The List of Bruce Springsteen Albums in Order of Release Date

Bruce Springsteen Albums in Order: Bruce Springsteen, affectionately called “The Boss,” has been an icon for almost six decades and written 21 studio albums through which he has developed his aesthetic foundation for rock music. His works reflect a deep connection with the American working-class experience, in heartfelt words and powerful stadium-rock sounds.

“Bruce Springsteen Albums in Order” illustrates his work history, from his debut Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) to the breakthrough Born to Run (1975) that led him to all-time international fame. Some of the most known record albums were Born in the U.S.A. (1984), where he became a rock icon when all his seven single entries reached the Billboard Top 10. He did folk-inspired works such as Nebraska, 1982, and The Ghost of Tom Joad, 1995, among the works done lately, Letter to You, 2020, and Only the Strong Survive, 2022.

Looking through the records of Bruce Springsteen in chronological order is like reading a dynamic story about his development as an artist and a storyteller. So, if you are a die heart fan of Bruce Springsteen Albums then check out here we have list of Bruce Springsteen albums in order of release so far.

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Bruce Springsteen has released 21 studio albums, 23 live albums, 77 singles, and 66 music videos.

The List of  Bruce Springsteen Albums in Order of Release Date

Here is the list of Bruce Springsteen Album in Order of Release Date:

1. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. — January 5, 1973
2. The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle — November 11, 1973
3. Born to Run —  August 25, 1975
4. Darkness on the Edge of Town — June 2, 1978
5. The River — October 17, 1980
6. Nebraska — September 30, 1982
7. Born in the U.S.A. — June 4, 1984
8. Tunnel of Love — October 9, 1987
9. Human Touch — March 31, 1992
10. Lucky Town — March 31, 1992
11. The Ghost of Tom Joad — November 21, 1995
12. The Rising — July 30, 2002
13. Devils & Dust — April 26, 2005
14. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions — April 25, 2006
15. Magic — September 25, 2007
16. Working on a Dream — January 27, 2009
17. Wrecking Ball — March 6, 2012
18. High Hopes — January 14, 2014
19. Western Stars — June 14, 2019
20. Letter to You — October 23, 2020
21. Only the Strong Survive — November 11, 2022

All Bruce Springsteen Albums List in Order

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1. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

Track

1. Blinded by the Light
2. Growin’ Up
3. Mary Queen of Arkansas
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Lost in the Flood
6. The Angel
7. For You
8. Spirit in the Night
9. It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City

Born as a legend, the very first studio album of Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos from June to October 1972 at 914 Sound Studios. The album could fairly fetch moderate sales upon its release on January 5, 1973, under Columbia Records even though it met praise with critics. It entered the UK chart on June 15, 1985, on the back of Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. tour, staying in the top 100 for ten weeks.

It was ranked No. 379 in the 2003 Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and, in 2013, the magazine hailed it among the ‘100 Greatest Debut Albums of All-Time.’ On November 22, 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed the album in its entirety for the first and so far only time, closing out the Working on a Dream tour at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

2. The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)

Track

1. The E Street Shuffle
2. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
3. Kitty’s Back
4. Wild Billy’s Circus Story
5. Incident on 57th Street
6. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
7. New York City Serenade

Bruce Springsteen’s second album, “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle,” was released in November of 1973. It accounts for an important juncture in the artist’s life, recorded as it was with E Street Band at New York’s 914 Sound Studios, including all the first combinations of Springsteen’s storytelling and melody elements of rock that brought him to the public’s attention. Although the record itself did not see much commercial success initially, it fit easily into the hearts of listeners regionally and helped Springsteen become an overnight local phenomenon. Boosted by “Born to Run,” which finally made him a national star, the album’s recognition for “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” secured its place in history. But influence would inscribe it into the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list from Rolling Stone, so already history is sealed in for rock annals.

3. Born to Run (1975)

Track

1. Thunder Road
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
3. Night
4. Backstreets
5. Born to Run
6. She’s the One
7. Meeting Across the River
8. Jungleland

Born to Run: Born to Run is a studio album released in August 1975, which became Springsteen’s first major mainstream success. Commercially successful, Born to Run peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, and seven million copies sold in the US alone. The ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’ singles helped raise Springsteen to stardom. Tracks such as ‘Thunder Road,’ ‘Backstreets,’ ‘She’s the One,’ and ‘Jungleland’ from the album became legendary in album-oriented rock radio and live performances. Cult following and praised by the critics, the album ranked one of the greatest ever. The remastered version, including a 30th-anniversary box set, only enhanced the cult status of the album.

4. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

Track

1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised a Cain
3. Something in the Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing in the Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Streets of Fire
8. Prove It All Night
9. Darkness on the Edge of Town

This album was released on June 2, 1978, through Columbia Records, marking the fourth studio release of Bruce Springsteen. Born out of a legal dispute between Springsteen and former manager Mike Appel, this album came into the world in New York City, working with the E Street Band from June 1977 to March 1978. Co-producer Jon Landau brings this to a raw hard rock sound far removed from the lush production of ‘Born to Run.’ Hard as nails are the lyrics in which mature characters battle their way through adversity, drawing some influence from John Steinbeck novels, John Ford films, punk, and country. Whereas initially saleable, it has since become an important landmark within Springsteen’s canon, an evening celebrated for its sonic audacity as much as for poetic acuity.

5. The River (1980)

Track

1. The Ties That Bind
2. Sherry Darling
3. Jackson Cage
4. Two Hearts
5. Independence Day
6. Hungry Heart
7. Out in the Street
8. Crush on You
9. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
10. I Wanna Marry You
11. The River

October 17, 1980, the world was left with the fifth studio album under the belt of Bruce Springsteen. The double album, which was produced by Jon Landau, Springsteen, and Steven Van Zandt, constituted one of the strong moments in the career of Bruce Springsteen. For the first time, an album at the top of the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart succeeded to hold that position for four consecutive weeks. One glaring omission to cut off is ‘The River,’ which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982 for Best Rock Vocal Performance, in addition to making the album a testament that not much has changed over the years in rock music.

6. Nebraska (1982)

Track

1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion on the Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Highway Patrolman
6. State Trooper
7. Used Cars
8. Open All Night
9. My Father’s House
10. Reason to Believe

Nebraska: It is the sixth studio album for Bruce Springsteen, and it was released on September 30, 1982, by Columbia Records. Initially conceived as demos for future E Street Band recordings, it was the decision of Springsteen to release these raw, unedited 4-track recordings that contributed towards the stark authenticity of this album. This one has had a mighty impact and must rank amongst those albums held sacred by Springsteen. The narrative tells the lives of blue-collar characters, dealing with numerous challenges and often turning points. Tackling themes of despair and violence, the songs remain dripping with pathos and redemption within the darkness.

‘Nebraska’ was his departure from the cheerful signature style of Springsteen, creating rather a somber mood, drenched by copious liberal reverb use, a pretty eclectic style choice to some critics, very risky. The somberness of the record also made this Springsteen’s first major release without a corresponding tour, a first in 2019 for ‘Western Stars’.

7. Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

Track

1. Born in the U.S.A.
2. Cover Me
3. Darlington County
4. Working on the Highway
5. Downbound Train
6. I’m on Fire
7. No Surrender
8. Bobby Jean
9. I’m Goin’ Down
10. Glory Days
11. Dancing in the Dark
12. My Hometown

Born in the U.S.A.: Released on June 4, 1984, by Columbia Records, Bruce Springsteen’s seventh studio album is an enduring pinnacle in music history. Extremely popularly acclaimed as one of the greatest albums ever, Born in the U.S.A. received Grammy nominations and served up seven Top Ten singles. Given months of recording with the E Street Band and Chuck Plotkin/Jon Landau, the record is brightly infused with a pop sensibility with tighter compositions and prominent synthesizers. Its cover, shot by Annie Leibovitz, depicts Springsteen from behind. The album was a colossal commercial success, being 17× Platinum certified by the RIAA, selling over 17 million copies in the U.S. and 30 million worldwide. It topped charts in nine countries while making Springsteen’s paramount commercial success.

8. Tunnel of Love (1987)

Track

1. Ain’t Got You
2. Tougher Than the Rest
3. All That Heaven Will Allow
4. Spare Parts
5. Cautious Man
6. Walk Like a Man
7. Tunnel of Love
8. Two Faces
9. Brilliant Disguise
10. One Step Up
11. When You’re Alone
12. Valentine’s Day

Tunnel of Love: On October 9, 1987, Springsteen’s eighth studio album was something different from his early work. Occasionally assisted by the E Street Band contributions, on this solo creative adventure, he used drum machines and synthesizers to construct an elaborate soundscape in which love and relationships, self-discovery, were paramount. According to Springsteen’s PR firm, this is the only solo album of its kind with the E Street Band efforts. Its critical acclaim won the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo in 1988. The album finds itself on Rolling Stone’s ‘100 Best Albums of the Eighties’ and ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time,’ which further makes it valid.

