Candy's Room (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1978
From the album Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track #4)
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Candy's Room appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track #4) (this album) (1978)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #28) (compilation) (2014)
- The Live Series: Songs Of Location (track #2) (compilation) (2022)
- Live/1975-85 (track #19) (compilation) (1986)
- Tampa 05/01/14 (track #8) (2014)
- Hershey 05/14/14 (track #5) (2014)
- Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (track #19) (2015)
- Ippodromo Delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 (track #10) (2015)
- Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 (track #5) (2015)
- New York January 27, 2016 (track #23) (2016)
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| ! | 08/13/2026 10:11 |  Kalos | 10,558 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 19:50 | Siromynian | 18,266 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 14:55 | Rayzer6 | 19,475 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 09:14 | Johnnyo | 45,346 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 07:57 | zsolti | 7,339 | 80/100 |
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Bruce continues the punk influence here and it’s just a blistering track
It’s a song where suitors trade gifts for Candy’s affection. The artist Karon Bihari, whom Springsteen briefly dated in the 1970s, claimed the song was about her.
Love the piano intro which leads to a blistering drum and guitar lead main part of the track. I was trying to come up with a phrase to describe the energy on this track and then I read someone describe it as "physically urgent". Perfect!
It a great live track as well and I’ve heard The Boss play this a couple of time live. So visceral. (Edited)
Great rapid-fire drumming, nice piano, and one of the Boss's all-time best guitar solos. I'm not as wild about the main melody, but the little intricacies are still enough for this song to warrant a high rating.
flamingyesdept 03/29/2019 00:04 | #234147
Underrated, one of his very best
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