Bruce Springsteen revealed on social media Wednesday morning that he would be releasing a project titled “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” on Thursday.
Although no more details were given, the first volume of “Tracks” was a 1998 4-CD, 66-song compilation of unreleased songs from throughout his career.
The announcement’s instrumental music-accompanied video features studio documents from 1993 (the recording session for his Oscar-winning song “Streets of Philadelphia”) and 1997, with the slogan, “What was lost has now been found.” It also mentions April 3, 2025, which is tomorrow, although it’s not clear if the album or just further details would be released on that day.
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When Springsteen hinted to the record earlier in the week, his fan base erupted in excitement, with several correctly speculating not just what the project is, but also what would be on it. Springsteen will embark on a European tour next month.
The full-band version of Springsteen’s “Nebraska” album, which he recorded but abandoned in 1981 and 1982 in favor of releasing his solo tracks because he believed they had a spirit and rawness that the band didn’t or couldn’t achieve, was, predictably, the most frequently made guess. It appears likely that at least some of those songs will be included in the album, as the biopic of the album’s creation, “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” starring Jeremy Allen White, is scheduled for release later this year.
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Since the initial release of “Tracks” almost 27 years ago, Springsteen has published a number of archival collections, including enhanced anniversary editions of his iconic albums “Born to Run,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” and “The River.” In addition, his website features hundreds of live recordings.
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Since only five post-1990 recordings were included in the first book of “Tracks,” which covered the years 1972–1995, it is likely that the majority of the content in this new edition will come from the last 30 years. But there was just one “Nebraska” outtake on Vol. 1, a conspicuous omission that has enticed fans for decades.
“We’ve made many more records than we released,” Springsteen said in an interview with Variety in 2017. Why weren’t such records made public? They didn’t seem necessary to me. We have released a lot of such music [on archival collections over the years], and I may have enjoyed creating them and thought they were nice. However, during my career, I felt as though I let go of what was necessary at a given time, and in return, I received a very clear definition of my identity, my goals, and the subject matter of my songs. And I still essentially use the same set of guidelines to evaluate my actions.
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