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Designed as a companion to Bruce Springsteen's 2016 memoir Born to Run, Chapter & Verse provides something of an aural autobiography, tracing Springsteen's development from a Jersey garage rocker into one of the great American songwriters. Springsteen compiled the 18-track disc himself, intending his selection to mirror the themes in his book, so he balances epics with intimate miniatures since both kinds of songs can capture his quests for deliverance and escape. He alternates his well-known anthems ("Born to Run," "Badlands," "Born in the USA"), with a few other popular singles ("Brilliant Disguise," "The Rising") and a host of deep cuts, all of which tend to downplay both his romantic and hard-rocking sides. Those aspects of Springsteen's musical personality are reserved for the opening act of Chapter & Verse, a five-song stretch of unreleased recordings that capture his early days. First up are two songs by the Castiles, his '60s garage band. On "Baby I," the Castiles fuse the Byrds and the Yardbirds, creating a great bit of unholy noise, and they also slam through Bo Diddley's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover." This is a rough preamble to Springsteen's career -- the basic grammar that fueled the E-Street Band -- but Steel Mill's post-hippie 1970 hard rocker "He's Guilty (The Judge Song)" shows the first sign of how Springsteen could fill arenas. Rambling and ragged, the Bruce Springsteen Band's 1972 "Ballad of Jesse James" provides a transition from this sound to the kind of winding lyricism of "Henry Boy," a solo 1972 side that fits right alongside the 1972 version of "Growin' Up" from Tracks." These two songs feel like the foundation for the gorgeous "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," the 1973 song where Springsteen's talents come into full flower. On Chapter & Verse, "4th of July, Asbury Park" is positioned between "Growing Up" and "Born to Run," the fulcrum between the early years and the maturation, and that helps fuel the story Springsteen wants to tell with this album: he's not only illuminating the themes from his memoir, but illustrating how he grew as an artist. That he's able to tell that tale within the course of an 80-minute compilation is remarkable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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The Castiles, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bruce Springsteen, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - George Theiss, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Curt Fluhr, Bass - Vinnie Manniello, Drums - Paul Popkin, Other, Tambourine - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Bruce Springsteen
The Castiles, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bruce Springsteen, Guitar - Willie Dixon, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Alfano, Organ - Curt Fluhr, Bass - Vinnie Manniello, Drums - Paul Popkin, Other, Tambourine - George Theiss, Guitar - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Bruce Springsteen
Steel Mill, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bruce Springsteen, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Danny Federici, Organ, Piano - Vini Lopez, Drums - Vinnie Roslin, Bass - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Bruce Springsteen
The Bruce Springsteen Band, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bruce Springsteen, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Vini Lopez, Drums - David Sancious, Organ, Piano - Garry Tallent, Bass - Stevie Van Zandt, Guitar - Carl "Tinker" West, Recording Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Harvey J. Goldberg, Recording Engineer - Mike Appel, Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist - John Hammond, Producer - S. TONKEL, Recording Engineer - Phil Giambalvo, Recording Engineer
(P) 1998 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist - Jim Cretecos, Producer - Suki Lahav - Mike Appel, Producer - Louis Lahav, Engineer - Jack Ashkinazy, Mastering Engineer - Vini Lopez, Drums - David Sancious, Organ, Piano - Garry Tallent, Bass - Clarence Clemons, Saxophone
(P) 1973 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Garry Tallent, Bass - Ernest "Boom" Carter, Drums - David Sancious, Keyboards - Danny Federici, Organ - Clarence Clemons, Saxophone - Mike Appel, Producer - Louis Lahav, Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1975 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Clarence Clemons, Saxophone - Danny Federici, Organ - ROY BITTAN, Piano - Garry Tallent, Bass - Stevie Van Zandt, Guitar - Max Weinberg, Drums - Jon Landau, Producer - Jimmy Iovine, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Chuck Plotkin, Mixing Engineer - Mike Reese, Mastering Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1978 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Jon Landau, Producer - Stevie Van Zandt, Guitar, Producer - Max Weinberg, Drums - Chuck Plotkin, Mixing Engineer - ROY BITTAN, Piano - TOBY SCOTT, Mixing Engineer - Danny Federici, Organ - Neil Dorfsman, Recording Engineer - Garry Tallent, Bass - Clarence Clemons, Saxophone - Ken Perry, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1980 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer - Bruce Springsteen, Composer, Lyricist - Dennis King, Mastering Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Steve Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Mike Batlin, Recording Engineer
