Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits is Bruce Springsteen's fifth compilation album, released as a limited edition first in the United States, Canada and Australia on January 13, 2009, exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers.[3]

Greatest Hits
Cover of the American edition
Greatest hits album by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Released	January 13, 2009 (American edition) June 1, 2009 (European edition)
Recorded	1972–1984, 2002–2007
Genre	Rock
Length	53:08 (American edition) 79:03 (European edition)
Label	Columbia
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band chronology
Magic Tour Highlights (2008) Greatest Hits (2009) Working on a Dream (2009)
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Magic Tour Highlights (2008) Greatest Hits (2009) Working on a Dream (2009)
European cover
Cover of the European edition

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (American)	[1]
Allmusic (European)	[2]

History

The album is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years. Springsteen released a similar Greatest Hits album in 1995. Unlike the previous release, this album is billed to "Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band", the first time Springsteen's backing band has been credited with a compilation release. As such, it contains no Springsteen material recorded between 1984 and 2002, during which period he did virtually no studio recording with the E Street Band.[4]

Springsteen's association with Wal-Mart drew puzzled reactions from the media, given the singer's longtime support for labor causes and the company's longtime anti-union actions.[5] Huffington Post writer Tony Sachs pronounced the release one of the "top five boneheaded music industry moves of 2008",[6] while The Wall Street Journal wrote that it reflected the duality of "the liberal singer-songwriter and the commercial juggernaut recording artist."[7] Longtime Springsteen writer Charles R. Cross said that fans were now more accepting of such blatant commercial strategies given the overall slump in the music business.[7] Nevertheless, the release did draw criticism from some fans as well as from labor union activists and independent record store owners.[7][8] In response, Springsteen manager Jon Landau said, "[L]et's start with the premise that Bruce is already in Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has been 15% of our sales in recent years. It's not a question of going into Wal-Mart; we're there. They, and other retailers, are all looking for some way to differentiate themselves, and we try to accommodate each one. We're not doing any advertising for Wal-Mart. We haven't endorsed Wal-Mart or anybody else."[8] But then Springsteen himself, during publicity for his appearance at Super Bowl XLIII, admitted that they "dropped the ball" with the association with Wal-Mart, and attributed it to insufficient vetting due to too many activities going on.[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen except where noted.

US edition

1. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 7:02
   • From the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, 1973
2. "Born to Run" – 4:31
   • From the album Born to Run, 1975
3. "Thunder Road" – 4:47
   • From the album Born to Run
4. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:28
   • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town, 1978
5. "Badlands" – 4:03
   • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
6. "Hungry Heart" – 3:18
   • From the album The River, 1980
7. "Glory Days" – 4:15
   • From the album Born in the U.S.A., 1984
8. "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:00
   • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
9. "Born in the U.S.A." – 4:38
   • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
10. "The Rising" – 4:47
    • From the album The Rising, 2002
11. "Lonesome Day" – 4:05
    • From the album The Rising
12. "Radio Nowhere" – 3:19
    • From the album Magic, 2007

Europe edition

1. "Blinded by the Light" – 5:04
   • From the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., 1973
2. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" – 7:02
   • From the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
3. "Born to Run" – 4:31
   • From the album Born to Run
4. "Thunder Road" – 4:47
   • From the album Born to Run
5. "Badlands" – 4:03
   • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
6. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" – 4:28
   • From the album Darkness on the Edge of Town
7. "Hungry Heart" – 3:18
   • From the album The River
8. "The River" – 5:00
   • From the album The River
9. "Born in the U.S.A." – 4:38
   • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
10. "I'm on Fire" - 2:34
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
11. "Glory Days" – 4:15
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
12. "Dancing in the Dark" – 4:00
    • From the album Born in the U.S.A.
13. "The Rising" – 4:47
    • From the album The Rising
14. "Lonesome Day" – 4:05
    • From the album The Rising
15. "Radio Nowhere" – 3:19
    • From the album Magic
16. "Long Walk Home" – 4:35
    • From the album Magic
17. "Because the Night" (Springsteen, Patti Smith) – 5:21
    • From the album Live/1975–85, 1986
18. "Fire" - 2:49
    • From the album Live/1975-85

Personnel

• Roy Bittan – piano, synthesizer
• Ernest "Boom" Carter – drums
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
• Danny Federici – organ, glockenspiel
• Nils Lofgren - guitar, backing vocals
• Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez – drums
• David Sancious – piano, organ
• Patti Scialfa - backing vocals
• Bruce Springsteen – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar
• Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
• Max Weinberg – drums
• Steven Van Zandt – guitar, backing vocals

Charts

References

На других языках

[es] Greatest Hits (álbum de Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)