- Born to Run
- Thunder Road
- Badlands
- The River
- Hungry Heart
- Atlantic City
- Dancing in the Dark
- Born in the U.S.A.
- My Hometown
- Glory Days
- Brilliant Disguise
- Human Touch
- Better Days
- Streets of Philadelphia
- Secret Garden
- Murder Incorporated
- Blood Brothers
- This Hard Land
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Jeff Porcaro Guest Artist,Drums,Percussion
Flo & Eddie Guest Artist
The E Street Band Vocals
Frank Pagano Percussion
Garry Tallent Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Ernest Carter Drums
David Sancious Keyboards
Roy Bittan Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Vocals (Background)
Max Weinberg Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Nils Lofgren Guitar
Mike Appel Vocals (Background)
Soozie Tyrell Vocals (Background)
Gary Mallaber Drums
Patti Scialfa Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
Steven Van Zandt Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Clarence Clemons Saxophone,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Randy Jackson Bass
Danny Federici Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Glockenspiel
Ernest "Boom" Carter Drums
Ruth Jackson Vocals (Background)
Gary Mallabar Drums
Lisa Lowell Vocals (Background)
Chuck Plotkin Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Carl Glanville Assistant Engineer
Jeff Hendrickson Assistant Engineer
Greg Calbi Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Dennis King Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Ryan Freeland Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jon Landau Producer
Mike Reese Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Roy Bittan Producer
Louis Lahav Engineer
Peter Keppler Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Iovine Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Mike Appel Producer
Mike Batlin Engineer
Thom Panunzio Assistant Engineer
Brian Lee Editing,Remastering Engineer
Bruce Springsteen Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Stephen Marcussen Mastering,Mastering Consultant
Bernie Grundman Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Toby Scott Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
David Rose Photography
Steven Van Zandt Producer
Neil Dorfsman Engineer
Bruce Lampcov Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakas Assistant Engineer
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Eric Meola Cover Photo,Photography
Sandra Choron Design
David Gahr Photography
Pamela Springsteen Photography
Jay Militscher Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Frank Stefanko Photography
Jim Marchese Photography
Brian Andrew Lee Sequencing Editor
Pete Keppler Assistant Engineer
Tony Duino Black Assistant Engineer
John Davenport Assistant Engineer
Steve Marcussen Mastering Engineer
Nico X. German Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig Mastering,Remastering,Mastering Engineer,Mastering Consultant,Remastering Engineer
Ken Perry Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Billy Straus Assistant Engineer


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Overview
Here's the challenge in putting together a Bruce Springsteen compilation: though he scored 18 Top 40 hits (12 of which made the Top Ten) through 1994, Springsteen is not a "singles artist." Some of his biggest hits have come with his slightest or least characteristic material; he has written numerous songs that were hits for other artists; and some of his most memorable songs were not released as singles. While a Springsteen "hits" collection logically would contain such Top Ten singles as "I'm on Fire" and his cover of Edwin Starr's "War," few Springsteen fans would miss their omission; on the other hand, many would support the inclusion of "Blinded by the Light" and "Pink Cadillac," Top Ten hits for Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Natalie Cole; and anyone even remotely familiar with Springsteen's albums and concerts would have trouble countenancing the absence of such non-singles as "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Thunder Road." Facing this challenge, Springsteen has adopted his own set of criteria. First, he seems to have wanted to pack as much music onto a single disc as possible, the result being a CD-busting 76:47 running time. Second, he seems to have wanted to include as many tracks as possible, even if that means editing songs; as a result, 18 tracks are included, though five have been substantially shortened -- "My Hometown" (by 24 seconds), "Glory Days" (by 29 seconds), "Human Touch" (by 82 seconds), "Better Days" (by 23 seconds), and "Streets of Philadelphia" (by 60 seconds). Third, like many artists, he is more interested in including his recent material than his older material, so there is nothing from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. or The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -- no "Blinded by the Light," "Spirit in the Night," "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," or "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" -- but both sides of his 1992 single "Human Touch"/"Better Days" are included. Fourth, he has not felt bound to interpret the album's title to mean he must include his most successful singles: the Top 40 hits "Prove It All Night" and "One Step Up" and the Top Tens "Cover Me," "I'm on Fire," "I'm Goin' Down," "War," and "Tunnel of Love" are left off, while the album tracks "Thunder Road," "The River," and "Atlantic City" and the minor chart single "Badlands" are included. Fifth, he has opted to include both a couple of new songs ("Secret Garden" and "Blood Brothers"), a previously unreleased outtake ("Murder Incorporated"), and a new recording of a previously unreleased old song ("This Hard Land"). All of which is to say that Greatest Hits is a hodgepodge. Springsteen considered calling it something other than Greatest Hits (one idea: This Hard Land), and that might have been a better idea if he was going to fiddle with the concept this much. Nevertheless, some of Springsteen's best and best-known hit recordings are here -- "Born to Run," "Hungry Heart," "Dancing in the Dark," "Born in the U.S.A.," and the then-recent "Streets of Philadelphia," the success of which probably prompted the release of this compilation in the first place. ~ William Ruhlmann
Product Details
Release Date: | 02/28/1995 |
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Label: | Columbia |
UPC: | 0074646706022 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Bruce Springsteen Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Percussion,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)Jeff Porcaro Guest Artist,Drums,Percussion
Flo & Eddie Guest Artist
The E Street Band Vocals
Frank Pagano Percussion
Garry Tallent Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Ernest Carter Drums
David Sancious Keyboards
Roy Bittan Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Vocals (Background)
Max Weinberg Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Nils Lofgren Guitar
Mike Appel Vocals (Background)
Soozie Tyrell Vocals (Background)
Gary Mallaber Drums
Patti Scialfa Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
Steven Van Zandt Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Clarence Clemons Saxophone,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Randy Jackson Bass
Danny Federici Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Glockenspiel
Ernest "Boom" Carter Drums
Ruth Jackson Vocals (Background)
Gary Mallabar Drums
Lisa Lowell Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
The E Street Band GroupChuck Plotkin Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Carl Glanville Assistant Engineer
Jeff Hendrickson Assistant Engineer
Greg Calbi Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Dennis King Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Ryan Freeland Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jon Landau Producer
Mike Reese Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Roy Bittan Producer
Louis Lahav Engineer
Peter Keppler Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Iovine Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Mike Appel Producer
Mike Batlin Engineer
Thom Panunzio Assistant Engineer
Brian Lee Editing,Remastering Engineer
Bruce Springsteen Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Stephen Marcussen Mastering,Mastering Consultant
Bernie Grundman Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Toby Scott Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
David Rose Photography
Steven Van Zandt Producer
Neil Dorfsman Engineer
Bruce Lampcov Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakas Assistant Engineer
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Eric Meola Cover Photo,Photography
Sandra Choron Design
David Gahr Photography
Pamela Springsteen Photography
Jay Militscher Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Frank Stefanko Photography
Jim Marchese Photography
Brian Andrew Lee Sequencing Editor
Pete Keppler Assistant Engineer
Tony Duino Black Assistant Engineer
John Davenport Assistant Engineer
Steve Marcussen Mastering Engineer
Nico X. German Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig Mastering,Remastering,Mastering Engineer,Mastering Consultant,Remastering Engineer
Ken Perry Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Billy Straus Assistant Engineer
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