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ADRIAN THRILLS reviews Tracks II: The Lost Albums: Bruce Springsteen releases 83 monumental and magnificent unheard tracks

Never a man to do things by half, The Boss this week releases seven previously unheard albums of songs recorded between 1983 and 2018.

Instead, its songs are linked by their arena-ready nature, and the presence of many of Springsteen’s E Street Band regulars, including drummer Max Weinberg, pianist Roy Bittan and bassist Garry Tallent. Originally seen as a sister album to 2010’s Western Stars (a record inspired by 1960s Californian pop), it’s a sophisticated homage to the spirit of Bruce’s fellow New Jersey legend Frank Sinatra. Sunday Love is a Broadway-meets-Bacharach ballad set on the morning commute (‘paper and coffee on the train’), while film composer Jon Brion adds guitar and vibraphone on the classy Two Of Us.

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