Bruce Springsteen
United Center
Chicago, Illinois
October 22, 2007

Master recording:  Sonic Studios DSM-6 => Bass Roll-off => Edirol R-09 (16-bit)
Lineage:  Edirol R-09 => WAV => Audigy Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC front-end (level 8)

Audio Cleaning Lab was used to break tracks only.  No further processing was done.

Track listing:

Disc one (69:40):
(1)  Intro (1:17)
(2)  Radio Nowhere (3:54)
(3)  Prove It All Night (5:05)
(4)  Lonesome Day (4:42)
(5)  Gypsy Biker (6:24)
(6)  Intro (0:28)
(7)  Magic (3:39)
(8)  Reason To Believe (6:56)
(9)  Candy's Room (3:05)
(10)  She's The One (5:24)
(11)  Livin' In The Future (6:41)
(12)  The Promised Land (5:58)
(13)  Tunnel of Love (5:41)
(14)  Spirit in the Night (6:06)
(15)  Darlington County (6:10)

Disc two (55:08):
(1)  Devil's Arcade (6:32)
(2)  The Rising (5:14)
(3)  The Last To Die (4:31)
(4)  Long Walk Home (5:28)
(5)  Badlands (6:09)
(6)  Encore break (2:01)
(7)  Intro (1:47)
(8)  Thunder Road (5:56)
(9)  Born To Run (5:11)
(10)  Dancing In The Dark (5:04)
(11)  American Land (7:10)

Checksum file is included.  Sorry, no artwork.

My comments:

2nd show at Chicago's United Center; as far as I'm concerned, this one redeemed Bruce for the lackluster D&D and Rising shows he's done in Chicago in recent years.  This was probably the shortest show of the tour so far (roughly 120 minutes), but packed with audibles and rarities throughout that he hasn't played in years.  The energy was noticeably much higher tonight, with Bruce bolstering the midsection of the show with the rarity "Tunnel of Love" (how many times has he played this since 1988?  Two?), "Spirit In The Night," and "Darlington County."  Nobody in even the highest reaches of the United Center was still seated by the time the show hit the 70-minute mark.

During the encore, Bruce acknowledged a 12-year-old boy in the front row who had been holding a sign for "Thunder Road" throughout the show.  After bantering with the kid for a minute, Bruce switched guitars and said, "This is a test.  We're going to do a song we haven't played in about five years.  But before that, we'd played it for 25 years straight, so it kind of evened out."  The camera remained focused on the boy (who was overjoyed) on and off throughout the song; it was a great moment.

I may not be qualified to say this, having only seen the Chicago shows, but it's hard to imagine that this *wasn't* one of the best of the tour so far.

I've only spent a few minutes with the recording, but it appears to be somewhat better than the first night.  I was exactly halfway back on the floor in line with the left stack; a perfect taping location although I had to put up with some talkers (fewer than I did on the first night) around me.  I suspect they're noticeable on the quieter "Magic" songs, but in my spot-checking I didn't hear any crowd noise that intruded too much on the music.

This tour is going to be *great* by the time Bruce hits the stadiums next summer.