Artist	Song
Boston	Rock and Roll Band
from Boston (2006)
Bruce Springsteen	Jungleland
from Born to Run (1983)
Van Halen	Jamie's Cryin'
from Van Halen (2007)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	American Girl
from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (2008)
Styx	The Grand Illusion
from The Grand Illusion (1984)
Billy Joel	Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
from The Stranger (1988)
Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell
from Bat Out of Hell (2001)
Rush	YYZ
from Moving Pictures (Remastered) (2011)
The Cars	Bye Bye Love
from The Cars (2008)
Foreigner	Headknocker
from Foreigner (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Pat Benatar	Hell Is for Children
from Crimes of Passion (2000)
Journey	Feeling That Way
from Infinity (2006)
The J. Geils Band	I Do
from Monkey Island (2008)
The Cars	You're All I've Got Tonight
from The Cars (2008)
Asia	Sole Survivor
from Asia (1982)
REO Speedwagon	Tough Guys
from Hi Infidelity (2000)
Boston	Smokin'
from Boston (2006)
Bruce Springsteen	Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
from The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (1984)
Meat Loaf	Heaven Can Wait
from Bat Out of Hell (2001)
Pat Benatar	I Need a Lover
from In the Heat of the Night (1984)
Kansas	What's On My Mind
from Leftoverture (2001)
John Cougar	A Little Night Dancin'
from John Cougar (2005)
REO Speedwagon	Keep Pushin'
from R.E.O. (1982)
Eddie Money	Gimme Some Water
from Life for the Taking (1986)
Genesis	Behind the Lines
from Duke (Remastered) [Bonus Video Version] (2007)

Comment:

From Tom Petty to Billy Joel, Meat Loaf to Rush, our Album Cuts guide us past the hits' hard candy shell to the rich, creamy center within, revealing key ingredients that converted passive audiences into committed fans. In Boston’s "Rock and Roll Band," fuzzed-out guitars orbit Brad Delp’s vocals like a swarm of angry bees before streaming straight out of the speakers and into the audience. Bruce Springsteen's mini-opera "Jungleland” — with its stream-of-consciousness lyrics dropping like a SWAT team into a gritty-necked New Jersey night — crystallizes a summer moment like a gangbanger’s face lit up in the muzzle flash of his gun before vanishing back into darkness. And David Lee Roth’s whiskey-with-a-Clorox-chaser vocals wrestle Eddie Van Halen’s buzz-saw riffs in “Jamie’s Cryin’,” the tear-stained aftermath of a night of unrequited lust. And there's more where these came from; your favorite albums usually hid inspired moments in the deep grooves between the singles.

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