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.
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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
