| The Essential Bruce Springsteen |  | Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  170 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,630
Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
MPN: 827969077320
UPC: 082796907732
EAN: 0082796907732
ASIN: B0000E1ALR
Release Date: November 11, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Blinded By the Light | | • | For You | | • | Spirit In the Night | | • | 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | | • | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | | • | Thunder Road | | • | Born To Run | | • | Jungleland | | • | Badlands | | • | Darkness On The Edge Of Town | | • | The Promised Land | | • | The River | | • | Hungry Heart | | • | Nebraska | | • | Atlantic City |
Disc 2
| • | Born In The U.S.A. | | • | Glory Days | | • | Dancing In The Dark | | • | Tunnel Of Love | | • | Brilliant Disguise | | • | Human Touch | | • | Living Proof | | • | Lucky Town | | • | Streets Of Philadelphia | | • | The Ghost Of Tom Joad | | • | The Rising | | • | Mary's Place | | • | Lonesome Day | | • | American Skin (41 Shots) (Live) | | • | Land Of Hope and Dreams (Live) |
Disc 3
| • | From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) | | • | Big Payback | | • | Held Up Without A Gun (Live) | | • | Trapped (Live) | | • | None But The Brave | | • | Missing | | • | Lift Me Up | | • | Viva Las Vegas | | • | County Fair | | • | Code Of Silence (Live) | | • | Dead Man Walkin' | | • | Countin' On a Miracle (Acoustic) |
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Amazon.com
Vastly expanding 1995's single disc Greatest Hits, The Essential Bruce Springsteen easily surpasses the earlier best-of set by serving up all its true essentials and tossing in less appreciated treats and a full disc of rarities. Disc one spans the first decade of Springsteen's recording career, serving up at least two tracks each from the six albums that laid the groundwork for his '80s burst into superstardom. Disc two picks up with his mainstream breakthrough, 1984's Born in the U.S.A., and carries on through 2002's The Rising, tossing in live recordings of "American Skin" and "Land of Hope and Dreams" for good measure. The selections and sequencing surpass those made on Greatest Hits, though there's not too much in the way of surprises, other than that it appears that Born in the U.S.A. hasn't aged all that well for the Boss; here, he selects only three songs from the hit-laden smash, one fewer than is found on the skimpy Greatest Hits. Disc three is where the fun really starts for all but neophytes. The live "Held Up Without a Gun" is as gutsy a one minute and 20 seconds as Springsteen as one could ask for, and the likes of "Trapped," "Countin' on a Miracle," and a cover of "Viva Las Vegas" rank with his signature songs. --Steven Stolder
Album Description
2003 career retrospective from the boss! This strictly limited Australian exclusive edition comes with a bonus disc of rarities, live and previously unreleased tracks on 3 CDs. Columbia.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Just misses the mark... July 9, 2010
sean (MA, USA)
This has several classics like "born in the usa, badlands, blinded by the light, dancing in the dark, glory days, Born to run, etc., but it's missing quite a lot. Personally, if I was in charge of this release I would have left off some of the 90's stuff and added all his older gems. (I'm On Fire, Pink Cadillac, Tenth-Avenue Freeze Out, Cover Me). Until they make one with these 3 songs, pass!
MISSING TRACKS:
Pink Cadillac
Cover Me
Tenth-Avenue Freeze Out
I'm on Fire
 B.Springsteen Music CD June 24, 2010
M. Fouch (Mount Sterling, KY USA)
Excellent music. What more can I say about the Boss.
Some of the best music ever produced was during the 70's, 80's, and 90's.
Great compilation March 4, 2010
Y. C. Haug (Brooklyn, New York USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good intro or retrospective for those who don't already have a collection; good set of new songs for those who do.
Good compilation February 7, 2010
D. Whittaker
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can't please everyone, you'll never be able to compile a set of tracks from such a large body of work that will please everyone. This is as good a set as any and a great introduction to new fans.
A Great Beginner's Compilation For Casual Fans Despite Some Glaring Omissions May 1, 2009
Anthony Nasti (Staten Island, New York United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the most important voice in music over the last 35 years, compiling the most important recordings in Bruce Springsteen's career to three discs (including one including never before released outtakes as opposed to some truly important cuts that missed inclusion on the first two discs) is in no way an easy task. For every "Born To Run" and "Dancing In The Dark" that's included, there's a "Growin' Up" and "Backstreets" that's missing the cut.
"The Essential Bruce Springsteen" is the compilation in question, and despite the glaring omissions, it does a pretty good job on the whole. You get the timeless rock anthems that helped shape Bruce into the almost mythical figure he is today ("Born To Run," "Badlands"), the epic narrative pieces with unforgettable characters and locale ("Thunder Road," "Jungleland"), the classic hit singles ("Hungry Heart," "Glory Days"), and latter day accomplishments ("The Rising," "Lonesome Day"). In between, we get a host of forgotten gems such as "Blinded By The Light," (far better than the more famous Manfred Mann cover), "For You," "Tunnel Of Love," and a few from Bruce's underrated 1992-97 period (the haunting "Youngstown," unfortunately, is another missed gem from this era). To throw a few more superlatives upon this collection, the songs are remastered and sound amazing.
The third disc also includes some very welcome treats. Two songs that, up until this collection's 2003 release, remained available only through diehard collectors finally pop up, "County Fair" and the sublime "Born In The U.S.A." outtake "None But The Brave." The "The River" outtake "Held Up Without A Gun," with shared vocals by Bruce and Little Steven Van Zandt, is presented in its (until 2008) only live performance ever, from the famous 1980 New Years Eve show at Nassau Coliseum. Other gems include "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)," the ethereal "Lift Me Up," written for the John Sayles film "Limbo" but never available on Bruce compilation until now, and "Dead Man Walkin'," a haunting composition from the Sean Penn / Susan Sarandon film of the same name.
As mentioned, a host of classics from Bruce's career failed to make the cut, and their absence is definitely notable and noticeable. However, this doesn't take away from the fact this is still solid primer for beginning Springsteen fans, a crash course to some of the greatest music ever recorded.
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