Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Hardest rocking Bruce with a whole lot less hope

Bruce's rocker status is signed, sealed and delivered with this CD. This is the hardest rocking he and the band have done. If you read the backstory, you'll understand why--the band fought hard to record this music and I'm glad they won.

It's also some of the most painful music. There's a whole lot of anger here at a father, "Adam Raised a Cain," at the working life, "Factory."

"The Promised Land" and "Streets of Fire" offer a bit of hope, but it's thin and maybe won't happen--but what are people without dreams. What stands out is the artist's humanity.

Rebecca Kyle, June 2008 June 2, 2008

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bruce Springsteen-Darkness On The Edge Of Town


Dealing with subjects like betrayal, broken promises, Darkness On The Edge Of Town plays out like the continuation of this albums predisessor Born To Run except only twice as dark and Melancholy, and yet twice as hopeful at the same time.

Songs like 'Factory', and 'Adam Raised A Cain' feature excellent hard rock that Springsteen would never touch so wonderfully again, but they are rockers because they have such heavy and saddend subjuect matter. Songs like 'Candy's Room' seem to show the other side of the spectrum without losing this sides evil undertones.

Darkness On The Edge Of Town is THE Bruce Springsteen album. Not even the great Born To Run can contend with the lyrical genius of Darkness, and the instrumentation is superb. If only one Springsteen album is bought this is the one, though I guarantee afterwards you'll want more April 2, 2008

If only I could give this more than 5 stars!

This is what you need to know:
1) "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is the greatest album of all time.
2) "Badlands" is the greatest song of all time.
3) Bruce Springsteen is the greatest musical artist of all time.

Now if only Columbia Records will remaster this and give it the sound quality it deserves! Maybe for its 30th anniversary this year? March 16, 2008

What More Can I Add to the Bulk of These Reviews?

A truly spectacular rock and roll opus. Under-hyped and understated, Darkness was released in the penumbra of 1975's excellent Born to Run. Strikingly different in tone, this record surpasses BTR in its clarity and depth of feeling. Each song is unique, with its own particular hook, but complex enough to elicit the desire for multiple listenings.

One the regrets of my youth was not catching the tour following this record's release (although I have been fortunate enough to hear many of its songs in subsequent live performances). Caution to aging teeny-boppers, Gen x, y, z `ers: there is no top 40 material here!

Rolling Stone ranked Darkness at 151 in its widely publicized Greatest 500 Albums of All Time. I would place it in the top 10, very likely in the top five. Thirty years later, I have the cd, in my car, often played - those lyrics, that voice and guitar still work for me!
January 16, 2008

Decent, but not his best album

This album is decent, but not on the same level as Born to Run. Not bad though, and definitely worth a listen. December 13, 2007

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