The Essential Bruce Springsteen

Compilation by Bruce Springsteen

Released 10 November 2003

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Blinded by the Light
5:04
3.6 ★
2
For You
4:40
3.3 ★
3
Spirit in the Night
5:00
2.6 ★
4
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
5:37
3.4 ★
5
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
7:04
3.5 ★
6
Thunder Road
4:51
3.9 ★
7
Born to Run
4:32
4.3 ★
8
Jungleland
9:36
3.4 ★
9
Badlands
4:04
3.6 ★
10
Darkness on the Edge of Town
4:31
3.4 ★
11
The Promised Land
4:31
3.8 ★
12
The River
5:00
4.0 ★
13
Hungry Heart
3:20
4.0 ★
14
Nebraska
4:29
3.4 ★
15
Atlantic City
3:56
3.8 ★
CD 2
1
Born in the U.S.A.
4:42
3.9 ★
2
Glory Days
4:17
4.3 ★
3
Dancing in the Dark
4:03
4.4 ★
4
Tunnel of Love
5:12
3.8 ★
5
Brilliant Disguise
4:15
4.2 ★
6
Human Touch
6:31
4.2 ★
7
Living Proof
4:48
3.2 ★
8
Lucky Town
3:28
3.8 ★
9
Streets of Philadelphia
3:18
5.0 ★
10
The Ghost of Tom Joad
4:23
4.0 ★
11
The Rising
4:49
3.4 ★
12
Mary’s Place
6:01
3.9 ★
13
Lonesome Day
4:07
3.6 ★
14
American Skin (41 Shots) (live)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
7:52
3.8 ★
15
Land of Hope and Dreams (live)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
9:22
3.6 ★
CD 3
1
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
2:42
2
The Big Payback
1:58
3.0 ★
3
Held Up Without a Gun (live)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
1:21
4
Trapped (live)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
5:10
3.0 ★
5
None but the Brave
5:35
2.5 ★
6
Missing
5:04
7
Lift Me Up
5:16
4.0 ★
8
Viva Las Vegas
3:10
3.0 ★
9
County Fair
4:50
3.5 ★
10
Code of Silence (live)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4:33
3.5 ★
11
Dead Man Walkin’
2:43
2.5 ★
12
Countin’ On a Miracle (acoustic)
5:00
3.0 ★

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Born in the U.S.A.

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Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the Edge of Town 1978

Release credits

Bill Scheniman
assistant [1]
Billy Bowers
additional [11-13]
Billy Straus
assistant [1-3]
Bob Clearmountain
mix [1.13, 2.1-9, 2.14-15, 3.6]
Brendan O’Brien
mix [11-13], producer [11-13]
Bruce Lampcov
assistant [1-3]
Bruce Springsteen
12 string guitar [12-13], acoustic guitar [12], arranger [1-5], bass [1.1, 1.3, 2.4-5, 2.8], drum machine [4-5], electric guitar [12-13], guitar [1.4-15, 3.11, 2.1-6, 2.10], harmonica [2.4-5, 2.10, 1.6, 1.9-13], keyboard [4], lead vocals [2.1-3, 2.10, 2.14-15, 3.3-4, 3.8, 3.10, 1.4-6, 1.9-11], mandolin [4-5], percussion [4], performer [9], phonographic copyright [2.1-10, 2.10-15, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9-15], piano [3], producer [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.14-15, 3.4, 3.11, 1.6-13], solo [12], vocal [1.1-3, 1.7-8, 1.12-15, 3.1-2, 3.5-7, 3.9, 3.11, 2.4-13]
Charles Calello
additional [8], strings [8]
Chuck Plotkin
mix [1.9-12, 3.1], producer [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-10, 2.14-15, 3.4, 3.11]
Clarence Clemons
background vocals [12-13], percussion [1.1, 1.3, 1.10-13, 2.1-3], saxophone [2.2-3, 3.5, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-12, 1.12-13, 1.13], tenor saxophone [8]
Dana Bisbee
assistant [3.1, 1.12]
Danny Federici
accordion [4], glockenspiel [1-2], keyboard [3.11, 2.10], organ [2.1-3, 2.5, 1.6-7, 1.9-13], piano [1]
David Bianco
assistant [4]
David Boucher
assistant [14-15]
David Sancious
keyboard [7]
Ed Manion
baritone saxophone [12]
Ernest Carter
drums (drum set) [7]
Flo & Eddie
background vocals [13]
Garry Rindfuss
assistant [1.12-13, 3.1]
Garry Tallent
bass [10], bass guitar [2.1-3, 1.4-13], choir vocals [2]
Gary Mallaber
drums (drum set) [2.7-8, 2.10, 3.11], percussion [11]
Greg Goldman
assistant [10]
Harold Wheeler
piano [1, 3]
Jack Ashkinazy
remixer [1-3]
James A. Farber
assistant [3.1, 1.12-13]
Jane Scarpantoni
cello [11-12]
Jay Healy
assistant [4]
Jeff Hendrickson
assistant [1.12-13, 2.1-3, 3.1]
Jeff Porcaro
drums (drum set) [6], percussion [6]
Jere Flint
cello [13]
Jerry Vivino
tenor saxophone [12]
Jim Cretecos
producer [1-5]
Jim Hanson
bass guitar [11]
Jim Scott
assistant [4]
Jimmy Iovine
engineer [6, 8], mix [6, 8-11], recording [9-11]
John R. Davenport
assistant [1-3]
Jon Landau
producer [1.6, 1.8-13, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-8]
Karl Egsieker
task [11-13]
Larry LeMaster
cello [13]
Little Steven
acoustic guitar [2.1-2, 1.12-13], assistant [9-11], background vocals [6, 12-13], choir vocals [2], electric guitar [12-13], guitar [1.9-13, 3.5], mandolin [2], producer [1.12-13, 2.1, 2.3]
Mark McKenna
assistant [5]
Mark Pender
trumpet [12]
Marty Rifkin
pedal steel guitar [10]
Max Weinberg
choir vocals [2], drums (drum set) [2.1-3, 1.6, 1.8-13], percussion [4-5]
Mike Appel
background vocals [6], producer [1-8]
Mike Batlan
mix [2], recording [1.14-15, 3.2]
Mike Spengler
trumpet [12]
Neil Dorfsman
recording [1.12-13, 3.1]
Nick DiDia
recording [11-13]
Nils Lofgren
additional [4], guitar [4]
Patti Scialfa
additional [4], other vocals [6]
Randy Jackson
bass [6]
Raymond Willard
assistant [3.1, 1.12-13]
Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg
trombone [12]
Roger Talkov
assistant [4]
Ross Petersen
assistant [14-15]
Roy Bittan
Rhodes piano [6], additional [7], background vocals [6, 12-13], choir vocals [2], glockenspiel [6], keyboard [5-7], piano [1.8-13, 2.1-3], producer [6], synthesizer [1-4]
Soozie Tyrell
background vocals [11-13], violin [11-13]
The E Street Band
performer [3.3-4, 3.10, 2.14-15]
Thom Panunzio
assistant [9-11], mix [4]
Tim Leitner
additional [4], assistant [4]
Toby Scott
engineer [5-6, 9], mix [1.12, 3.1, 3.7, 3.11, 2.10], recording [3.4, 3.6-7, 3.11, 2.1-5, 2.7-8, 2.10, 2.14-15]
Vini Lopez
drums (drum set) [4-5]
Zoë Yanakas
assistant [1-3]
לואי להב
engineer [1-8], mix [7]
צרויה להב
background vocals [4], violin [8]