The Collection 1973–84

Compilation by Bruce Springsteen

Released 13 August 2010

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
  • 1
    Blinded by the Light
    5:04
    3.6 ★
  • 2
    Growin’ Up
    3:05
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Mary Queen of Arkansas
    5:21
    2.8 ★
  • 4
    Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
    2:05
    3.2 ★
  • 5
    Lost in the Flood
    5:18
    3.2 ★
  • 6
    The Angel
    3:24
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    For You
    4:40
    3.3 ★
  • 8
    Spirit in the Night
    5:00
    2.6 ★
  • 9
    It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
    3:11
    3.2 ★
  • CD 2: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
  • 1
    The E Street Shuffle
    4:30
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
    5:36
    3.4 ★
  • 3
    Kitty’s Back
    7:09
    2.6 ★
  • 4
    Wild Billy’s Circus Story
    4:47
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Incident on 57th Street
    7:44
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
    7:04
    3.5 ★
  • 7
    New York City Serenade
    9:55
    3.0 ★
  • CD 3: Born to Run
  • 1
    Thunder Road
    4:50
    3.9 ★
  • 2
    Tenth Avenue Freeze‐Out
    3:11
    4.4 ★
  • 3
    Night
    3:01
    3.4 ★
  • 4
    Backstreets
    6:30
    3.7 ★
  • 5
    Born to Run
    4:30
    4.3 ★
  • 6
    She’s the One
    4:30
    3.7 ★
  • 7
    Meeting Across the River
    3:19
    3.1 ★
  • 8
    Jungleland
    9:33
    3.4 ★
  • CD 4: Darkness on the Edge of Town
  • 1
    Badlands
    4:03
    3.6 ★
  • 2
    Adam Raised a Cain
    4:34
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Something in the Night
    5:14
    3.6 ★
  • 4
    Candy’s Room
    2:48
    3.6 ★
  • 5
    Racing in the Street
    6:54
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    The Promised Land
    4:28
    3.8 ★
  • 7
    Factory
    2:19
    3.4 ★
  • 8
    Streets of Fire
    4:03
    3.8 ★
  • 9
    Prove It All Night
    4:01
    4.5 ★
  • 10
    Darkness on the Edge of Town
    4:28
    3.4 ★
  • CD 5: The River
  • 1
    The Ties That Bind
    3:34
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Sherry Darling
    4:03
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Jackson Cage
    3:05
    3.5 ★
  • 4
    Two Hearts
    2:46
    3.5 ★
  • 5
    Independence Day
    4:51
    3.5 ★
  • 6
    Hungry Heart
    3:20
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Out in the Street
    4:18
    3.2 ★
  • 8
    Crush on You
    3:11
    3.5 ★
  • 9
    You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
    2:38
    3.5 ★
  • 10
    I Wanna Marry You
    3:31
    3.5 ★
  • 11
    The River
    5:01
    4.0 ★
  • CD 6: The River
  • 1
    Point Blank
    6:06
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Cadillac Ranch
    3:04
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    I’m a Rocker
    3:36
    3.5 ★
  • 4
    Fade Away
    4:46
    3.5 ★
  • 5
    Stolen Car
    3:54
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Ramrod
    4:06
    3.5 ★
  • 7
    The Price You Pay
    5:30
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Drive All Night
    8:33
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Wreck on the Highway
    3:54
    4.0 ★
  • CD 7: Nebraska
  • 1
    Nebraska
    4:32
    3.4 ★
  • 2
    Atlantic City
    4:00
    3.8 ★
  • 3
    Mansion on the Hill
    4:09
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Johnny 99
    3:43
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Highway Patrolman
    5:41
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    State Trooper
    3:17
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Used Cars
    3:11
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Open All Night
    2:58
    4.5 ★
  • 9
    My Father’s House
    5:08
    3.5 ★
  • 10
    Reason to Believe
    4:08
    3.6 ★
  • CD 8: Born in the U.S.A.
  • 1
    Born in the U.S.A.
    4:38
    3.9 ★
  • 2
    Cover Me
    3:29
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Darlington County
    4:49
    3.2 ★
  • 4
    Working on the Highway
    3:16
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Downbound Train
    3:37
    3.9 ★
  • 6
    I’m on Fire
    2:41
    4.5 ★
  • 7
    No Surrender
    4:02
    3.6 ★
  • 8
    Bobby Jean
    3:48
    3.1 ★
  • 9
    I’m Goin’ Down
    3:31
    3.9 ★
  • 10
    Glory Days
    4:19
    4.3 ★
  • 11
    Dancing in the Dark
    4:04
    4.4 ★
  • 12
    My Hometown
    4:35
    4.0 ★

