To paraphrase another review, this release is a bit
\ndisappointing.<\/p>\n
Is the music bad? No. Far from it.<\/p>\n
Is the packaging bad? Nope. Comes with lyrics, some comments,
\ngood pictures.<\/p>\n
The disappointment comes when you step back and look at the
\npurpose of the release. It’s a collection of some of the “best”
\ntracks on the four-disc set he released called, well,
\nTracks<\/i>.
\nTracks<\/i> is a huge amount of music, from a huge amount of time
\n– choosing just 18 songs from it is not easy, and it’s probably not
\na good review to criticize the actual choices.<\/p>\n
But, that’s what I’m going to do. The choices focus much more on
\nthe shorter, radio friendly selections – which isn’t a bad thing,
\nexcept that several of the more interesting and risk-taking pieces
\nwere left off; namely, most of the tracks on the first disc. That’s
\nnot to say that the choices are bad; they just aren’t very
\nrisk-taking.<\/p>\n
We get some very good insights into the process of song-writing
\n– the demo of “Growin’ Up” is a bit stripped down, and the version
\nof “Born In The USA” on this album is from the early days of the
\nsong, probably when it was still slated for the
\nNebraska<\/i> album. “Seaside Bar Song” is vaguely familiar
\nsounding, and sounds like it’s from the same era that produced
\nfeel-good classics like “Rosalita.” “I Wanna Be With You” shows
\njust how carefully Springsteen guarded his music; this song could
\nhave easily shot to the top of the charts — it’s got a simple
\nchorus, good lyrics, and a great rhythm. Why this was never
\nreleased is one of the great mysteries.<\/p>\n
“Lion’s Den” sounds like Phil Spector-ish wall-of-sound with
\nbiblically infused lyrics, all layered on top of a relentless
\nup-and-down beat. It fits nicely in the middle, particularly
\nbetween “My Love Will Not Let You Down,” a song I really don’t care
\nfor, and “Pink Cadillac.”<\/p>\n
One thing bugs me about this album. It’s supposed to be a
\ncompanion to
\nTracks<\/i>, for all the fans that really don’t feel like
\ninvesting four to five hours immersing themselves in the Boss. But,
\nfor some reason, one of the most requested songs of Springsteen’s –
\n“The Fever” — was only included in this sampler platter. I felt
\nlike a schmuck buying this CD, but I did anyway — and I think that
\nthe three new tracks, “The Fever,” “The Promise,” and “Trouble
\nRiver” are worth the nine dollars I paid for it. “The Fever,” in
\nparticular, is a fairly long track, clocking in at seven and a half
\nminutes, despite being very sparse lyrically — it’s a slow, long,
\nlove song. I wouldn’t change a thing about it.<\/p>\n
All in all, this is a good disc to buy if you liked
\nBorn In The USA<\/i> more than
\nThe Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle<\/i>. It features
\nmuch more compact music than the boxed set does. But if you find
\nyourself wanting more creative, reaching musical landscapes, I
\nwould suggest picking up
\nTracks<\/i> instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":26148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5832],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-37366","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-bruce-springsteen","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37366"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37366"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}