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Darkness On The Edge Of Town (album) by Bruce Springsteen 

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen (1978)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 331 votes)
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Accolades: Best album of 1978 (1st)
Top 50 albums of the 1970s (41st)
Top 200 albums of all time (159th)

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town is an album by Bruce Springsteen. It is ranked number 159 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 7,766 from 212 greatest album charts.

Darkness On The Edge Of Town is ranked number 1 in the best albums of 1978 and number 41 in the best albums of the 1970s.

In total, there are 25 music albums by Bruce Springsteen which appear in the greatest album charts and Darkness On The Edge Of Town is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Bruce Springsteen is Born To Run which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 24,618.

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Members who like this album also like: Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen, The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

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Darkness On The Edge Of Town track list

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1.Badlands
85/100 (106 votes)Amazon MP3
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2.Adam Raised A Cain
81/100 (72 votes)Amazon MP3
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3.Something In The Night
82/100 (65 votes)Amazon MP3
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4.Candy's Room
81/100 (72 votes)Amazon MP3
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5.Racing In The Street
84/100 (68 votes)Amazon MP3
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6.The Promised Land
84/100 (96 votes)Amazon MP3
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7.Factory
77/100 (62 votes)Amazon MP3
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8.Streets Of Fire
81/100 (68 votes)Amazon MP3
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9.Prove It All Night
82/100 (82 votes)Amazon MP3
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10.Darkness On The Edge Of Town
84/100 (98 votes)Amazon MP3
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated.)

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81/100 (from 331 votes)
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From Music4All 05/26/2013 04:34
This was my first Springsteen album, and an excellent introduction to his work (IMHO).
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From Le_Samurai 05/26/2013 01:37
This was the album that sold me on Springsteen. I had heard Born to Run before this and found it was great sonically, but lyrically it was a little too idealistic for my tastes, but this made me go back and re-evaluate it. This, however, stunned me from the first moment of Badlands. There isn't the Spector-espue production here, just great rock and it continues to hit hard after repeat listens. "Something in the Night" is the highlight for me, especially the piano in the beginning of the song. . Unlike his other records, there isn't any redemption or hope, just reality. For me, it's his masterpiece.
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70/100
From Michaelo16 05/19/2013 00:39
I don't think this is one of his best but it is certainly a good album
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From york59 05/10/2013 06:30
Th
is is not similar to Born to run at all!
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From swedenman 05/05/2013 00:13
Similar to Born to Run in a lot of ways, but the tracks just don't stand out the same way they do on its predecessor.
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From Garyf1972 04/28/2013 15:36
Only got this Album in recent years prior 2009 Hyde park concert which I attended (went abit Boss mad that year) for me this is probably his best work ive heard not played as many times as USA so it sits outside my top 10 best tracks Darkness,Badlands,Racing In The Street,Promised Land
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From meccalecca 04/18/2013 17:27
Raw emotional look at more frustrating aspects of American life.

Never been a huge Springsteen fan, but this album is a powerful force. I consider it his best, and most consistent record.
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From ProfessorSquid 04/09/2013 01:25
I'm by no means a Springsteen guy, but this is excellent.
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From iii25 04/04/2013 11:53
The documentary on the making of this album, shows Springsteen true passion for the process of making music
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underrated
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