- Audio CD (Feb 28 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B000002B30
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (126 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#12,012 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #85 in Music > Rock > Singer-Songwriters
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Track Listings
| 1. Born To Run |
| 2. Thunder Road |
| 3. Badlands |
| 4. The River |
| 5. Hungry Heart |
| 6. Atlantic City |
| 7. Dancing In The Dark |
| 8. Born In The U.S.A. |
| 9. My Hometown |
| 10. Glory Days |
| 11. Brilliant Disguise |
| 12. Human Touch |
| 13. Better Days |
| 14. Streets Of Philadelphia |
| 15. Secret Garden |
| 16. Murder Incorporated |
| 17. Blood Brothers |
| 18. This Hard Land |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
About as complete a selection of fan and artist favorites as any single-disc Bruce collection could be, this is a surprisingly coherent listen given the many stylistic and attitudinal shifts it charts. The inclusion of only four of Born in the U.S.A.'s seven Top 10 entries leaves space for less obvious choices like "Atlantic City" and four new cuts, among them songs recorded by a briefly reunited E Street Band. The pace lags a bit near the end--"Secret Garden" is turgid enough to take its place on a Sting album--but Greatest Hits earns its place in the car CD player with stuff like "Born to Run," "The River" and "Dancing in the Dark." --Rickey Wright
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Where's I'm on Fire? Incomplete greatest package,
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
Bruce Springtseen's Greatest Hits is a must-have for every Springsteen fan. The worst on this album is the annoying and noisy, Glory Days. I never did like that song. I find it to be annoying and repetitive. The album is incomplete because it failed to include my favorite song "I'm on fire. Dancing in the dark, Human Touch, the Streets of Philadelphia and Secret Garden are my favorite songs on the album. The most annoying song is Glory Days and that is one song that doesn't belong on this collection.
5.0 out of 5 stars
These are Better Days,
By New Kiddintoun (Someplace Elsewhere) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
Bruce Springsteen (if he authorized this album) has outdone himself. Not only is this a great collectable for diehards, but if you've never heard the Boss, this will turn you on to his music in a second.....the second it begins......1. Born To Run - ***** - Classified under one word: Classic! Absolutely brilliant desperation track that made everybody love Springsteen in the seventies - and why not? 2. Thunder Road - ***** - Intro to the "Born To Run" album with harmonica that somehow became the centerpoint of the entire song 3. Badlands - ***** - Began the record "Darkness On The Edge Of Town," and anyone can say it is still the best track after twenty years. The first time I heard it, Bill Murray was singing it on Saturday Night Live as Nick Thinblood! But the Boss did it WAY better 4. The River - ****1/2 - A song that (lyricly) slightly sounds like Led Zeppelin (only because they wrote a lot of story songs). Sort-of country track 5. Hungry Heart - ***** - Definitely one of my favorites. A tale about a husband and father that left his family (sort of) and Springsteen originally wrote it for the Ramones 6. Atlantic City - ***1/2 - Not one of my favorites, but another good acoustic story about gangsterism in Jersey 7. Dancing In The Dark - ***** - The second track I ever heard from Springsteen and remains as one of his best, in my opinion. A great song to sing along to 8. Born In The USA - ***** - His greatest anthem. Period. There has never been a better patriotic/painful jam in E-Street history. The primary reason that immortalized the album and defines why he's called "THE BOSS" 9. My Hometown - ***1/2 - I don't really listen to this song to much, but it's a good song that makes you appreciate where you were raised 10. Glory Days - ***** - The very first track I heard from him. It's, of course, about his high-school glory days. It's also the couch-potato's anthem. There's so much thickness (musically) in this song that you can't pick what your favorite musical "part" is, from the vocals to the keyboards to the percussion to.....anything! But my favorite part of the song is at the end when Boss and the backing singer are exchanging "exclaimations", like "Alright!"s and "Ooh-Yeah!"s 11. Brilliant Disguise - *** - The song is better than the video 12. Human Touch - **** - Pretty cool song that somehow also reminds you of where you grew up (musically), that is, if you were raised in a small town, like me 13. Better Days - **** - The title says it all. Bruce hasn't been this good since '84 (Born In The USA) 14. Streets of Philadelphia - **** - The key change in this song is immortal. Everybody knows it. As soon as they hear it, even if their not a fan, they'll remember this key change. 15. Murder Incorporated - ***** - This is, without a doubt, his greatest triumph since Born In The USA. A very Richie Sambora sounding track, possibly because of the telecaster sound.... 16. Secret Garden - *** - Another track that I don't listen to very much 17. Blood Brothers - **** - Sounds a lot like MY HOMETOWN in a different key 18. This Hard Land - **** - Okay song that also sounds a lot like Richie Sambora, this time probably because of the vocals and organ But then of course, most greatest hits compilations leave off at least one, if not several, of the artist's best. Several top ten hits, even number ones, were missing from this one. For this album those missing include:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Abysmal collection from a great artist,
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
That someone actually had the "cajones" to put the title "Greatest Hits" on this mess is still mind-boggling. It is missing so many "great hits" that the title is truly insulting. For example, where is "Tunnel of Love," "One Step Up," "Rosalita Come Out Tonight," "Pink Cadillac," "I'm On Fire," "Prove It All Night," and "Cover Me"? That's just to name a few of the MIA's from this travesty. So finally the 2-disc "Essential" comes out and all is well, right? Guess again. It too is an uneven, incomplete collection. Will someone please help us casual Boss fans with a single or 2-disc set that "contains all the hits" career retrospective of this man? There are a variety of "box sets of B-sides" and other esoterica from this artist, why not a decent hits collection? Don't buy this, it just isn't worth it.
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