Bruce Springsteen has admitted that he has never been a fan of his 1984 album, 'Born In The USA'.
The singer made these comments about the album, claiming that this record did not "connect" like his other albums, despite the huge success, including reaching number one in the US and the UK following its release.
"It was a record I put out. It became the record I made, not necessarily the record that I was interested in making", Springsteen said.
He continued: "I was interested in taking Nebraska and making a full record that had somewhat that same feeling. If you hear My Hometown and you hear Born in the USA, they were sort of the bookends I intended. And the rest of the stuff was … just what I had at the time. Those were the songs I wrote. Those were the songs I recorded".
"From conception to execution, it was not necessarily the record that in my mind I had planned on, but that’s the way creativity works. You go in the studio, you have an idea. It’s not necessarily what you come out with. So that was just the situation of that record for me personally".
"I guess, it was to a lot of other people too," Springsteen added. "I suppose maybe I was looking for something darker. But outside of that, the themes of Nebraska are in there - in Downbound Train, they’re in there, they’re disguised somewhat into pop music".
It was also confirmed that Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released via Columba Records.
“The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,” Springsteen has said. “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them".
“I often read about myself in the 1990s as having some ‘lost period,'” he adds in a promo video for the box set. “Not really. I was working the whole time".
The first trailer from the Boss' biopic, 'Deliver Me From Nowehere' has also arrived, with Jeremy Allen White starring in the lead role. Check that out here.
