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In the decades following his emergence on the national scene in 1975, Bruce Springsteen proved to be that rarity among popular musicians, an artist who maintained his status as a frontline recording and performing star, consistently selling millions of albums and selling out arenas and stadiums around the world year after year, as well as retaining widespread critical… Read more in Amazon's Bruce Springsteen Store

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  • Audio CD (10 Nov 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Limited Edition
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B0000E4N56
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 39,055 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Blinded By The LightBruce Springsteen 5:03£0.89
Listen  2. For YouBruce Springsteen 4:40£0.89
Listen  3. Spirit In The NightBruce Springsteen 4:57£0.89
Listen  4. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)Bruce Springsteen 5:35£0.89
Listen  5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)Bruce Springsteen 7:01£0.89
Listen  6. Thunder RoadBruce Springsteen 4:48£0.89
Listen  7. Born To RunBruce Springsteen 4:30£0.89
Listen  8. JunglelandBruce Springsteen 9:35£0.89
Listen  9. BadlandsBruce Springsteen 4:02£0.89
Listen10. Darkness On The Edge Of TownBruce Springsteen 4:28£0.89
Listen11. The Promised LandBruce Springsteen 4:28£0.89
Listen12. The RiverBruce Springsteen 4:59£0.89
Listen13. Hungry HeartBruce Springsteen 3:18£0.89
Listen14. NebraskaBruce Springsteen 4:26£0.89
Listen15. Atlantic CityBruce Springsteen 3:56£0.89


Disc 2:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Born In The U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen 4:39£0.89
Listen  2. Glory DaysBruce Springsteen 4:15£0.89
Listen  3. Dancing In The DarkBruce Springsteen 4:02£0.89
Listen  4. Tunnel Of LoveBruce Springsteen 5:10£0.89
Listen  5. Brilliant DisguiseBruce Springsteen 4:15£0.89
Listen  6. Human TouchBruce Springsteen 6:28£0.89
Listen  7. Living ProofBruce Springsteen 4:45£0.89
Listen  8. Lucky TownBruce Springsteen 3:25£0.89
Listen  9. Streets Of PhiladelphiaBruce Springsteen 3:15£0.59
Listen10. The Ghost Of Tom JoadBruce Springsteen 4:21£0.89
Listen11. The RisingBruce Springsteen 4:47£0.89
Listen12. Mary's PlaceBruce Springsteen 5:59£0.89
Listen13. Lonesome DayBruce Springsteen 4:05£0.89
Listen14. American Skin (41 Shots) (Live at Madison Square Garden)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 7:50£0.89
Listen15. Land of Hope and Dreams (Live at Madison Square Garden)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 9:22£0.89


Disc 3:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)Bruce Springsteen 2:40£0.89
Listen  2. The Big PaybackBruce Springsteen 1:57£0.89
Listen  3. Held Up Without A Gun (Live)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 1:18£0.89
Listen  4. Trapped (Live)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 5:08£0.89
Listen  5. None But The BraveBruce Springsteen 5:35£0.89
Listen  6. MissingBruce Springsteen 5:03£0.89
Listen  7. Lift Me UpBruce Springsteen 5:14£0.89
Listen  8. Viva Las VegasBruce Springsteen 3:08Album Only
Listen  9. County FairBruce Springsteen 4:49£0.89
Listen10. Code Of Silence (Live)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 4:30£0.89
Listen11. Dead Man Walkin'Bruce Springsteen 2:41£0.89
Listen12. Countin' On A Miracle (Acoustic Version)Bruce Springsteen 5:00£0.89

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For an artist with a career as long and stacked with worthwhile albums as Bruce Springsteen's, greatest hits compilations like The Essential Bruce Springsteen are always a difficult proposition. To pick the best moments from three decades, include all the hits, string them together into a cohesive whole and then cram them onto two CDs that hopefully tell the story of a lifetime's work is a near impossible task. For once though, these 30 tracks do just that. From the early Van Morrison-styled fumblings of "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit of the Night" through to the small-town dreams of escape of "Born to Run" and disillusioned bar-room anthem of "Born in the USA", it chronologically charts the genesis, rise and crowning of the blue-collar hero from New Jersey. Meanwhile, the thick drawl of "Tunnel of Love" and "Streets of Philadelphia" and the quiet introspection of "The Ghost of Tom Joad" remind that as well as being the quintessential American rocker, Springsteen is a songwriter with a unique insight into the human condition. Those who harbour a longstanding devotion to Springsteen will probably feel that there are glaring omissions--other album tracks more essential than some of the ones included here. For everyone else though, The Essential Bruce Springsteen is a phenomenal place to start. --Dan Gennoe

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid collection, 27 Dec 2004
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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Audio CD)
Although not comprehensive, this 3-disc set is a very good introduction to the magic of Springsteen, one of the few timeless and authentic rock legends of the last three decades. Springsteen rarely disappoints musically but I suppose his image of blue-collar champion is a bit tainted after his involvement in partisan politics in 2004.

