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<i>Greatest Hits</i> (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band album)

Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band album)

2009 greatest hits album by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits is Bruce Springsteen's fifth compilation album, released as a limited edition first in the United States, Canada and Australia on January 13, 2009, exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers.[3]

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History

The album is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years. Springsteen released a similar Greatest Hits album in 1995. Unlike the previous release, this album is billed to "Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band", the first time Springsteen's backing band has been credited with a compilation release. As such, it contains no Springsteen material recorded between 1984 and 2002, during which period he did virtually no studio recording with the E Street Band.[4]

Springsteen's association with Wal-Mart drew puzzled reactions from the media, given the singer's longtime support for labor causes and the company's longtime anti-union actions.[5] Huffington Post writer Tony Sachs pronounced the release one of the "top five boneheaded music industry moves of 2008",[6] while The Wall Street Journal wrote that it reflected the duality of "the liberal singer-songwriter and the commercial juggernaut recording artist."[7] Longtime Springsteen writer Charles R. Cross said that fans were now more accepting of such blatant commercial strategies given the overall slump in the music business.[7] Nevertheless, the release did draw criticism from some fans as well as from labor union activists and independent record store owners.[7][8] In response, Springsteen manager Jon Landau said, "[L]et's start with the premise that Bruce is already in Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has been 15% of our sales in recent years. It's not a question of going into Wal-Mart; we're there. They, and other retailers, are all looking for some way to differentiate themselves, and we try to accommodate each one. We're not doing any advertising for Wal-Mart. We haven't endorsed Wal-Mart or anybody else."[8] But then Springsteen himself, during publicity for his appearance at Super Bowl XLIII, admitted that they "dropped the ball" with the association with Wal-Mart, and attributed it to insufficient vetting due to too many activities going on.[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen except where noted.

US edition

  1. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 7:02
  2. "Born to Run" – 4:31
  3. "Thunder Road" – 4:47
    • From the album Born to Run
  4. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:28
  5. "Badlands" – 4:03
    • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
  6. "Hungry Heart" – 3:18
  7. "Glory Days" – 4:15
  8. "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:00
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  9. "Born in the U.S.A." – 4:38
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  10. "The Rising" – 4:47
  11. "Lonesome Day" – 4:05
    • From the album The Rising
  12. "Radio Nowhere" – 3:19
    • From the album Magic, 2007

Europe edition

  1. "Blinded by the Light" – 5:04
  2. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 7:02
    • From the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
  3. "Born to Run" – 4:31
    • From the album Born to Run
  4. "Thunder Road" – 4:47
    • From the album Born to Run
  5. "Badlands" – 4:03
    • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
  6. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:28
    • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
  7. "Hungry Heart" – 3:18
    • From the album The River
  8. "The River" – 5:00
    • From the album The River
  9. "Born in the U.S.A." – 4:38
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  10. "I'm on Fire" - 2:34
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  11. "Glory Days" – 4:15
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  12. "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:00
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
  13. "The Rising" – 4:47
    • From the album The Rising
  14. "Lonesome Day" – 4:05
    • From the album The Rising
  15. "Radio Nowhere" – 3:19
    • From the album Magic
  16. "Long Walk Home" – 4:35
    • From the album Magic
  17. "Because the Night" (Springsteen, Patti Smith) – 5:21
  18. "Fire" - 2:49
    • From the album Live/1975-85

Personnel

Charts

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References

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    Allmusic (American) review
  2. [2]
    Allmusic (European) review
  3. [3]
    "Greatest Hits (Wal-Mart Exclusive), Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band", Wal-Mart. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Bruce Springsteen Plans Wal-Mart Only 'Greatest Hits'", Rolling Stone, December 22, 2008.
  5. [5]
    Gottlieb, Jed (2009-01-13). "Non-union label: Bruce Springsteen silent on his Wal-Mart exclusive". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    Sachs, Tony (2009-01-03). "The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    Smith, Ethan (2009-01-16). "Born to Run – and Promote". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    Waddell, Ray (2009-01-23). "Bruce Springsteen Prepping 'Darkness' Reissue". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
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    Pareles, Jon (2009-02-01). "The Rock Laureate". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
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    australian-charts.com - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Accessed on August 22, 2010.
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    "Austria Albums Top 75". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
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    Belgium Albums Top 50
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    "Denmark Album Top 40". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
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    Suomen virallinen lista - Albumit Archived 2009-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
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    Die offiziellen deutschen Album-Charts
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    Ireland Top 100 Individual Artist Albums Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
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    FIMI Italy Albums Top 100 Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
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    Dutch Album Top 100
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    Topp 40 Album
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    Promusicae Spain Top 100 Albums[permanent dead link]
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    Swedish Album Chart
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    Swiss Chart - Albums Top 100
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    UK Top 40 Albums
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    Billboard Top 200 Albums
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