The Rising

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Commercially Released: July 29, 2002
Label: Columbia
Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Bruce Springsteen and Chuck Plotkin*
Recorded by Nick DiDia assisted by Billy Bowers and Karl Egsieker
 at Southern Tracks Studio (January - March 2002)*
Mixed by Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks Studio and Silent Sound Studios
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Design by Dave Bett and Michelle Holme
Photography by Danny Clinch

^{* Springsteen's numerous studio sessions from 1996 - 2001 did not involve Brendan O'Brien or Nick DiDia. These sessions (at Thrill Hill Recording and The Hit Factory) were produced either by Springsteen (alone) or co-produced by Springsteen and Chuck Plotkin. Recording Engineer was Toby Scott. Please refer to session details for specific credits, where known.}

Overview

Springsteen re-assembled the E Street Band for the Reunion (Tracks) tour. This tour lasted for 16 months, from March 1999 thru June 2000. Although no studio sessions took place during this touring period, there was an expectation that studio work with the E Street Band would follow this tour and a resulting new E Street Band album would emerge in late 1999 or early 2000 – however we now know that no such E Street Band sessions ever took place. In spite of the lack of E Street Band involvement in the studio Springsteen did, in fact, conduct scattered solo sessions at his Thrill Hill East home studio during the September 2000 - January 2001 period. Numerous songs were recorded – but details remain very sketchy. It is suspected that the base recording of only one of the fifteen songs issued on The Rising album emanates from these sessions.

Springsteen finally entered the studio with The E Street Band in March 2001 – their first sessions together since January 1995. The spring 2001 sessions were produced by Springsteen and Chuck Plotkin and recorded by Toby Scott. Several songs (titles unconfirmed) were recorded during this session – but only one “American Skin (41 Shots)” has been released.

Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Springsteen wrote a number of new songs that were influenced by the disaster. A new series of studio sessions with the E Street Band took place in Atlanta from late January to mid-March 2002. Comments made by Garry Tallent and Danny Federici would indicate that the amount of time the E Street Band were together in Atlanta was actually very brief – a far cry from the E Street Band studio session formula of the 1973-84 era. All Southern Tracks Studios sessions were produced by Brendan O’Brien and recorded by Nick DiDia, neither of whom had worked with Springsteen previously. O’Brien also handled the mixing. It would appear that 14 of the 15 recordings issued on The Rising album were recorded at these sessions, although only about half of the songs that appear on the album were actually composed after 9/11. It is known that a total of seventeen songs were recorded during the sessions; fifteen on the album plus "Harry's Place" and "Down In The Hole", both of which would eventually be issued on 2014's High Hopes.

Released

The Rising

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
1.	LONESOME DAY	4:08	RISING / 2002 single
2.	INTO THE FIRE	5:04	RISING
3.	WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY	4:18	RISING / 2003 single
4.	NOTHING MAN	4:23	RISING
5.	COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE	4:44	RISING
6.	EMPTY SKY	3:34	RISING
7.	WORLDS APART	6:07	RISING
8.	LET'S BE FRIENDS (SKIN TO SKIN)	4:21	RISING
9.	FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD)	3:52	RISING
10.	THE FUSE	5:37	RISING
11.	MARY'S PLACE	6:03	RISING
12.	YOU'RE MISSING	5:10	RISING
13.	THE RISING	4:50	RISING / 2002 single
14.	PARADISE	5:39	RISING
15.	MY CITY OF RUINS	5:00	RISING

Additional Information

Artwork

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Personnel

• Bruce Springsteen: Vocals, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Harmonica

• Roy Bittan: Keyboards, Piano, Mellotron, Kurzweil, Pump Organ, Korg M1, Crumar
• Clarence Clemons: Saxophone, Background Vocals
• Danny Federici: Hammond B3, Vox Continental, Farfisa
• Jere Flint: Cello
• Larry Lemaster: Cello
• Nils Lofgren: Electric Guitar, Dobro, Slide Guitar, Banjo, Background Vocals
• Ed Manion: Baritone Saxophone
• Brendan O'Brien: Hurdy-Gurdy, Glockenspiel, Orchestra Bells
• Mark Pender: Trumpet
• Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg: Trombone
• Jane Scarpantoni: Cello
• Patti Scialfa: Vocals
• Mike Spengler: Trumpet
• Garry Tallent: Bass Guitar
• Soozie Tyrell: Violin, Background Vocals
• Steven Van Zandt: Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandolin
• Jerry Vivino: Tenor Saxophone
• Max Weinberg: Drums

• Asif Ali Khan and group: Background Vocals
  • Asif Ali Khan (lead singer), Manzoor Hussain Shibli, Sarfraz Hussain, Raza Hussain, Imtiaz Shibli, Chahnawaz Hussain Khan, Bakat Fayyaz Hussain, Omerdroz Hussain Aftab, Karamat Ali Asad (harmonium player), Haji Nazir Afridi (tabla player), Waheed Hussain Mumtaz
• Nashville String Machine: Strings
  • Carol Gorodetzky (contractor concert manager), Pam Sixfin, Leo Larrison, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, Dave Davison, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, David Angell (violins); Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean, Monica Angell (violas); Bob Mason, Carol Rabinowitz, Julie Tanner, Lynn Peithman (celli); Ricky Keller (arranger/conductor)
• The Alliance Singers: Background Vocals
  • Corinda Carford (also Contractor), Tiffeny Andrews, Michelle Moore (Choir Solo), Antoinette Moore, Antonio Lawrence, Jesse Moorer

Media

Related Releases

• All Versions
  • The Rising

• Single
  • The Rising ^{(June 24, 2002)}
  • Lonesome Day ^{(December 2, 2002)}
  • Waitin' On A Sunny Day ^{(April 22, 2003)}

On The Tracks

LONESOME DAY - V1a	4:08	RISING / GH09
LONESOME DAY - V1b	3:34	promo CD

Note: It remains unclear if this composition was written before or after 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Larry Lemaster and Jere Flint play the cello. V1b is a shorter radio edit issued on a US-only 1-track promotional single in 2002.

