Sony
1995
Greatest Hits
About This Album
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, 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 (the 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 (the result, there is nothing from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.
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