The River (Bruce Springsteen album)

***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.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen.

## _The Ties That Bind: The River Collection_

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.

#### Unreleased outtakes

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_. 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.

- "Jeannie Needs a Shooter"
- "Find It Where You Can"
- "Break My Heart"
- "Out on the Run (Looking for Love)"
- "Under the Gun"
- "I Don't Wanna Be"
- "Chevrolet Deluxe"
- "I Will Be the One (aka Slow Fade)"
- "Jole Blon"
- "Angelyne"
- "It's Okay"
- "A Thousand Tears (William Davis)"
- "Arnie
- "Tonight"
- "I'm Gonna Treat You Right"
- "Dedication"
- "Your Love"
- "This Little Girl"

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: The River
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Bruce Springsteen
- **recorded**: April 3, 1979 – May 9, 1980
- **studio**: Avatar Studios, Power Station, New York City, New York
- **genre**: Heartland rock, rock and roll
- **length**: 82:58
- **label**: Columbia Records, Columbia
- **prev title**: Darkness on the Edge of Town
- **prev year**: 1978
- **next title**: Nebraska (album), Nebraska
- **next year**: 1982


## Infobox (album)

- **name**: The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
- **type**: box
- **artist**: Bruce Springsteen
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: 1979–80, 2015
- **studio**: Power Station (recording studio), Power Station, NY (1979–80) and Stone Hill Studio, NJ (2015)
- **genre**: Rock music, Rock, heartland rock
- **label**: Columbia Records, Columbia
- **producer**: Various
- **prev title**: The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984
- **prev year**: 2014
- **next title**: Chapter and Verse (Bruce Springsteen album), Chapter and Verse
- **next year**: 2016