INTO THE FIRE

5:04

RISING

Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Brendan O'Brien plays hurdy-gurdy and glockenspiel, and Jane Scarpantoni plays cello.

WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V1		uncirculating
WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V2a	4:18	RISING
WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V2b	4:13	promo CD

Note: Written and recorded (V1) at Thrill Hill East by Bruce sometime during 1998. That recording has not surfaced. The song was practiced at rehearsals for the E Street Reunion Tour in early 1999 and a complete band version was performed during the soundcheck for the June 17, 1999 show in Germany - but it was not played during the show or at any later show on the 1999–2000 tour. Re-recorded in Atlanta in early 2002 with the E Street Band and issued on the album. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, while Brendan O'Brien plays glockenspiel and orchestra bells. V2b is a 4:13 version that runs 6 seconds shorter than the regular The Rising track and also features a notably different mix; with both the lead and backing vocals as well as the bass lines and sax solo being much clearer, louder, and generally more upfront. In addition, the drum sound also was altered considerably, and there are about 5 extra seconds of Bruce doing his high-pitched "oh-oh-oooh" vocals not included on the album version. Issued as a US-only 1-track promotional single in 2003.

NOTHING MAN - V1		uncirculating
NOTHING MAN - V2	4:23	RISING

Note: Initially recorded in the spring of 1994 at a house in Los Angeles rented by Toby Scott, who assisted, programming drum and loops. The finished recording was mixed by Bob Clearmountain and selected for an album that was never released, alongside other songs such as "Missing", "Blind Spot", and "Between Heaven And Earth". "Nothing Man" was re-recorded at Southern Tracks Studio in early 2002 (V2) with the E Street Band and issued on The Rising.

COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE - V1	4:44	RISING
COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE - V2	5:01	ESSENTIAL: BONUS

Note: Written in 2000. These are two different recordings, both emanating from Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta in February–March, 2002. V1 is with E Street Band and the Nashville String Machine backing. V2 (which was also videoed on Super8 film) is a country-blues arrangement performed solo by Springsteen on acoustic guitar.

EMPTY SKY

3:34

RISING

Note: Song composed post 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Brendan O'Brien contributes hurdy-gurdy.

WORLDS APART

6:07

RISING

Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. The background parts contributed by Asif Ali Khan and group were recorded by Chuck Plotkin at Henson Studios in Hollywood, CA. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin.

LET'S BE FRIENDS (SKIN TO SKIN) - V1		uncirculating
LET'S BE FRIENDS (SKIN TO SKIN) - V2	4:21	RISING

Note: V1 was written and recorded at Thrill Hill East (Bruce's New Jersey home studio) sometime during the 1999–2001 period. The base recording from one of these home sessions was utilized and then embellished with additional instruments and production at Southern Tracks Studio in early 2002 and released on The Rising album. This is the only recording issued on the album that was not recorded from scratch at the Atlanta sessions. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals. The choir vocals are provided by the Alliance Singers.

FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) - V1		uncirculating
FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) - V2	3:52	RISING

Note: Written by Springsteen in 1999 or early 2000 and premiered live on June 4, 2000. V2, found on The Rising, was recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta in early 2002, although an earlier studio version with the E Street Band from March 2001 V1 may exist in the vaults.

THE FUSE - V1a	5:37	RISING
THE FUSE - V1b	5:37	private cdr

Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded in Atlanta at Southern Tracks during February–March, 2002. V1a is the official album track. V1b, usually referred to as "The 25th Hour Remix", includes slightly different editing and features an added string/orchestra arrangement/overlay written during the fall of 2002 by conductor Terence Blanchard for the Spike Lee-directed movie 25th Hour (released in December 2002). The V1b remix of the song is heard during the film's closing credits, although neither V1a nor V1b were issued on the film soundtrack album (released January 2003) – V1b remains officially unreleased except as heard in the movie itself. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals.

MARY'S PLACE

6:03

RISING / ESSENTIAL: 2003

Note: It remains unclear if this composition was written before or after 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. The lyrics of the chorus allude directly to Sam Cooke's 1964 song "Meet Me At Mary's Place".

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THE RISING

4:50

RISING / ESSENTIAL / GH09 / CHAPTER

Note: Song composed post-9/11, November 2001–February 2002. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Jane Scarpantoni plays the cello.

PARADISE

5:39

RISING

Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002.

MY CITY OF RUINS

5:00

RISING

Note: Written in November 2000 and premiered live on December 17, 2000 at a Holiday show in Asbury Park. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals and Jane Scarpantoni plays the cello.

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^{Studio Sessions: The Rising}

Performance

	Count
Lonesome Day	381
Into The Fire	142
Waitin' On A Sunny Day	439
Nothing Man	13
Countin' On A Miracle	66
Empty Sky	152
Worlds Apart	108
Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)	1
Further On (Up The Road)	80
The Fuse	35
Mary's Place	194
You're Missing	105
The Rising	896
Paradise	15
My City Of Ruins	286

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Full Album Performances

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The Rising Tour

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Lyrics

• Countin' On A Miracle
• Empty Sky
• Further On (Up The Road)
• Into The Fire
• Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)
• Lonesome Day
• Mary's Place
• My City Of Ruins
• Nothing Man
• Paradise
• The Fuse
• The Rising
• Waitin' On A Sunny Day
• Worlds Apart
• You're Missing

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