The River is the fifth studio album by American singer Bruce Springsteen. It was released on 17 October, 1980 through Columbia Records. It went to number 1 in Canada and the United States, number 2 in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom, number 3 in France, number 5 in Spain and number 8 in Australia.
In 2015, Bruce Springsteen re-recorded The River for its 35th anniversary edition on 4 December, 2015 as a boxed set containing 52 tracks on four CDs along with four hours on video on three DVDs or two Blu-ray discs.
Track listing
All songs are written by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.[10]
CD 1. The River – Record One
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Ties That Bind"
3:33
2.
"Sherry Darling"
4:02
3.
"Jackson Cage"
3:04
4.
"Two Hearts"
2:42
5.
"Independence Day"
4:46
6.
"Hungry Heart"
3:19
7.
"Out in the Street"
4:17
8.
"Crush on You"
3:10
9.
"You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)"
2:36
10.
"I Wanna Marry You"
3:26
11.
"The River"
4:59
Total length:
39:54
CD 2. The River – Record Two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Point Blank"
6:05
2.
"Cadillac Ranch"
3:02
3.
"I'm a Rocker"
3:34
4.
"Fade Away"
4:40
5.
"Stolen Car"
3:53
6.
"Ramrod"
4:04
7.
"The Price You Pay"
5:27
8.
"Drive All Night"
8:26
9.
"Wreck on the Highway"
3:53
Total length:
43:04
CD 3. The River: Single Album
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Ties That Bind"
3:36
2.
"Cindy"
2:26
3.
"Hungry Heart"
3:28
4.
"Stolen Car (Vs. 1)"
4:31
5.
"Be True"
3:54
6.
"The River"
4:56
7.
"You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Vs. 1)"
2:09
8.
"The Price You Pay"
5:51
9.
"I Wanna Marry You"
3:28
10.
"Loose Ends"
4:07
Total length:
38:26
CD 4. The River: Outtakes
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Meet Me in the City"
3:36
2.
"The Man Who Got Away"
3:31
3.
"Little White Lies"
2:29
4.
"The Time That Never Was"
3:39
5.
"Night Fire"
4:44
6.
"Whitetown"
3:23
7.
"Chain Lightning"
2:50
8.
"Party Lights"
3:10
9.
"Paradise By The "C""
3:11
10.
"Stray Bullet"
6:10
11.
"Mr. Outside"
2:16
12.
"Roulette"
3:54
13.
"Restless Nights"
3:46
14.
"Where the Bands Are"
3:46
15.
"Dollhouse"
3:33
16.
"Living on the Edge of the World"
4:19
17.
"Take'em as They Come"
4:31
18.
"Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own"
2:47
19.
"I Wanna Be with You"
3:24
20.
"Mary Lou"
3:23
21.
"Held Up Without a Gun"
1:19
22.
"From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)"
2:42
Total length:
76:23
DVD 1. The Ties That Bind (Documentary)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Creative Life"
2.
"Lost Boys"
3.
"The River"
4.
"Noisy Records"
5.
"Searching for Something"
6.
"The River Tour"
7.
"Songs of Breadth and Depth"
8.
"Personal Conversation"
9.
"Credits"
Total length:
56 min
DVD 2. Thrill Hill Vault. The River Tour, Tempe 1980 Concert – Part 1
Springsteen wrote a large amount of music during album sessions, and even with the 2015 box set, many songs still remain unreleased. Songs such as "Held Up Without a Gun", "Be True", and "Roulette" were featured as B-sides, the first two on the album's singles and the last on a Tunnel of Love single. "Loose Ends", “Roulette”, "Restless Nights", "Where the Bands Are", "Dollhouse", "Living on the Edge of the World", "Take 'em as They Come", "Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own", "I Wanna Be with You", "Mary Lou" were released on the Tracks box set, while "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" was released on The Essential Bruce Springsteen collection in 2003. An alternate version of "Stolen Car" was released on Tracks.[11][12] During The River sessions, Springsteen also recorded demos of "Jole Blon", "Dedication", "Your Love", and "This Little Girl", in preparation for summer recording sessions he was co-producing for Gary U.S. Bonds. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" was also given to Warren Zevon, which he re-worked and recorded. None of the demos recorded at Telegraph Hill Studios in Holmdel (the converted barn on Springsteen's property) in 1979 have ever been released, probably because of quality issues ("Night Fire" and "Meet Me In the City", on the outtakes disc, both featured 1979 Power Station backing and 2015 re-recorded vocals). Most can be found on the Lost Masters bootleg collection, released in the 1990s.[13]