Chapter and Verse (Bruce Springsteen album)

Chapter and Verse
Compilation album by Bruce Springsteen
Released	September 23, 2016
Recorded	1966–2012
Genre	Rock
Length	1:17:51
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bruce Springsteen
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Chapter and Verse is an album by Bruce Springsteen that was released on September 23, 2016. The album is a companion piece to Springsteen's 500 plus page autobiography, Born to Run, which was released four days later. The career-spanning album features eighteen songs handpicked by Springsteen, five of which have never been released. The album contains Springsteen's earliest recording from 1966 and early '70s songs from his tenure in The Castiles, Steel Mill and The Bruce Springsteen Band along with his first 1972 demos for Columbia Records and songs from his studio albums from 1973 until 2012.^[1]

Commercial performance

Chapter and Verse debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 with 29,000 units, including 27,000 traditional album sales.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

1. "Baby I" — 1:55
   • The Castiles (recorded May 2, 1966, at Mr. Music, Brick Township, New Jersey; written by Bruce Springsteen and George Theiss; previously unreleased)
2. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" — 2:54
   • The Castiles (recorded September 16, 1967, at The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ; written by Willie Dixon; previously unreleased)
3. "He’s Guilty (The Judge Song)" — 4:39
   • Steel Mill (recorded February 22, 1970, at Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo, CA; previously unreleased)
4. "Ballad of Jesse James" — 5:30
   • The Bruce Springsteen Band (recorded March 14, 1972, at Challenger Eastern Surfboards, Highland, NJ; previously unreleased)
5. "Henry Boy" — 3:17
   • (recorded June 1972, at Mediasound Studios, New York, NY; previously unreleased)
6. "Growin' Up" — 2:42
   • (recorded May 3, 1972, at Columbia Records Recordings Studios, New York, NY; previously appeared on Tracks)
7. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" — 5:34
   • (1973, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle)
8. "Born to Run" — 4:30
   • (1975, Born to Run)
9. "Badlands" — 4:01
   • (1978, Darkness on the Edge of Town)
10. "The River" — 4:59
    • (1980, The River)
11. "My Father's House" — 5:04
    • (1982, Nebraska)
12. "Born in the U.S.A." — 4:37
    • (1984, Born in the U.S.A.)
13. "Brilliant Disguise" — 4:14
    • (1987, Tunnel of Love)
14. "Living Proof" — 4:45
    • (1992, Lucky Town)
15. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" — 4:21
    • (1995, The Ghost of Tom Joad)
16. "The Rising" — 4:47
    • (2002, The Rising)
17. "Long Time Comin'" — 4:13
    • (2005, Devils & Dust)
18. "Wrecking Ball" — 5:49
    • (2012, Wrecking Ball)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8]	21
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9]	10
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	4
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[14]	7
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15]	2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16]	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17]	4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18]	3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[19]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	2
US Billboard 200[25]	5

References

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20. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
21. "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 39: del 23.09.2016 al 29.09.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
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23. "Swisscharts.com – Bruce Springsteen – Chapter and Verse". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
24. "Bruce Springsteen | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved October 1, 2016.
25. "Bruce Springsteen – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Bruce Springsteen. Retrieved October 3, 2016.