(P) 1982 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Jon Landau, Producer - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - Stevie Van Zandt, Guitar, Producer - John Davenport, Assistant Engineer - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Assistant Engineer - Bruce Lampcov, Assistant Engineer - Billy Straus, Assistant Engineer - Zoë Yanakas, Assistant Engineer - Clarence Clemons, Percussion - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Max Weinberg, Drums - Danny Federici, Glockenspiel, Organ, Piano - Brian Lee - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer - ROY BITTAN, Synthesizer - Garry Tallent, Bass
(P) 1984 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Max Weinberg, Percussion - ROY BITTAN, Piano - Danny Federici, Organ - Jon Landau, Producer - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Stevie Van Zandt, Producer - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer
(P) 1987 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Other, Producer - Bruce Springsteen, Composer, Lyricist - Gary Mallabar, Drums - ROY BITTAN, Keyboards, Producer - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixing Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - With Jon Landau, Producer - and Chuck Plotkin, Producer
(P) 1992 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Gary Mallaber, Drums - Danny Federici, Keyboards - Garry Tallent, Bass - Marty Rifkin, Steel Guitar - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - Dave Collins, Mastering Engineer - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist - Nils Lofgren, Guitar - ROY BITTAN, Piano - Stevie Van Zandt, Guitar - Clarence Clemons, Percussion, Saxophone - Garry Tallent, Bass - Max Weinberg, Drums - Dan Federici, Organ - Soozie Tyrell, Violin - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Patti Scialfa - Brendan O'Brien, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Billy Bowers, Engineer - Nick DiDia, Recording Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2002 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Brendan O'Brien, Bass, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Patti Scialfa - Chuck Plotkin, Producer - Soozie Tyrell, Violin - Marty Rifkin, Steel Guitar - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Steve Jordan, Drums - TOBY SCOTT, Recording Engineer - Dan Federici, Keyboards - Nick DiDia, Recording Engineer
(P) 2005 Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Lyricist, Main Artist, Percussion, Producer - Ron Aniello, Bass, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Loops, Producer - Rob Lebret, Engineer, Guitar - Max Weinberg, Drums - Charlie Giordano, Organ, Piano - Clarence Clemons, Saxophone - Curt Ramm, Trumpet - Ross Petersen, Engineer - Clif Norrell, Engineer - Soozie Tyrell, Violin - Patti Scialfa - Lisa Lowell - New York Chamber Consort, Strings - Rob Mathes, Other - Jon Landau, Executive Producer - TOBY SCOTT, Engineer - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixing Engineer - Brandon Duncan, Assistant Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2012 Bruce Springsteen
Album review
Designed as a companion to Bruce Springsteen's 2016 memoir Born to Run, Chapter & Verse provides something of an aural autobiography, tracing Springsteen's development from a Jersey garage rocker into one of the great American songwriters. Springsteen compiled the 18-track disc himself, intending his selection to mirror the themes in his book, so he balances epics with intimate miniatures since both kinds of songs can capture his quests for deliverance and escape. He alternates his well-known anthems ("Born to Run," "Badlands," "Born in the USA"), with a few other popular singles ("Brilliant Disguise," "The Rising") and a host of deep cuts, all of which tend to downplay both his romantic and hard-rocking sides. Those aspects of Springsteen's musical personality are reserved for the opening act of Chapter & Verse, a five-song stretch of unreleased recordings that capture his early days. First up are two songs by the Castiles, his '60s garage band. On "Baby I," the Castiles fuse the Byrds and the Yardbirds, creating a great bit of unholy noise, and they also slam through Bo Diddley's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover." This is a rough preamble to Springsteen's career -- the basic grammar that fueled the E-Street Band -- but Steel Mill's post-hippie 1970 hard rocker "He's Guilty (The Judge Song)" shows the first sign of how Springsteen could fill arenas. Rambling and ragged, the Bruce Springsteen Band's 1972 "Ballad of Jesse James" provides a transition from this sound to the kind of winding lyricism of "Henry Boy," a solo 1972 side that fits right alongside the 1972 version of "Growin' Up" from Tracks." These two songs feel like the foundation for the gorgeous "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," the 1973 song where Springsteen's talents come into full flower. On Chapter & Verse, "4th of July, Asbury Park" is positioned between "Growing Up" and "Born to Run," the fulcrum between the early years and the maturation, and that helps fuel the story Springsteen wants to tell with this album: he's not only illuminating the themes from his memoir, but illustrating how he grew as an artist. That he's able to tell that tale within the course of an 80-minute compilation is remarkable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:30
- Main artists: Bruce Springsteen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2016 Bruce Springsteen
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