18 Tracks is an album by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

, released in 1999. All but three selections had been on the boxed set Tracks, released a half year before. This single album was intended to capture more casual fans, and thus was oriented towards the shorter, more pop-oriented selections from Springsteen's vault.

"The Promise", a Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth album by Bruce Springsteen, released in the late spring of 1978. The album marked the end of a three year period of forced hiatus from recording brought on by contractual obligations and legal battling with former manager Mike Appel...

outtake that gained considerable reputation as Springsteen's ultimate tale of betrayal following live performances beginning in 1976 and even more so in 1978, was included in a newly-recorded version among the three new numbers after howls of outrage from the faithful for leaving it off Tracks. "The Fever

The Fever (Bruce Springsteen song)

"The Fever" is an early Bruce Springsteen song, perhaps first written in 1971 under the title " Fever For the Girl". It was performed by Springsteen in concert beginning in March 1973...

" had been recorded in 1973 but never seriously considered for inclusion on an album; instead, it became familiar to progressive rock radio

Progressive rock (radio format)

Progressive rock is a radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the disc jockeys are given wide latitude in what they may play, similar to the freeform format but with the proviso that some kind of rock music is almost always what is played...

 listeners as manager Mike Appel

Mike Appel

Mike Appel is an American music industry manager and record producer, most known for his role in both capacities early in the career of Bruce Springsteen....

 released it to such stations in 1974 and it became an underground hit. It was also recorded by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Obscure early-1990s Human Touch

Human Touch

Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1992 . This album was co-released on the same day as Lucky Town...

outtake "Trouble River" was the third "new old" cut.

Commercial goals for the album were not met, as it only reached #64 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart and became his first album not to receive a RIAA certification. It did modestly better on the UK charts.

In 2000, "The Promise" was nominated for (but did not win) two Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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s: Best Rock Song

Grammy Award for Best Rock Song

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre...

 and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

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.

Track listing

1. "Growin' Up
   Growin' Up
   "Growin' Up" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973.It is a moderately-paced tune, concerning an adolescence as a rebellious New Jersey teen, with lyrics written in the first-person...
   
   " – 2:38
2. "Seaside Bar Song" – 3:33
3. "Rendezvous" – 2:48
4. "Hearts of Stone" – 4:29
5. "Where the Bands Are" – 3:43
6. "Loose Ends" – 4:00
7. "I Wanna Be With You" – 3:21
8. "Born in the U.S.A.
   Born in the U.S.A. (song)
   "Born in the U.S.A." is a 1984 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. Taken from the album of the same name, it is one of his best-known singles. Rolling Stone ranked the song 275th on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2001, the RIAA's Songs of the Century placed...
   
   " (Demo Version) – 3:10
9. "My Love Will Not Let You Down" – 4:24
10. "Lion's Den" – 2:18
11. "Pink Cadillac
    Pink Cadillac (song)
    "Pink Cadillac" is a humorous song by Bruce Springsteen which though a minor item in his canon of recorded music was a prominent concert number during Springsteen's 1984-85 Born in the U.S.A. Tour...
    
    " – 3:33
12. "Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" – 3:24
13. "Sad Eyes
    Sad Eyes (Bruce Springsteen song)
    "Sad Eyes" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It was recorded at Soundworks West, LA on January 25, 1990, and included in the box set released by Springsteen on November 10, 1998, titled Tracks and on the compilation album 18 Tracks, released on April 13, 1999 .-Track listing:CD...
    
    " – 3:47
14. "Part Man, Part Monkey" – 4:28
15. "Trouble River" – 4:18
    • Recorded at Soundworks West, LA on April 6, 1990
16. "Brothers Under the Bridge" – 4:55
17. "The Fever
    The Fever (Bruce Springsteen song)
    "The Fever" is an early Bruce Springsteen song, perhaps first written in 1971 under the title " Fever For the Girl". It was performed by Springsteen in concert beginning in March 1973...
    
    " – 7:35
    • Recorded at 914 Sound Studios
      914 Sound Studios
      914 Sound Studios was a recording studio in Blauvelt, New York during the 1970s. Some of the artists who recorded tracks and albums in the studio were Bruce Springsteen, Dusty Springfield, Ramones, Janis Ian, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Melanie...
      
      on May 16, 1973
18. "The Promise" – 4:48
    • Recorded at Thrill Hill Recording on February 12, 1999