Disc One takes the listener from his promising early excursions like 1973s Blinded By The Light and 4th Of July through 1975s brilliant rock anthem Born To Run and 1978s awesome rocker Badlands, the gloomy ballad Darkness On The Edge Of Town and the defiant Promised Land through to 1980s majestic song The River (I really miss Wreck On The Highway here) and 1982s melancholy and brooding Nebraska.

Highlights on Disc Two include the powerful rockers Born In The USA and Glory Days, great hits like Dancing In The Dark, Tunnel Of Love and Brilliant Disguise. For me the most impressive songs here are the introspective numbers like Streets Of Philadelphia and The Ghost Of Tom Joad. Lonesome Day with its country feel, Mary's Place with its horns, and The Rising are beautiful and moving too.

On Disc Three, the live tracks include Held Up Without A Gun, a stirring uptempo rocker and Trapped, a grand brooding ballad. None But The Brave is also grand and beautiful, whilst Lift Me Up is a sensitive ballad with Bruce in falsetto mood. His version of Viva Las Vegas proves he's no Elvis but County Fair is one of those sad ballads that he does so well. This disc concludes with Counting On A Miracle, a beautiful acoustic ballad in folk style.

The chronological sequence was a good idea as one can follow the development of Springsteen's career through the changing sound, the varying themes and the ever more serious approach. Obviously not compiled for completists who will have all the albums and box sets anyway, The Essential Bruce Springsteen is perfect for those who wish to have the most of his best in one place. It's a winner through and through.

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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost, 22 Nov 2003
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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Audio CD)
In any body of work there are obvious high points, says Bruce Springsteen in his foreword to the "Essential" booklet. The rest depends on who's doing the listening. You know..."one man's coffe is another man's tea, one man's whiskey..."

No doubt Springsteen has had a hard time choosing these thirty songs, and his choices won't please everybody. Why "Tunnel Of Love" is chosen to represent the album of the same name instead of the much better "Tougher Than The Rest" is a mystery, as is the omission of "Waiting On A Sunny Day", "You Can Look (but you better not touch)", and the criminally underrated rocker "Sherry Darling". The nine-minute live rendition of the good-but-not-great "Land Of Hope And Dreams" could certainly have been sacrificed in favour of one or two better songs.

If you're a casual fan, and just want one Springsteen disc in your collection, "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" is a fine choice, since it manages to include most of the highlights from his twelve studio albums.
So should you get this one rather than the single-disc "Greatest Hits"? Well, depending on what it is you are looking for, "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" is a better career summary in the sense that it is much more comprehensive, and also includes songs from his first two albums. But if you just want the radio hits, "Greatest Hits" is probably more your thing.

The "free" rarities disc includes some great songs, some good ones, and some utterly forgettable ones as well, particularly "Missing" and "Lift Me Up". But I was certainly happy to see that the glorious three-chord rocker "From Small Things (big things one day come)" finally available in an official Springsteen version, and the acoustic rockabilly of "The Big Payback" and the live "Trapped" and "Held Up Without A Gun" are very nice as well.

Hard core Springsteen fans will want this collection for the rarities disc, and newcomers and casual admirers will find "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" to be a comprehensive, if not exhaustive, career overview. The sound is excellent (some remastering and revision has been done by former Bryan Adams and AC/DC-associate Bob Ludwig), and even though the omission of "Waiting On A Sunny Day" and "Tougher Than The Rest" really bugs me, almost all of the thirty songs on the first two discs are excellent examples of the talent and versatility of Bruce Springsteen.
And the fact that only a few songs from "The River" and "Born In The USA" are included means that you can get those two as well without too many overlaps :o)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Winner all the way, 24 Mar 2004
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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Audio CD)
Although not comprehensive, this 2-disc set is a very good introduction to the magic of Springsteen, one of the few timeless and authentic rock legends of the last three decades. Unlike for example Lou Reed, Springsteen is also a legend that never disappoints.

Disc One takes the listener from his promising early excursions like 1973s Blinded By The Light and 4th Of July through 1975s brilliant rock anthem Born To Run and 1978s awesome rocker Badlands, the gloomy ballad Darkness On The Edge Of Town and the defiant tone of The Promised Land through to 1980s majestic song The River (I really miss Wreck On The Highway here) and 1982s melancholy and brooding Nebraska.

Highlights on Disc Two include the powerful rockers Born In The USA and Glory Days, great hits like Dancing In The Dark, Tunnel Of Love and Brilliant Disguise. For me the most impressive songs here are the introspective numbers like Streets Of Philadelphia and The Ghost Of Tom Joad. Lonesome Day with its country feel, Mary's Place with its horns and The Rising are beautiful and moving too.

The chronological sequence was a good idea as one can follow the development of Springsteen's career through the changing sound, the varying themes and the ever more serious approach. Obviously not compiled for completists who will have all the albums and box sets anyway, The Essential Bruce Springsteen is perfect for those who wish to have the most of his best in one place. It's a winner through and through.

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