Detail Man 07 Silver Mountain 08 Janey Don't You Lose Heart 09 You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone 10 Stand on It 11 Blue Highway 12 Somewhere North of Nashville
Inyo:
01 Inyo 02 Indian Town 03 Adelita 04 The Aztec Dance 05 The Lost Charro 06 Our Lady of Monroe 07 El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona) 08 One False Move 09 Ciudad Juarez 10 When I Build My Beautiful House
Twilight Hours:
01 Sunday Love 02 Late in the Evening 03 Two of Us 04 Lonely Town 05 September Kisses 06 Twilight Hours 07 I'll Stand by You 08 High Sierra 09 Sunliner 10 Another You 11 Dinner at Eight 12 Follow the Sun
Perfect World:
01 I'm Not Sleeping 02 Idiot's Delight 03 Another Thin Line 04 The Great Depression 05 Blind Man 06 Rain in the River 07 If I Could Only Be Your Lover 08 Cutting Knife 09 You Lifted Me Up 10 Perfect World
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