Bruce Springsteen to release Tracks II collection of seven "lost" albums

4 April 2025, 12:59

Bruce Springsteen in concert in 1989
Bruce Springsteen in concert in 1989. Picture: Getty Images

By Mayer Nissim

Bruce Springsteen cracks open the archives once again.

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Bruce Springsteen has released 21 "proper" studio albums in his career, the most recent of which was 2022's acclaimed collection of soul classics Only the Strong Survive.

Hardcore fans will also be well aware of plenty of other Bruce releases worth having, too.

As well as countless live documents released over the years, Bruce has treated us to expanded re-releases packed with outtakes and alternative versions of songs, like 2015's The Ties That Bind: The River Collection.

Best of all was the 4CD Tracks collection in 1998, which collected 66 songs that filled the gaps between the albums, many of which had never been released before.

Bruce is going much, much further with his next archival release, the absolutely massive Tracks II: The Lost Albums, which compiles seven (seven!) full albums.

Bruce Springsteen - Tracks II: The Lost Albums Trailer

The collection features recordings dating from 1983 to 2018 and is made up of mainly unreleased material.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released on June 27 as a 9LP/7CD collection, as well as digitally.

The physical version features a 100-page cloth-bound, hardcover book featuring rare archival photos, liner notes on each lost album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction on the project from Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II: The Lost Albums
Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II: The Lost Albums. Picture: Bruce Springsteen

If that's all a bit too much, a 2LP/1CD taster Lost And Found: Selections from The Lost Albums featuring 20 tracks will also be available.

"The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released," said Springsteen.

"I've played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I'm glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them."

'Rain in the River' from Perfect World is available to stream now.

Rain in the River

The full tracklisting of all seven lost albums is as follows:

LA Garage Sessions '83

  1. Follow That Dream
  2. Don’t Back Down On Our Love
  3. Little Girl Like You
  4. Johnny Bye Bye
  5. Sugarland
  6. Seven Tears
  7. Fugitive's Dream
  8. Black Mountain Ballad
  9. Jim Deer
  10. County Fair
  11. My Hometown
  12. One Love
  13. Don't Back Down
  14. Richfield Whistle
  15. The Klansman
  16. Unsatisfied Heart
  17. Shut Out The Light
  18. Fugitive's Dream (Ballad)

Streets of Philadelphia Sessions

  1. Blind Spot
  2. Maybe I Don’t Know You
  3. Something In The Well
  4. Waiting On The End Of The World
  5. The Little Things
  6. We Fell Down
  7. One Beautiful Morning
  8. Between Heaven and Earth
  9. Secret Garden
  10. The Farewell Party

Faithless

  1. The Desert (Instrumental)
  2. Where You Goin’, Where You From
  3. Faithless
  4. All God’s Children
  5. A Prayer By The River (Instrumental)
  6. God Sent You
  7. Goin’ To California
  8. The Western Sea (Instrumental)
  9. My Master’s Hand
  10. Let Me Ride
  11. My Master’s Hand (Theme)
Bruce Springsteen in 1984
Bruce Springsteen in 1984. Picture: Getty Images

Somewhere North of Nashville

  1. Repo Man
  2. Tiger Rose
  3. Poor Side of Town
  4. Delivery Man
  5. Under A Big Sky
  6. Detail Man
  7. Silver Mountain
  8. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
  9. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
  10. Stand On It
  11. Blue Highway
  12. Somewhere North of Nashville

Inyo

  1. Inyo
  2. Indian Town
  3. Adelita
  4. The Aztec Dance
  5. The Lost Charro
  6. Our Lady of Monroe
  7. El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)
  8. One False Move
  9. Ciudad Juarez
  10. When I Build My Beautiful House

Twilight Hours

  1. Sunday Love
  2. Late in the Evening
  3. Two of Us
  4. Lonely Town
  5. September Kisses
  6. Twilight Hours
  7. I'll Stand By You
  8. High Sierra
  9. Sunliner
  10. Another You
  11. Dinner at Eight
  12. Follow The Sun

Perfect World

  1. I'm Not Sleeping
  2. Idiot's Delight
  3. Another Thin Line
  4. The Great Depression
  5. Blind Man
  6. Rain In The River
  7. If I Could Only Be Your Lover
  8. Cutting Knife
  9. You Lifted Me Up
  10. Perfect World

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