Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album)
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| Released | February 27, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 76:35 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| NME | 6/10 |
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| Tom Hull | B |
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released February 27, 1995, on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years along with four new songs at the end, mostly recorded with the E Street Band in 1995. The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s. Some of the songs are shorter versions of the original album releases.
The recording of the new tracks was depicted in the 1996 documentary Blood Brothers. "Murder Incorporated" and "This Hard Land" were outtakes from the 1982 sessions for Born in the U.S.A., with the latter being re-recorded more than a decade later, and both have been frequently performed by Springsteen in concert. "Blood Brothers", on the other hand, has been played on only four occasions, including as the opening number of the first concert following keyboardist Danny Federici's death in April 2008. "Secret Garden" became well-known when it was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Jerry Maguire. Alternate versions of several of these new tracks were released on the 1996 Blood Brothers EP and the 1998 box set Tracks.
The compilation was commercially successful, hitting number one on the Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart, and sold six million copies in the U.S.