The Ghost of Tom Joad

The Ghost of Tom Joad
Studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Released	November 21, 1995
Recorded	March–September 1995
Studio	Thrill Hill Recording
Genre	Folk folk rock
Length	50:16
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Greatest Hits (1995) The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) Blood Brothers (1996)
Singles from The Ghost of Tom Joad
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" Released: November 21, 1995

The Ghost of Tom Joad is the 11th studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on 21 November through Columbia Records and went to number 11 in the United States, number 16 in the United Kingdom, number 30 in Scotland, number 1 in Italy and Denmark, number 17 in the Netherlands, number 47 in New Zealand and number 27 in Australia. It won a Grammy Award in 1997.

Track listing

All songs are written by Bruce Springsteen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ghost of Tom Joad"	4:23
2.	"Straight Time"	3:25
3.	"Highway 29"	3:39
4.	"Youngstown"	3:52
5.	"Sinaloa Cowboys"	3:51
6.	"The Line"	5:14
7.	"Balboa Park"	3:19
8.	"Dry Lightning"	3:30
9.	"The New Timer"	5:45
10.	"Across the Border"	5:24
11.	"Galveston Bay"	5:04
12.	"My Best Was Never Good Enough"	2:00

Unreleased outtakes

Twelve of the 22 songs recorded during the album's sessions made the final cut while "Dead Man Walkin'" was released on the soundtrack for the movie Dead Man Walking and later on The Essential Bruce Springsteen and "Brothers Under the Bridge" was released on Tracks. "I'm Turning Into Elvis" and "It's the Little Things That Count" remain unreleased; however, they were performed live while "Idiot's Delight" and "I'm Not Sleeping" were also performed live and along with "1945" and "Cheap Motel" were co-written with Joe Grushecky, who recorded the four songs for his 1997 album Coming Home.

• "Cynthia"
• "Tiger Rose"
• "I'm Turning Into Elvis"
• "It's the Little Things That Count"
• "Idiot's Delight"
• "I'm Not Sleeping"
• "1945"
• "Cheap Motel"