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Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits Audio CD

A fair review of the Bruce Springsteen "Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bruce Springsteen reviews here, or go back to the Bruce Springsteen tabs.

Bruce Springsteen Band: Bruce Springsteen
Title: Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
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Release Date: 1995-02-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Born to Run 2: Thunder Road 3: Badlands 4: River 5: Hungry Heart 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

Hits and misses
I can't really complain about the song selection: this is a great set of songs, beginning with two off "Born to Run" (his first two records are ignored, since they were hitless) and running up to "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" in '92, although it would be a stronger compilation if they'd replaced "My Hometown" with "I'm on Fire" and ditched "Better Days" altogether. Springsteen's material is great on albums and great as individual songs; make an album out of assorted individual songs and the result is, well, stilted. The focus isn't on Springsteen's skills as a rocker and romantic so much as on his skills as a troubador; for the record, Springsteen the Troubador seems stodgy in comparison with Springsteen the Romantic Rocker. As for the oddities, you get the song from "Philadelphia," which is neither here nor there, the song from "Jerry Maguire," which every Springsteen fan in the world hates except for me, the song from the "Born in the U. S. A. " sessions, which is almost a blast, and two songs that reunited Bruce with his E Street Band blood brothers at long last, with tired results. I'd say ditch it and go for the albums. Start with the one he did about America.


Good sound quality but not enough big hits


I counted 13 significant hits out of 18 total on the CD. The sound quality was very good to my ear. I don't understand why more top 20 hits weren't included.

Reading allmusic's list of hits, I counted 17 top 20 hits that weren't on the CD, plus "Pink Cadillac", the popular flip side of "Born to Run".

Perhaps it's a matter of which chart one follows when selecting greatest hits. That could leave a lot of room for personal preference.


Great songs
"Born in the USA" is one of my particular favorites; in fact, so much so that I play this Greatest Hits CD over and over in my CD player every time I get in my car. While I came upon "The Boss" rather late in my life, I discovered I really liked this CD. Meantime, I'm wondering why TEOTSPRS thinks Bruce Springsteen changed his name from John Cougar Mellencamp.


Not the Best Way to Be Introduced to Springsteen
This album fits the title 'Greatest Hits' better and is a better starting point. I enjoy all of the songs on this compilation, but for a new fan or someone wanting to be introduced to Bruce Springsteen I recommend purchasing the album "Born to Run". I highly recommend the albums "Darkness on the Edge of Town", "The Wild The Innocent and E-Street Shuffle", "The River", and "Born in the USA" in that order to really appreciate his works.


Springsteens greatest hits, AMAZING!
One of the best purchases I have made in years. This is an amazing CD.
If you like the "Boss", you HAVE to have this cd.


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