Human Touch

1992 studio album by Bruce Springsteen

Human Touch is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on 31 March, 1992 along with its follow-up Lucky Town through Columbia Records. It topped the album charts in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Norway and Austria and made number 2 in both the United States and Canada.

Human Touch
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 1992
RecordedSeptember 1989 – March 1991
StudioA&M
Soundworks West
Ocean Way Recording
Westlake Recording Studios
Record Plant (Los Angeles)
GenreRock, Pop
Length58:49
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Chimes of Freedom
(1988)
Human Touch
(1992)
Lucky Town
(1992)
Singles from Human Touch
  1. "Human Touch"
    Released: March 21, 1992
  2. "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)"
    Released: July 10, 1992
  3. "Roll of the Dice"
    Released: November 26, 1992[1][2]

Track listing

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All music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen, except where noted

No. Title Length
1. "Human Touch"   6:31
2. "Soul Driver"   4:39
3. "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)"   2:28
4. "Cross My Heart"   3:51
5. "Gloria's Eyes"   3:46
6. "With Every Wish"   4:39
7. "Roll of the Dice"   4:17
8. "Real World"   5:26
9. "All or Nothin' at All"   3:23
10. "Man's Job"   4:37
11. "I Wish I Were Blind"   4:48
12. "The Long Goodbye"   3:30
13. "Real Man"   4:33
14. "Pony Boy"   2:14

Unreleased outtakes

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Springsteen's first album without the E Street Band featured numerous outtakes, many of which have been released. A cover of "Viva Las Vegas" was released as a B-side and on The Essential Bruce Springsteen, "Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips" was released on a children's album, and "30 Days Out" was also a B-side. "Part Man, Part Monkey", a track originally recorded during the Tunnel of Love session and performed on that tour, was re-recorded and released as a B-side and on Tracks along with other outtakes such as "Trouble In Paradise", "Sad Eyes", "Leavin' Train", "Seven Angels", "My Lover Man", "When the Lights Go Out", "Over the Rise", "Goin' Cali" and "Loose Change". "Trouble River" was released on 18 Tracks. Springsteen also recorded "Red-Headed Woman", a tribute to his wife Patti Scialfa and a song performed often, eventually released as a live version on the MTV Unplugged album, "Secret Garden", which would later get re-worked with the reunited E Street Band in 1995 for Greatest Hits, and "All the Way Home", a song Springsteen gave to Southside Johnny and one that Springsteen would not release until 2005's Devils & Dust.[3]

  • "Red Headed Woman"
  • "Secret Garden"
  • "All the Way Home"

References

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  1. "Bruce Springsteen – Roll of the Dice (1992, CD)". Discogs. November 26, 1992. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. @springsteen (May 31, 2018). "Released as a single from Human Touch..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Brucebase – Human Touch – Studio Sessions". Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.