But when asked about the full-band Nebraska during a recent chat about Tracks II: The Lost Albums — Springsteen’s massive compendium of unreleased material recorded between 1983 and 2018, out June 27 ...

When Bruce Springsteen finally pulled off the road after a long tour in support of his first No. 1 album, 1980's The River, the plan was to begin work on his sixth LP after a short rest. It didn't ...

In September 1981, Bruce Springsteen, then 32, finished the tour for his double album, The River. The singer had never been in such a triumphant position. He was enjoying what he always yearned for: ...

Bruce Springsteen's classic 1982 album Nebraska will be expanded to five discs, including the fabled full-band electric version of the LP that was scrapped in favor of the released solo acoustic ...

In a risky career move, Springsteen turns introspective, digesting the short stories of Flannery O’Connor and Howard Zinn’s “People’s History of the United States.” The result is 1982’s “Nebraska,” ...

Nebraska is one of the great American records. Not just because of its rusted-knife lyrics, its haunted vocals, its guitar-string echoes and the sounds of harmonicas disappearing over the horizon—it’s ...

A new 37-track boxed set released alongside a biopic tracking the making of his 1982 album underscores how sometimes a musician’s first recording is the right one. By Jon Pareles Demo-itis. That’s the ...

Boxed sets celebrating classic rock albums offer the joy of discovery, in all those abandoned alternate versions being brought into the light as bonus tracks, but usually also some simultaneous ...