Side 1, Song 1—for every album, it’s the one that starts it all, the one that draws you in, the kickoff to your listening experience. The best album-opening tracks are not only quality songs; they ...

At its best, this capacious grab-bag of 83 songs, some dating back to the 1980s, yields not just good music, but songs that seem unlike anything else Springsteen has ever done. This is FRESH AIR.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives at Monmouth University in New Jersey just wrapped up a six-day symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the album that vaulted him to stardom. "Born To Run," the ...

Bruce Springsteen isn’t ready to leave the vaults. He’s already talking about a follow-up just over a week before the arrival of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a new seven-disc, 83-song box. “Tracks III, ...

An album “is a record of who you are and where you were at that moment in your life,” he said. With “Tracks II,” he adds seven full ones to his catalog. An album “is a record of who you are and where ...