The box set includes seven full-length and unreleased albums, spanning 83 songs in total, 74 of them previously unheard. All of the songs were written and recorded between 1983 and 2018. Following the release of his first box set
Tracks, it was long speculated as to when Springsteen would release a sequel. In a 2017 interview with
Vulture, he explained that the records had never been released because they did not feel "essential" to him, even if he liked them or had fun recording them. However, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the singer-songwriter dug through his vault in order to leave the narrative of his "lost 90s" behind. According to Springsteen,
Tracks II includes "complete records," some of which were even mixed and mastered. He had played some of the music for himself and, at times, for close friends over the years. The unreleased albums in
Tracks II: The Lost Albums highlight different phases of Springsteen's work. ''LA Garage Sessions '83
features raw, lo-fi recordings from the period between Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. Somewhere North of Nashville
leans into country rock, Inyo
channels spaghetti western themes, Twilight Hours
explores cinematic, melancholic soundscapes, and Faithless'' offers a spiritually tinged, filmic atmosphere. A seventeen-minute documentary titled
Inside Tracks II: The Lost Albums was released on June 20, 2025, that gives viewers an in-depth look at each
Lost Album as told by Springsteen himself. In June 2025, Springsteen confirmed that there would also be a third and final box set,
Tracks III, potentially to be released in the next three years. He stated that
Tracks III would be similar to the first
Tracks box set, containing songs from across his entire career rather than complete albums. While an official track list has not been released, Springsteen has said that
Tracks III will contain a previously unreleased cover of Bob Dylan's "I Want You." ==Critical reception==