9. Human Touch (1992)

Track

1. Human Touch
2. Soul Driver
3. 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)
4. Cross My Heart
5. Gloria’s Eyes
6. With Every Wish
7. Roll of the Dice
8. Real World
9. All or Nothin’ at All
10. Man’s Job
11. I Wish I Were Blind
12. The Long Goodbye
13. Real Man
14. Pony Boy

Released on March 31, 1992, “Human Touch” is the ninth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, dubbed simultaneously with “Lucky Town.” The latter one proves to be eclipsed by the former as that album fared quite well and even reached position number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. Concerning the title single “Human Touch,” paired with “Better Days” from “Lucky Town,” that one Single Managed to peak the Mainstream Rock chart and ranked 16th on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also earned over a million records sold in the US. It even got a nomination for the Grammy Awards in Best Rock Vocal Performance, 1993.

10. Lucky Town (1992)

Track

1. Better Days
2. Lucky Town
3. Local Hero
4. If I Should Fall Behind
5. Leap of Faith
6. The Big Muddy
7. Living Proof
8. Book of Dreams
9. Souls of the Departed
10. My Beautiful Reward

Released on the same day as ‘Human Touch’ on 31 March 1992, ‘Lucky Town’ is Bruce Springsteen’s tenth studio album. The ‘Lucky Town’ peaked to number three on the Billboard 200, with the upbeat single ‘Better Days’, which topped the Mainstream Rock chart, and entered the Billboard Hot 100 on its 16th position. The album, released on the same date as ‘Human Touch’ demonstrates the appeal of Springsteen mass with over a million US copies sold.

11. The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

Track

1. The Ghost of Tom Joad
2. Straight Time
3. Highway 29
4. Youngstown
5. Sinaloa Cowboys
6. The Line
7. Balboa Park
8. Dry Lightning
9. The New Timer
10. Across the Border
11. Galveston Bay
12. My Best Was Never Good Enough

The Ghost of Tom Joad,” Bruce Springsteen’s eleventh studio album, is a perfect example of his diversity as an artist. Released on November 21, 1995, through Columbia Records, it was his second attempt at acoustic territory. Although it reached number ten in two countries and the top twenty in five others, its No. 11 chart performance in the United States marked the first time that Springsteen, whose previous two dozen sets had all reached the top ten, failed to crack that top-ten cut. The album did, however win the artist a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, furthering the notion-there was much more to Springsteen’s continued exploratory work than people often thought-and underlining his gift for thoughtful, evocative songwriting.

12. The Rising (2002)

Track

1. Lonesome Day
2. Into the Fire
3. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
4. Nothing Man
5. Countin’ on a Miracle
6. Empty Sky
7. Worlds Apart
8. Let’s Be Friends (Skin to Skin)
9. Further On (Up the Road)
10. The Fuse
11. Mary’s Place
12. You’re Missing
13. The Rising
14. Paradise
15. My City of Ruins

“The Rising,” Springsteen’s twelfth studio album, was released July 30, 2002, through Columbia Records. It was a commercial and critical success right away and represented his first US Billboard 200 chart-topper since “Tunnel of Love” in 1987. Often spoken about as his triumphant return to the creative pinnacle, the album allowed Springsteen to win two Grammy Awards, and Brendan O’Brien proved a successful producer. Released seven years after “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” this album was a poignant introspection, only this time the backwash of 9/11 influenced it. The album served as a reunion with the E Street Band that had nearly two decades past, so “The Rising” was nothing but Springsteen’s brilliant response to the tragedy.

13. Devils & Dust (2005)

Track

1. Devils & Dust
2. All the Way Home
3. Reno
4. Long Time Comin
5. Black Cowboys
6. Maria’s Bed
7. Silver Palomino
8. Jesus Was an Only Son
9. Leah
10. The Hitter
11. All I’m Thinkin’ About
12. Matamoros Banks

Devils & Dust’ is Bruce Springsteen’s thirteenth studio album and his third adventure into acoustic artistry, following in the wake of ‘Nebraska’ and ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad.’ The very introspective album sounds great both in Europe and in the United States, having topped a no less impressive No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, highlighting Springsteen’s timeless influence on the hearts of music fans around the world.

14. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)

Track

1. Old Dan Tucker
2. Jesse James
3. Mrs. McGrath
4. O Mary Don’t You Weep
5. John Henry
6. Erie Canal.Jacob’s Ladder.My Oklahoma Home
7. Eyes on the Prize
8. Shenandoah
9. Pay Me My Money Down
10. We Shall Overcome
11. Froggie Went A-Courtin

The fourteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,” in 2006 can be a real knockout blow, reaching third position on the Billboard 200. Above all, this album underscored Springsteen’s homage to folk music: importantly, it won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 49th Grammy Awards, testifying to its worth and the artist’s versatility.

15. Magic (2007)

Track

1. Radio Nowhere
2. You’ll Be Comin’ Down
3. Livin’ in the Future
4. Your Own Worst Enemy
5. Gypsy Biker
6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
7. I’ll Work for Your Love
8. Magic
9. Last to Die
10. Long Walk Home
11. Devil’s Arcade
12. Terry’s Song

Magic’ is the fifth studio album from Bruce Springsteen, released on September 25, 2007, through Columbia Records. It was his reunion with the E Street Band after ‘The Rising’ in 2002-the one that put it at the top of the charts in six countries including the US and UK. Triple platinum in Ireland, this was a transcontinental hit. The merits were further underlined by the No. 2 place that the album garnered on the Rolling Stone list of Top 50 Albums, 2007 to further entrench Springsteen as one of the musical geniuses.

16. Working on a Dream (2009)

Track

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working on a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival

Working on a Dream’ Bruce Springsteen ‘Working on a Dream’ was released on January 27, 2009, through Columbia Records, which marks the producer’s sixthteenth studio release. The album topped number one in nine countries and Springsteen’s ninth number-one album in the US. The record features ‘The Wrestler’, which is a Golden Globe for an extraneous track. E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt described that ‘Working on a Dream’ is the final installment of a trilogy begun by ‘The Rising’ (2002) and continued with ‘Magic’ (2007), all of which were produced to perfection by Brendan O’Brien.

17. Wrecking Ball (2012)

Track

1. We Take Care of Our Own
2. Easy Money
3. Shackled and Drawn
4. Jack of All Trades
5. Death to My Hometown
6. This Depression
7. Wrecking Ball
8. You’ve Got It
9. Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Alive

Released on March 6, 2012, ‘Wrecking Ball’ is the seventeenth studio album from the highly acclaimed American artist Bruce Springsteen, which he released through Columbia Records. Wrecking Ball received the highest accolades, becoming the best album of 2012 according to Rolling Stone[2]. This has been yet another demonstration of the creativity that has been characteristic of Springsteen’s work as the lead single ‘We Take Care of Our Own’ was well covered and then nominated for three Grammy awards and helped spring back Bruce’s reputation as a musical powerhouse.

18. High Hopes (2014)

Track

1. High Hopes
2. Harry’s Place
3. American Skin (41 Shots)
4. Just Like Fire Would
5. Down in the Hole
6. Heaven’s Wall
7. Frankie Fell in Love
8. This Is Your Sword
9. Hunter of Invisible Game
10. The Ghost of Tom Joad
11. The Wall
12. Dream Baby Dream

Released on January 14, 2014, “High Hopes” is Springsteen’s remarkable eighth studio album for Columbia Records. The musical effort shot to the top of charts in eleven different nations and led to Springsteen’s eleventh No. 1 album in the United States, a distinction that ranks only with the Beatles and Jay-Z. The album marked his tenth No. 1 in the UK which put him in the same league as the Rolling Stones and U2, and was an album full of covers, reinterpretative tracks, and out-takes from previous works, rich with the characteristic sounds of the E Street Band yet reinforced with Tom Morello on guitar. Ironically, the loss of Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici’s work gives melancholic and timeless flavor to the album. And the accolades of “High Hopes” are finally cemented as Rolling Stone placed it as number two best album of 2014.

19. Western Stars (2019)

Track

1. Hitch Hikin
2. The Wayfarer
3. Tucson Train
4. Western Stars
5. Sleepy Joe’s Café
6. Drive Fast (The Stuntman)
7. Chasin’ Wild Horses
8. Sundown
9. Somewhere North of Nashville
10. Stones
11. There Goes My Miracle
12. Hello Sunshine
13. Moonlight Motel

“Western Stars,” Bruce Springsteen’s nineteenth studio album, was released June 14, 2019, by Columbia Records. The producer who worked with Springsteen on “Wrecking Ball” in 2012 and “High Hopes” in 2014, recorded the album. International accolades were showered upon it. It was Springsteen’s twentieth American top 10 album in the States. Critics zeroed in on both the elegiac songwriting that inhabited the record and their melodies as an encapsulation of the American West. The success of the album was successful enough to get Warner Bros. Pictures to agree to a full performance capture followed by the release of “Western Stars – Songs from the Film” in near identical format in September 2019.

