Other than the four new songs tacked on to the end, this compilation now plays like the Cliffs Notes version of The Essential Bruce Springsteen. It's mistitled - there's at least 8 'hits' missing - it's more like it should have been titled "Bruce Springsteen: Favorites Plus Four" Don't get me wrong, I dig most of it and Springsteen's legendary status is well-deserved, I'm just disappointed because it could have been better. With 7 top ten singles, the Born In The USA album could be a greatest hits release in itself so picking tracks from that one would be a difficult task, but I'm really missing the title track from Tunnel Of Love, Springsteen's last great single (yeah, I said it).
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #1
Tracks:
| Song | Hot 100 | Rock |
| Born to Run | 23 | - |
| Thunder Road | - | - |
| Badlands | 42 | - |
| The River | - | - |
| Hungry Heart | 5 | - |
| Atlantic City | - | 10 |
| Dancing In The Dark | 2 | 1 |
| Born in the U.S.A. | 9 | 8 |
| My Hometown | 6 | 6 |
| Glory Days | 5 | 3 |
| Brilliant Disguise | 5 | 1 |
| Human Touch | 16 | 1 |
| Better Days | 16 | - |
| Streets of Philadelphia | 9 | 25 |
| Secret Garden | 19 | - |
| Murder Incorporated | - | 14 |
| Blood Brothers | - | - |
| This Hard Land | - | - |
Top 40 omissions: Prove It All Night (#33), Fade Away (#20), Cover Me (#7), I'm On Fire (#6), I'm Goin' Down (#9), War (#8), Tunnel Of Love (#9), and One Step Up (#13).
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None
Previously revisited for the blog:
The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
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