Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness

Bruce Springsteen

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Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness Review

by Thom Jurek

Sony apparently cannot make up its mind. In 1997 the label released these three recordings together in a slipcase box. In 2004 the label repackaged them in longbox form, and in 2005 went back to the slipcase with a different cover. There is nothing different about these recordings together than there is taking them in separately, except that it might look hipper on your shelf this way. These are the first, second, and fourth full-length albums by the Boss, and it would have been better if Born to Run was issued alongside the first two not just for chronological reasons but also for aesthetic ones, as the sonic jump from The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle to Darkness on the Edge of Town is enormous.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Blinded by the Light Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:04	Spotify Amazon
2	Growin' Up Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	03:05	Spotify Amazon
3	Mary Queen of Arkansas Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:21	Spotify Amazon
4	Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	02:05	Spotify Amazon
5	Lost in the Flood Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:18	Spotify Amazon
6	The Angel Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	03:24	Spotify Amazon
7	For You Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:40	Spotify Amazon
8	Spirit in the Night Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:00	Spotify Amazon
9	It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	03:12	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	The E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:31	Spotify Amazon
2	4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:36	Spotify Amazon
3	Kitty's Back Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	07:09	Spotify Amazon
4	Wild Billy's Circus Story Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:47	Spotify Amazon
5	Incident on 57th Street Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	07:45	Spotify Amazon
6	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	07:04	Spotify Amazon
7	New York City Serenade Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	09:55	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Badlands Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:04	Spotify Amazon
2	Adam Raised a Cain Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:34	Spotify Amazon
3	Something in the Night Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	05:14	Spotify Amazon
4	Candy's Room Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	02:48	Spotify Amazon
5	Racing in the Street Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	06:54	Spotify Amazon
6	The Promised Land Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:29	Spotify Amazon
7	Factory Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	02:19	Spotify Amazon
8	Streets of Fire Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:03	Spotify Amazon
9	Prove It All Night Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:01	Spotify Amazon
10	Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	04:28	Spotify Amazon