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Release credits

  • baritone saxophone [1], guest [1]
  • additional
  • art direction, graphic design
  • photography
  • additional
  • assistant [2]
  • assistant, assistant [1-12]
  • mix [5.1, 5.6, 8.1-12], recording [1]
  • assistant, assistant [1-12]
  • acoustic guitar, congas, electric guitar, guitar, handclaps, harmonica, producer, 12 string guitar [5.1-11, 6.1-9], arranger [2.1-7, 1.1-9], bass [1, 8], electric guitar [5.1-11, 6.1-9], guitar [3.1-6, 3.8, 4.1-10, 8.1-12, 7.1-10, 2.1-7, 5.6, 5.11], harmonica [6.1-9, 4.1-10, 5.1-11, 3.1], horn [2], lead vocals [8.1-12, 2.1-7, 4.1-10, 3.1], mandolin [4], phonographic copyright [3.5, 6.1-9, 2.1-7, 1.1-9, 4.1-10, 5.1-11, 8.1-12, 7.1-10], piano [1.8, 6.8], producer [5.1-11, 3.1-8, 6.1-9, 8.1, 8.11, 4.1-10], vocal [8.2, 3.2-8, 4.8, 5.1-11, 6.1-9, 7.1-10, 1.1-9]
  • additional [8], strings [8]
  • mix, producer, mix [5.1-5, 5.7-11, 4.1, 4.4-10, 6.1-9], producer [1, 11]
  • background vocals, handclaps, percussion, saxophone, saxophone, background vocals [6.1-9, 5.1-11], percussion [1.1, 1.8, 5.1-11, 8.1-12, 6.1-9, 4.2-10], saxophone [1.1, 1.8, 2.1-3, 2.5-7, 4.1-10, 8.2-12, 5.1-6, 5.6-11, 5.11, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 6.1-9], tenor saxophone [2, 8]
  • assistant [5.1-5, 5.7-11, 6.1-9]
  • glockenspiel, organ, accordion [2, 4], electronic organ [3], glockenspiel [1-10, 12], organ [6.1-9, 8.1-12, 5.1-11, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1-10], piano [8.1, 2.5]
  • additional
  • baritone saxophone [2]
  • organ, piano, electronic organ [3], keyboard [5], piano [5], solo [3], soprano saxophone [1], strings [7]
  • drums (drum set) [5]
  • background vocals [6]
  • photography
  • assistant [6.1-9, 5.1-11]
  • background vocals, bass, bass guitar [2.1-3, 2.5-7, 3.1-6, 3.8, 8.1-12, 4.1-10, 5.1-11, 6.1-9], choir vocals [2-10, 12], tuba [4]
  • piano [1, 8]
  • remixer [1-9]
  • assistant [6.1-9, 5.1-11]
  • assistant, assistant [6.1-9, 8.1-12, 5.1-11]
  • producer, producer [1.1-9, 2.1-7]
  • mix, recording, engineer [1-4, 6-8], mix [4.1-10, 3.1-4, 3.6-8], recording [4.1-10, 6.8]
  • additional, art direction, graphic design
  • additional
  • assistant, assistant [1-12]
  • producer, producer [8.1, 8.11, 3.1-4, 3.6-8, 6.1-9, 4.1-10, 5.1-11]
  • acoustic guitar, assistant, mandolin, other vocals, producer, acoustic guitar [5.1-11, 8.1-10, 8.12, 6.1-9], assistant [1-10], background vocals [3.1, 5.1-11, 6.1-9], choir vocals [2-10, 12], electric guitar [6.1-9, 5.1-11], guitar [4.1-10, 5.6, 5.11], horn [2], mandolin [2-10, 12], producer [6.1-9, 5.1-11, 8.1, 8.11]
  • background vocals, choir vocals [2-10, 12], drums (drum set) [3.1-3, 3.6, 3.8, 6.1-9, 4.1-10, 5.1-11, 8.1-12]
  • tenor saxophone [2]
  • producer, background vocals [1], producer [1.1-9, 2.1-7, 3.1-8]
  • recording [1-10]
  • mastering
  • recording [6.1-9, 8.2, 5.1-11]
  • flugelhorn [2], trumpet [2, 7]
  • assistant [6.1-9, 5.1-11]
  • bass [7], double bass [6]
  • background vocals [2, 7], guest [2, 7]
  • background vocals, piano, synthesizer, Rhodes piano [1], background vocals [6.1-9, 3.1, 5.1-11], choir vocals [2-10, 12], glockenspiel [1, 3], harpsichord [3, 6], organ [3.4, 3.6, 6.3, 6.8], piano [5.1-11, 4.1-10, 6.1-9, 8.1-12, 3.2-4, 3.6-8], synthesizer [1-12]
  • background vocals [12], guest [12]
  • assistant, assistant [6.8, 4.1-10]
  • mix [6.1-9, 4.9, 5.1-5, 5.7-11], recording [1, 3-12]
  • background vocals, drums (drum set), handclaps, cornet [1], drums (drum set) [1-7]
  • trombone [2]
  • assistant, assistant [1-12]
  • engineer [2.1-7, 1.1-9, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5-6, 3.8], mix [5]
  • background vocals [2, 5], violin [8]

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