Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Inyo’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

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(Note: This is the fifth post in a series in which I am reviewing the seven albums in Bruce Springsteen’s “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” boxed set, separately. The set will come out on June 27.)

Bruce Springsteen fans will remember that “Adelita” — the song from the Tracks II album Inyo that was released as a single last month — features mariachi musicians. So does another Inyo song, “The Last Charro,” and this one is even more musically lush and lyrically melodramatic. “Godmother, when I die, make of my clay a jar/And when you are thirsty, drink from it,” Springsteen sings.

Most of the Tracks II songs represent styles of music that Springsteen has previously explored, at one time or another. You…