Chapter and Verse (Bruce Springsteen album)


Chapter and Verse is a compilation 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 were previously unreleased. The album contains Springsteen's earliest recording from 1966 and late '60s/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.

Commercial performance

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes:
Track 1
Track 2
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar
  • Bob Alfano – organ
  • Curt Fluhr – bass
  • Vinnie Manniello – drums
  • Paul Popkin – tambourine, maracas, vocals
  • George Theiss – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel – production
  • Harvey J. Goldberg – recording
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 6
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar
  • John Hammond – production
  • S. Tonkel, Phil Giambalvo – recording
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – production
  • Mike Batlan – recording
  • Dennis King – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig, Steve Marcussen – mastering consultants
Track 12
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar
  • Roy Bittan – synthesizer
  • Clarence Clemons – percussion
  • Danny Federici – organ, piano, glockenspiel
  • Garry Tallent – bass
  • Stevie Van Zandt – guitar
  • Max Weinberg – drums
  • Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Stevie Van Zandt – production
  • Toby Scott – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 13
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass
  • Roy Bittan – piano
  • Danny Federici – organ
  • Max Weinberg – percussion
  • Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin – production
  • Toby Scott – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 14
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals, all instruments except keyboard and drums
  • Roy Bittan – keyboards
  • Gary Mallaber – drums
  • Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin – production
  • Roy Bittan – additional production
  • Toby Scott – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 15
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocal, guitar, harmonica
  • Danny Federici – keyboard
  • Gary Mallaber – drums
  • Marty Rifkin – pedal steel guitar
  • Garry Tallent – bass
  • Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin – production
  • Toby Scott – recording, mixing
  • Dave Collins – mastering
Track 16
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitar
  • Roy Bittan – piano
  • Clarence Clemons – saxophone, percussion
  • Danny Federici – organ
  • Nils Lofgren – guitar, backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Garry Tallent – bass
  • Stevie Van Zandt – guitar, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg – drums
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
  • Brendan O'Brien – production, mixing
  • Nick DiDia – recording
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track 17
Track 18
  • Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards
  • Ron Aniello – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, loops, backing vocals
  • Max Weinberg – drums
  • Charlie Giordano – piano, B-3 organ
  • Rob Lebret – guitar, backing vocals
  • Curt Ramm – trumpet
  • Clarence Clemons – saxophone
  • Soozie Tyrell – violin, backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Lisa Lowell – backing vocals
  • Ross Petersen – backing vocals
  • Cliff Norrell – backing vocals
  • NY String Chamber Consort
  • * Rob Mathes – orchestration, conductor
  • Ron Aniello, Bruce Springsteen – production
  • Ross Petersen, Ron Aniello, Rob Lebret, Cliff Norrell, Toby Scott – recording
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
Technical