Darkness on the Edge of Town
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| Album by Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Released | June 2, 1978 | |
| Recorded | 1978 (?) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 42 min 55 s | |
| Record label | Columbia Records | |
| Producers | Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| All Music Guide | 4½/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5jd4vwxva9lk) |
| RollingStone | 5/5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=16176) |
| Bruce Springsteen Chronology | ||
| Born to Run (1975) | Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) | The River (1980) |
Darkness on the Edge of Town is a rock album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). Recovering from legal troubles and the stress of the breakthrough success of Born to Run, Springsteen released a defiantly anti-commercial album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. Sales were not as high as Born to Run, but the album still did better than was expected. The extroverted optimism which was a hallmark of Born to Run was absent with a vengeance from Darkness on the Edge of Town. With its haunting themes of regret, failure and dashed hopes, many Springsteen aficionados consider this to be his finest album.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Darkness on the Edge of Town the 68th greatest album of all time.
Track listing
- "Badlands" (Springsteen)
- "Adam Raised a Cain" (Springsteen)
- "Something in the Night" (Springsteen)
- "Candy's Room" (Springsteen)
- "Racing in the Street" (Springsteen)
- "The Promised Land" (Springsteen)
- "Factory" (Springsteen)
- "Streets of Fire" (Springsteen)
- "Prove It All Night" (Springsteen)
- "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (Springsteen)
Personnel
- Bruce Springsteen - Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
- Steven Van Zandt - Guitar, Vocals
- Max Weinberg - Drums
- Clarence Clemons - Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals
- Roy Bittan - Piano, Keyboards
- Danny Federici - Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
- Garry Tallent - Bass
- Jimmy Iovine - Engineer, Mixing
- Thom Panunzio - Assistant Engineer
- Chuck Plotkin - Mixing
- Mike Reese - Mastering
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1978 Pop Albums No. 5 1985 The Billboard 200 No. 167
Billboard (North America) - singles
1978 Badlands Pop Singles No. 42 1978 Prove It All Night Pop Singles No. 33
External link
- Audio & Lyrics (http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/darkness.html)