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14-05-2025
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Bruce Springsteen Shares Unreleased ‘Blind Spot' From ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums'
Bruce Springsteen has shared his unreleased song 'Blind Spot,' the 'thematic center' of his Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, one of the seven LPs that have been unearthed for the upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums. Informally known as the 'Drum Loop' album and inspired by contemporary music like hip-hop at the time, Streets of Philadelphia Sessions was recorded in the mid-Nineties at Springsteen's Los Angeles home, with Springsteen serving as the primary instrumentalist with some help from his touring band at the time. More from Rolling Stone How Craig Finn Made the Seventies L.A. Record of His Dreams Bruce Springsteen Announces 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' Box Set Bruce Springsteen's High School Buddy Immortalized in 'Glory Days' Dead at 75 'Blind Spot,' like much of the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, focuses on doubt and betrayal in a relationship. 'That was just the theme that I locked in on at that moment,' Springsteen said in a statement of the song. 'I don't really know why. Patti and I, we were having a great time in California. But sometimes if you lock into one song you like, then you follow that thread. I had 'Blind Spot,' and I followed that thread through the rest of the record.' Although Streets of Philadelphia Sessions were completed and mixed for a spring 1995 release, Springsteen opted to shelve the album and instead reunite with the E Street Band. 'I said, 'Well, maybe it's time to just do something with the band, or remind the fans of the band, or that part of my work life,'' Springsteen added. 'So that's where we went. But I always really liked 'Streets of Philadelphia Sessions'…during the Broadway show, I thought of putting it out [as a standalone release]. I always put them away, but I don't throw them away.' Tracks II, due out June 27, begins with L.A. Garage Sessions '83, which Springsteen recorded in the interim between Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. The box set also features Somewhere North of Nashville — from that aforementioned E Street reunion in May 1995 — and Inyo, a collection of songs from the road while promoting The Ghost of Tim Joad between 1995 and 1997. Perfect World spotlights several songs he wrote with longtime collaborator Joe Grushecky, the songs on Faithless were recorded in 2005 and 2006 for a film that has yet to be made, and Twilight Hours was created at the same time as Western Stars in 2018 and is essentially a companion album. 'The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,' Springsteen previously said in a statement. '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.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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01-05-2025
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Bruce Springsteen's Mythic Lost Albums Compiled in New Box Set: Listen to 'Rain in the River'
All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by Pitchfork editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Bruce Springsteen, photo by Danny Clinch 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. $350.00, Rough Trade 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 Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
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17-04-2025
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Bruce Springsteen Nods To '90s Hip-Hop On ‘Blind Spot'
Bruce Springsteen experiments with loops, synthesizers and the rhythms of mid-1990s hip-hop on 'Blind Spot,' the second song to emerge from his long-awaited collection of unreleased music, Tracks II: The Lost Albums. The song is found on Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, one of seven unheard, complete albums contained on the set, which arrives June 27 from Columbia. The Boss is said to have 'pored over' CDs of drum samples at his Los Angeles home during an era that also yielded 'Streets of Philadelphia,' the Oscar-winning song from the 1993 Tom Hanks/Denzel Washington-starring film Philadelphia. Eventually, he started making his own loops with the assistance of engineer Toby Scott, onto which he'd add synths. Throughout Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, Springsteen plays almost all of the music, beyond a handful of contributions from 1992-93 touring band members Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell. More from Spin: Nas, Wu-Tang Members Releasing New Albums With Mass Appeal Eddie Vedder To Premiere EB Research Doc At Tribeca Fest John Mayer, Kings Of Leon Top Pilgrimage Festival Bill 'That was just the theme that I locked in on at that moment,' Springsteen says of 'Blind Spot.' 'I don't really know why. Patti and I, we were having a great time in California. But sometimes if you lock into one song you like, then you follow that thread. I had 'Blind Spot,' and I followed that thread through the rest of the record.' Although long rumored, Springsteen reps now confirm that these sessions were indeed finished, mixed and planned to be released in the spring of 1995, but the album was shelved when the Boss opted to reunite with the E Street Band instead after a seven-year break. 'I said, well, maybe it's time to just do something with the band, or remind the fans of the band or that part of my work life,' he recalls. 'So, that's where we went. But I always really liked Streets of Philadelphia Sessions. During the Broadway show, I thought of putting it out [as a standalone release]. I always put them away, but I don't throw them away.' Beyond Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, Tracks II is divided into LA Garage Sessions '83, Faithless, Somewhere North of Nashville, Inyo, Twilight Hours and Perfect World. Faithless is akin to a soundtrack for a film that was never made, Somewhere North of Nashville features 'country combos with pedal steel,' Inyo includes 'richly woven border tales' and Twilight Hours is 'orchestra-driven, mid-century noir.' As for Perfect World, it is said to possess an 'arena-ready E Street flavor.' Beyond a 16-show European tour this summer with the E Street Band, Springsteen remains closely involved with the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, in which he will be portrayed by The Bear star Jeremy Allen White. The movie chronicles the making of the 1982 album Nebraska and portions of it have been filmed on location at the Jersey Shore. To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
