Electric Nebraska

Electric Nebraska is the name commonly given to the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band recordings of the tracks that would eventually comprise the Nebraska album and to some extent the Born in the U.S.A. album, as well as a few compilation albums. The original intent with the album was to record and release the tracks in a traditional rock arrangement with the E Street Band. However, due to the personal, somber, and folksy nature of the demos Springsteen had already recorded and felt the band could not recreate, Springsteen decided to scrap the full band album and release the tracks as they were, without the rock arrangements. Besides the future Nebraska tracks, the sessions also spawned eight tracks that would eventually find their way to the follow-up album Born in the U.S.A. as well as a few released tracks not included on that album and a few that were left unreleased.

The Electric Nebraska sessions are included in the reissue of Nebraska, entitled Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition, which was released on October 24, 2025.