Greatest Hits (1995)
1. Born to Run
2. Thunder Road
3. Badlands
4. Hungry Heart
5. The River
6. Atlantic City
7. Dancing in the Dark
8. Born in the U.S.A.
9. My Hometown
10.Glory Days
11.Brilliant Disguise
12.Human Touch
13.Better Days
14.Streets of Philadelphia
15.Secret Garden
16.Murder Incorporated
17.Blood Brothers
18.This Hard Land
 
When you think about it, Bruce
Springsteen never really had that many "hits". There was Hungry
Heart, Brilliant Disguise and practically the entire Born in the U.S.A. album. So a compilation
seems a bit suspect. When you look at the songs here, you have to agree
that this is about the closest you can get to a one disc representation
of the career of Bruce Springsteen. Wisely, three out of the seven top
ten hits from Born in the U.S.A. are left
off. Otherwise this album would have been weighted down too much from
that one album.
His first two albums are not represented, but that's really not a
surprise to anyone, and let's face it, they would be way out of place
here. What is here, is not one or two "bonus" songs, but
five bonus songs. Of course, not all five were "unreleased", but
you really couldn't get these songs anywhere else, so it's a treat to
have them here. He had managed to score big with The Streets of
Philadelphia from the movie "Philadelphia" and Secret Touch
from the film "Jerry Maguire". Both of these movies were only a year or
so old when this album came out, so it's safe to call them "new".
Equally as impressive are the songs Murder Incorporated and
Blood Brothers. The main highlightt of these two songshe was that he had gotten the E Street Band
back together. Was it temporary? No one was sure at the time, but
these songs sounded like the Bruce of old, so it was a great addition.
Then you had the previously unreleased This Hard Land, an older
song that, for reasons unbeknownst to me is included here. It's great,
sure. But why this song? It would later appear in a slightly
different version on the box set Tracks, so it
may seem a bit unnecessary.
He would put out "another" greatest hits package several years later,
which was a two disc set plus a bonus of unreleased material.
It's a little better, but this one has plenty of bang for the buck.
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