Springsteen EP “American Beauty”

American Beauty
For Record Store Day, Bruce Springsteen has released a four-song EP called American Beauty. Two of the songs — “American Beauty” and “Hurry Up Sundown” — were extra tracks not used on his most recent album, High Hopes (2014). Another song, “Mary Mary,” was recorded at the time of Magic (2007), while “Hey Blue Eyes” was left over from the Working on a Dream (2009) recordings.

You may listen to the rocking “Hurry Up Sundown” over at NPR. Below is the title track, “American Beauty.”

The softer “Hey Blue Eyes,” which Tom Morello reportedly plans to cover, is below.

American Beauty, on sale in vinyl form in record stores today, will be available for people without turntables on April 22. Meanwhile, Blogness on the Edge of Town reports on other Record Store Day releases, including a reissue of Billy Joel’s song “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” recorded by Ronnie Spector and the E Street Band.

What do you think of the “new” Springsteen tracks? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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