Bruce Springsteen Debuts “Blind Spot” From Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Bruce Springsteen has quietly released “Blind Spot,” the first single from Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a seven‑LP anthology arriving June 27 via Sony Music. The song comes from the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, a fully mixed ten‑song record Springsteen completed in 1995 but set aside when he chose to reunite with the E Street Band.

Far from the guitar‑driven rock of Born in the U.S.A., these sessions lean on drum loops and synth textures inspired by mid‑’90s West Coast hip‑hop. Springsteen and engineer Toby Scott spent months building original loop banks from CD samples; Springsteen performed nearly every instrument himself while Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell and members of his 1992–93 touring band added key flourishes.

Springsteen describes “Blind Spot” as an exploration of doubt and betrayal in relationships: “That was just the theme that I locked in on at that moment,” he said in a press release. “I had ‘Blind Spot,’ and I followed that thread through the rest of the record”. Though the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions was fully mixed and slated for a spring 1995 release, he shelved it to focus on his band: “I said, ‘Well, maybe it’s time to just do something with the band, or remind the fans of the band or that part of my work life,’” he added. “I always put them away, but I don’t throw them away”.

Completed during the COVID‑19 lockdown, Tracks II follows Springsteen’s original Tracks compilation from 1998 and packages each “lost album” in deluxe 9‑LP, 7‑CD and digital editions, accompanied by bespoke artwork and a 100‑page cloth‑bound photo book with liner notes by archivist Erik Flannigan. A condensed 20‑track sampler, Lost and Found: Selections from The Lost Albums, also arrives June 27.

Spanning sessions recorded between 1983 and 2018, Tracks II collects 83 songs—74 of them never before released—covering everything from the lo‑fi explorations of LA Garage Sessions ’83 to the cinematic soundscapes of Inyo.

Complete Track Listing

LA Garage Sessions ’83 (18 tracks)

1. Follow That Dream
2. No tornis enrere en el nostre amor
3. Little Girl Like You
4. Adéu Johnny
5. Sugarland
6. Seven Tears
7. Fugitive’s Dream
8. Black Mountain Ballad
9. Jim Deer
10. County Fair
11. My Hometown
12. One Love
13. Don’t Back Down
14. Richfield Whistle
15. The Klansman
16. Unsatisfied Heart
17. Shut Out the Light
18. Fugitive’s Dream (Ballad)

Streets of Philadelphia Sessions (10 tracks)

1. Blind Spot
2. Maybe I Don’t Know You
3. Something in the Well
4. Waiting on the End of the World
5. The Little Things
6. We Fell Down
7. One Beautiful Morning
8. Between Heaven and Earth
9. Secret Garden
10. The Farewell Party

Faithless (11 tracks)

1. The Desert (Instrumental)
2. Where You Goin’, Where You From
3. Faithless
4. All God’s Children
5. A Prayer by the River (Instrumental)
6. God Sent You
7. Goin’ to California
8. The Western Sea (Instrumental)
9. My Master’s Hand
10. Let Me Ride
11. My Master’s Hand (Theme)

Somewhere North of Nashville (12 tracks)

1. Repo Man
2. Tiger Rose
3. Poor Side of Town
4. Delivery Man
5. Under a Big Sky
6. Detail Man
7. muntanya de plata
8. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
9. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
10. Stand on It
11. Blue Highway
12. Algun lloc al nord de Nashville

Inyo (10 tracks)

1. Inyo
2. Indian Town
3. Adelita
4. The Aztec Dance
5. The Lost Charro
6. Our Lady of Monroe
7. El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)
8. Un moviment fals
9. Ciudad Juarez
10. When I Build My Beautiful House

Twilight Hours (12 tracks)

1. Sunday Love
2. Late in the Evening
3. Two of Us
4. Lonely Town
5. September Kisses
6. Hores de Twilight
7. I’ll Stand by You
8. High Sierra
9. Sunliner
10. Another You
11. Sopar a les vuit
12. Follow the Sun

Perfect World (10 tracks)

1. I’m Not Sleeping
2. El plaer de l'idiot
3. Another Thin Line
4. The Great Depression
5. Blind Man
6. Rain in the River
7. If I Could Only Be Your Lover
8. Cutting Knife
9. You Lifted Me Up
10. Perfect World

“Blind Spot” is streaming now on all major platforms, and pre‑orders for Tracks II: The Lost Albums are available via Springsteen’s official site.