Bruce Springsteen announces new greatest hits album: Full tracklist revealed

4 March 2024, 12:48

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Bruce Springsteen announces two very different versions of his latest best-of.

Bruce Springsteen has been at the very top of rock and roll for over half a century now.

In that time he's released a whopping 21 studio albums, a couple of soundtrack collections, more live documents than we can even begin to count, and naturally plenty of greatest hits compilations.

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It actually took Bruce over two decades to release his first best-of, 1995's simply titled Greatest Hits, and since then we've had the more extensive double CD The Essential Bruce Springsteen in 2003, and a decade later the updated-but-trimmed-down Collection: 1973–2012.

In 2016 there was the memoir-adjacent Chapter and Verse, but given Bruce's continued commercial and critical success, a new best-of has felt overdue.

So it's no surprise that Sony - which has already sunk $500 million into owning the rights to all of Bruce's back catalogue - has announced the all-new Best of Bruce Springsteen, which is released on physical and digital formats on April 19, 2024.

"Sony Music will celebrate the music of Bruce Springsteen next month with a collection of original songs spanning his storied 50-year recording career, from 1973’s Greeting from Asbury Park, NJ to 2020’s Letter To You, read the announcement on Bruce's website.

"The collection will span early-career favourites like 'Growin' Up' and 'Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)', staples of Springsteen’s live shows from 'Dancing In The Dark' to 'The Rising', best-selling breakouts like 'Born To Run' and 'Hungry Heart', as well as recent releases 'Hello Sunshine' and 'Letter To You'.

"Here, these career-spanning works appear together in one set for the first time. Best Of Bruce Springsteen arrives with an album cover shot by Eric Meola during the Born To Run sessions, as well as new liner notes by Erik Flannigan.

Bruce Springsteen - Growin' Up (Official Audio)

The collection will be available in two very different versions. An expansive two-disc 18 track version on CD and vinyl, and an exhaustive 31-track version on download and streaming.

The Best of Bruce Springsteen CD and Vinyl tracklisting is as follows:

1. Growin’ Up
2. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
3. Born To Run
4. Thunder Road
5. Badlands
6. Hungry Heart
7. Atlantic City
8. Dancing in the Dark
9. Born in the U.S.A
10. Brilliant Disguise
11. Human Touch
12. Streets of Philadelphia
13. The Ghost of Tom Joad
14. Secret Garden
15. The Rising
16. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
17. Hello Sunshine
18. Letter To You

The Best of Bruce Springsteen digital tracklisting is as follows:

1. Growin’ Up
2. Spirit In The Night
3. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
4. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
5. Born To Run
6. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
7. Thunder Road
8. Badlands
9. Prove It All Night
10. The River
11. Hungry Heart
12. Atlantic City
13. Glory Days
14. Dancing in the Dark
15. Born in the U.S.A
16. Brilliant Disguise
17. Tougher Than The Rest
18. Human Touch
19. If I Should Fall Behind
20. Living Proof
21. Streets of Philadelphia
22. The Ghost of Tom Joad
23. Secret Garden
24. The Rising
25. Long Time Comin’
26. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
27. The Wrestler
28. We Take Care Of Our Own
29. Hello Sunshine
30. Ghosts
31. Letter To You