American Beauty (EP)

American Beauty
EP by
Bruce Springsteen
ReleasedApril 19, 2014 (2014-04-19)
RecordedOctober 2013
Genre
Length14:44
LabelColumbia
ProducerRon Aniello, Bruce Springsteen, Brendan O'Brien ("Hey Blue Eyes")
Bruce Springsteen chronology
High Hopes
(2014) 		American Beauty
(2014) 		The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984
(2014)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
High Hopes
(2014) 		American Beauty
(2014) 		The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984
(2014)

American Beauty is a four-song EP by Bruce Springsteen that was released on limited edition (7,500 copies) 12-inch vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day on April 19, 2014. A digital download version was also released on April 22, 2014. The four songs that appeared on the EP are outtakes from Springsteen's 2014 album High Hopes.[1] Springsteen said of the four songs, "they're just good music that didn't get onto this record, and was sitting there. I thought it's a nice time to support the record stores, which are dwindling and get some new music out at the same time."[2]

On April 22, 2014, Springsteen released a music video for the song "American Beauty" which was shot prior to his show on April 19, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina.[3]

  1. ^ The Official Bruce Springsteen Website (2012-03-02). "Bruce Springsteen's MusiCares Tribute Video Out March 25th; new EP Coming April 19th – The Official Bruce Springsteen Website". Brucespringsteen.net. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  2. ^ Sean Sennett (11 March 2014). "Bruce Springsteen Talks About His Latest Tour and Record Store Day EP | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  3. ^ "Bruce Springsteen -"American Beauty" (Charlotte 04/19/14)". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-24.