The six best “lost” albums

NO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN fan should feel short-changed. Since he released his debut album in 1973, the Boss (pictured top) has put out another 20 studio albums, 78 singles and 121 live albums. On June 27th his hordes of fans—some 20m listen to his music every month on Spotify—will get access to a new trove of work. “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” collates unheard recordings from a 35-year period into seven albums. Mr Springsteen may be trying to make a profit from the music he still owns (he sold the rights to his studio albums to Sony for a reported $500m in 2021). Yet there is treasure here: in the dark electronica of “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions”, the sophisticated retro-pop of “Twilight Hours” and the country stylings of “Somewhere North of Nashville”. Here is a selection of great lost (but rediscovered) albums whose roster they join.