20. Letter to You (2020)

Track

1. One Minute You’re Here
2. Letter to You
3. Burnin’ Train
4. Janey Needs a Shooter
5. Last Man Standing
6. The Power of Prayer
7. House of a Thousand Guitars
8. Rainmaker
9. If I Was the Priest
10. Ghosts
11. Song for Orphans
12. I’ll See You in My Dreams

The last ‘high-hopes’ moment for fans was in 2014, when again he reunited with the E Street Band, so it was a significant moment in October 2020, when Bruce Springsteen launched his twentieth studio album. Audiences loved this one, and the critics were loud in all praise to poignant treatment of aging and mortality by the artist. COVID-19 severely curtailed many of Springsteen’s traditional ways of promoting his music, but the online radio station, music videos, and even a customised Twitter emoji helped fill the gap. The album topped sales charts in its wake and, at the same time, marked Springsteen’s 21st U.S. top-10 album. ‘Letter to You’ proves itself as a proof of Springsteen’s continued creative strength and relevance.

21. Only the Strong Survive (2022)

Track

1. Only the Strong Survive
2. Soul Days
3. Nightshift
4. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
5. The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
6. Turn Back the Hands of Time
7. When She Was My Girl
8. Hey, Western Union Man
9. I Wish It Would Rain
10. Don’t Play That Song
11. Any Other Way
12. I Forgot to Be Your Lover
13. 7 Rooms of Gloom
14. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
15. Someday We’ll Be Together

Released on November 11, 2022, ‘Only the Strong Survive’ is Bruce Springsteen’s twentieth studio album released via Columbia Records. His previous try at an R&B and soul cover record was ‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’ in 2006. The highly praised announcement for September 29, 2022, had already been accompanied by the release of a cover, “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)”, by Frank Wilson. Later singles included versions of “Nightshift,” “Don’t Play That Song,” and “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” coming in October and November. The title piece itself has its inspiration from the album’s opening title-cut, a cover of Jerry Butler’s “Only the Strong Survive.”.

All Bruce Springsteen Tours in Order by Year

Bruce Springsteen’s touring career has in its own right become a titan of description over his artistic and pop-culture journey. From the Born to Run tours (1974–1977), the artist gobbled and digested the stage, ensuring an epic legend was born. The Darkness Tour (1978–1979) followed, and energy and emotional depth did indeed abide, establishing him as the cream of live acts. The River Tour, 1980–1981 incorporated more dramatic stage and longer set lists, while in Born in the U.S.A. Tour, 1984–1985, he appears to have achieved commercial height. In 1988 Springsteen was also a performer on the Human Rights Now! tour, supporting social justice. He returned with the E Street Band for the Reunion Tour, 1999–2000, reviving classic sound.

Further tours such as The Rising Tour (2002–2003), Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–2013), and now the current Springsteen and E Street Band 2023/24/25 Tour that has continued to receive huge crowds demonstrate his timeless appeal. This timeline chronicles the rise and impact Bruce Springsteen tours have had, chronicling his significant influence on rock history in order.

Here is the list of Bruce Springsteen Tours in Order by Year:

Headlining tours:

1. Born to Run tours (1974–1977)
2. Darkness Tour (1978–1979)
3. The River Tour (1980–1981)
4. Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–1985)
5. Tunnel of Love Express Tour (1988)
6. Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour (1992–1993)
7. Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–1997)
8. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour (1999–2000)
9. The Rising Tour (2002–2003)
10. Devils & Dust Tour (2005)
11. Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band Tour (2006)
12. Magic Tour (2007–2008)
13. Working on a Dream Tour (2009)
14. Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–2013)
15. High Hopes Tour (2014)
16. The River Tour (2016–2017)
17. Springsteen and E Street Band 2023/24/25 Tour (2023–2025)

Co-Headlining tours:

1. Human Rights Now! (1988)
2. Vote for Change (2004)

Residency:

1. Springsteen on Broadway (2017–18; 2021)

 

Conclusion:

The journey through the great Bruce Springsteen albums brings out the evolution of an iconic artist, for their impacts can change the face of rock music as it exists in America today. From his early writings like Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, to the monumental Born in the U.S.A, Springsteen’s music reflects the working-class struggle and triumph. His poetic lyrics and high-energy performances have always touched hearts and minds, making him a cultural touchstone. With 21 studio albums in over six decades, Bruce Springsteen’s albums in order not only describe his artistic growth but, it describes the life of America itself.

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