Euronews
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
'Tracks ll: The Lost Albums' - Bruce Springsteen to release seven albums of unreleased songs
ADVERTISEMENT The announcement of a new Bruce Springsteen album is always something to be celebrated. Well, imagine being a fan of The Boss today, when not one but seven new studio albums are on the way... Springsteen will release seven new studio albums, titled 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums', on 27 June, containing material written and re-recorded between 1983 and 2018. The 83-song collection is mostly previously unreleased tracks, 74 of them never-before-heard songs, in a box set that includes a 100-page hardcover book. It will be available in configurations including a 7-CD set and a 9-LP vinyl collection. Scroll down for the full tracklist of Tracks II – comprised of 'LA Garage Sessions '83', 'Streets of Philadelphia Sessions', 'Faithless', 'Somewhere North of Nashville', 'Inyo', 'Twilight Hours' and 'Perfect World'. In a short video clip posted to Instagram, Springsteen explains that during the COVID-19 pandemic, he began completing 'everything I had in my vault.' 'The Lost Albums are records that were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released.' Springsteen teased the records earlier this week with a short video which featured the text: 'What was lost has been found.' The caption urged his followers to head to A teaser track, 'Rain in the River', came out concurrently with the announcement. Check it out: 'Tracks ll' follows his first 'Tracks' volume, which was released in 1998 and consisted in a 4-CD, 66-song collection of unreleased material. Springsteen's last studio album, 'Only The Strong Survive' - a collection of covers including classics from the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin and others - was released in 2022. 'I wanted to make an album where I just sang,' Springsteen said in a statement at the time. 'And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies?" Here's the full track list for 'Tracks II': 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 ADVERTISEMENT 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 ADVERTISEMENT 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 ADVERTISEMENT 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 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 Next month, Springsteen and the E Street band will embark on a tour of Europe and the UK, beginning 17 May in Manchester, England, and concluding on 3 July in Milan, Italy. On Record Store Day 2025 (12 April), Springsteen and the Killers will release the 'Encore at the Garden' EP, documenting The Boss' surprise appearance with the Vegas indie band at Madison Square Garden in 2022. ADVERTISEMENT 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' will be released on 27 June.
The Guardian
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Bruce Springsteen to release seven ‘lost' albums in June
Bruce Springsteen is to reveal seven 'lost' albums in June – a collection of 83 songs, 74 of which have never officially been released. Spanning 1983 to 2018, Tracks II: The Lost Albums compiles 'full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released', Springsteen said in a statement. The new vault project came together during the Covid-19 pandemic. 'I've played this music to myself and often close friends for years now,' he said. 'I'm glad you'll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.' Fans will be able to hear the 75-year-old rock star developing from the spartan tenor of Nebraska towards the sound of Born in the USA on a record titled LA Garage Sessions 83. Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, meanwhile, expands on the sound of the song Springsteen made for Jonathan Demme's 1993 film Philadelphia, dabbling in drum loops and synthesisers and the influence of hip-hop. Fearing a disconnect with his audience, his next album was instead The Ghost of Tom Joad in 1995. Other discs include Faithless, the soundtrack for a film that was never made, pedal steel-inflected country on Somewhere North of Nashville, the noirish Twilight Hours and what a press release describes as the 'richly woven border tales' of Inyo. The evolution of home recording technology, Springsteen said in a statement, 'allowed me to go into a wide variety of different musical directions'. In a trailer for the release, he decried the popular opinion that he had a 'lost period' in the 90s. 'Really I was working the whole time,' he said. Rain in the River, from the album Perfect World, is out now. The physical release includes a 100-page book featuring rare archival photos and liner notes for each record. A 20-song selection from across the seven albums will also be released. The original Tracks collection was released in 1998, drawing on B-sides, outtakes and demos. Springsteen returns to the UK for the third summer in a row this year, performing in Manchester and Liverpool. His most recent original album was Only the Strong Survive, released in 2022. On Record Store Day (12 April), Springsteen and the Killers will release the Encore at the Garden EP, documenting the New Jersey musician's surprise appearance with the Vegas indie band at Madison Square Garden in 2022. Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released on 27 June.
