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...wall ofsound, are indeed also fans of the olderSpringsteen, alone with his acoustic guitar. Butwhile continuities are evident on Tracks,far more present is the sense that Springsteen haslost the connection between music and lyric, thedriving and unavoidable force of his vocal linesas they were propelled by the slap-happyenthusiasm of the E-Street Band. This is arevelatory compilation: not a compilation ofextraordinary songs, but a compilation importantfor the way that the interaction and arrangementof songs show how impoverished his songs havebecome, now that lyrics have been dissociated frommusic