Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Product Details

Artist : Bruce Springsteen
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0746435318258
Label : Sony Mid-Price
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1990-01-01
UPC : 074643531825

ASIN : B0000025D0

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised a Cain
3. Something in the Night
4. Candy's Room
5. Racing in the Streets
6. Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Editorial Reviews

The pain of a protracted legal battle with his former manager and the release of being allowed to record again after a three-year layoff are equally apparent from the piercing hard rock and harsh lyrical content of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Betrayal and hard work that comes to naught are the primary subjects on his mind here, evidenced by songs such as "Adam Raised a Cain," "Factory," and "Streets of Fire." Elsewhere, there are signs of hope or at least the possibility of outrunning your problems ("Racing in the Street," "The Promised Land," "Prove It All Night"). But mostly, these are songs about exorcising some serious demons, and from the sound of things, Springsteen's loud, lonesome howl and blistering guitar work went a long way toward making him whole again. This is angry art, made by someone pushed to his absolute limit and more than ready to push back. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews

I think I've got a case of Springsteen Fever!!! (2007-10-01)

Unfortunately, 'Springsteen Fever' is NOT a metaphorical sickness caused by loving this album so much that I felt ill. Instead, it is an actual physical ailment characterized by dizzines, nausea, blurred vision, and diarrhea. The only cure is to stop listening to Bruce Springsteen. (Although, I encourage you to take advantage of that last symptom and utilize it in the Springsteen aisle of your local music store before finding the cure). But, speaking of diarrhea, 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' ended a happy time in my life that witnessed no new releases from the Boss for three years. If only I had taken advantage of those quiet days when atrocious music was dialed back to a dull roar and the silky sounds of bands like Steely Dan and Foghat were dominating the airwaves (Those bands may not have actually released any successful music in the years preceding 'Darkness'). However, Mr. Sprinsteen returned, like a drunken uncle returning for the holidays, pounding on the door and demanding to be heard, with 'Darkness on the Edge of Town'. But unlike that uncle, who would die soon after from liver damage, this album lives on. And on. It. Just. Won't. Die. And I just don't see why not. All the standard elements are in place. Springsteen caterwalling like wronged pimp. That stupid band of his screeching on their noisemakers. The heartfelt lyrics that a Hallmark card writer would toss in the trash. And his fans ate it up and asked for more. You know, I don't begrudge talented people their success. Stephen King? A towering literary giant worth every penny. Rob Reiner? Perhaps the greatest director of the twentieth century. Full House? Quality family television that all of America could enjoy. But when I see somebody like Bruce Springsteen filling his car full of money (literally. I've seen the pictures. It's a vintage white Rolls Royce and he's just finished a concert in Cincinati. He's using a wheelbarrow to dump money into the backseat. Granted, it's mostly tens and twenties, but there's some hundreds in there to. I'm sure that as soon as he pulled away he took off all his clothes and rolled around in it, saying to himself, "Bruce-baby, look at yourself, you're literally rolling in money because you conned all those suckers to buy tickets to your lame concert. You are so evil. But rich, too, which is the most important thing.") I blow a gasket of some kind. So, I'm asking all you 'fans' to please stop buying his albums. Bruce Springsteen is evil. He needs to be stopped. And I really have to get over this latest case of 'Springsteen Fever'. The bathroom is a mess.

raw, gritty : classic springsteen. (2005-12-03)

one of if not my favourite BS album.from the opening lines"lights out tonite, trouble in the heartland.....i don't give a damn for the same old played-out scenes....my fave line "for the ones who had a notion deep inside, that it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive, gonna find one face that ain't lookin' through me, gonna one place, i wanna spit in the face of these badlands......to the final track, "nobody asks too many questions or stare too long at your face............."raw & gritty, classic springsteen, everything in his heart from his upbringing spilling out here......

What can you say? (2005-09-16)

If this album isn't on your top twenty you have to be crazy! What incredible, immediate, poweful, and heartfelt songwriting. It simply doesn't get much better than this.

Punky Springsteen do a masterpiece in 1978!! (2004-03-29)

Bruce Springsteen has always have a strong personal integrity. He has always gone his own way in life. Against his father, and against the music buissness. When his father told him to be a lawyer and his mother wanted him to be a writer, he wanted to be a rock n' roll star. So he did. And got in trouble with his former manager, Mike Appel. Mike put him into a slavery contract, and after the fantastic album Born To Run, he wanted to break up from that contract. It took 2 years in court to break up from it, and Mr Springsteen was really angry. He wanted to go his own way in life, as he always have done. The result can you hear on this awsome album, probably the best album he has ever done. This is the punky Springsteen! Joe Strummer couldn't have done it better.On this album, Springsteen hasn't a star producer, cause he didn't want to. He let Jon Landau, a former music critic from the Rolling Stone Magazine, produce together with him. The sound is simpler and more raw, but it fit with the anger and strength in the songs. The songs are totally awsome! Do I have to say Badlands? What a song! A timeless masterpiece! Always something to say to us, even today! Full of hope and optimism, but also anger and strentgh. Factory: A song which is short and seems to be not much of a song, but listen what Springsteen has to say in that song... It's awsome! Adam rise a cain... Listen to the anger in that song...Racing in the street is wonderful as a ballad. Candy's room: Listen how nice Springsteen describe the prostituted woman that he met. He's a true human guy!All songs are fantastic!And if you really want to know how good Springsteen was that year, listen to the Winterland Night bootleg! Then you know how really awsome he really is...

You HAVE TO buy this album!! Or DIE!!

Perhaps the greatest album ever made (2004-02-14)

It is hard to put in words how great this album is. How does a legend like Bruce top such a great album as "Born to Run"? By making an album that is perfect. Darkness kicks into gear with the first cut, "Badlands," a moving and dynamic Springsteen classic. The remarkable cuts keep coming, with such classics as "Candy's Room." Heck, every cut on this album is a classic. Just talking about it makes me want to pull it out and pop it in the CD player. Come to think of it, see ya.

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