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Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Label
Columbia Records
Release Date
2 June 1978

If Born to Run was epic cinema, Darkness was brutal reality, its characters not dreaming of idealized escape as much as struggling against their circumstances. This long-awaited remaster of Springsteen’s 1978 album, overseen by Bob Ludwig in 2010, is one of three CDs in the box set The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story.

Track List
(10 Songs)
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised a Cain
3. Something in the Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing in the Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town photo by Frank Stefanko
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town era photo by Frank Stefanko
Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band 1978 photo by Frank Stefanko
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town era photo by Frank Stefanko
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Chart History

1978

Weekly Charts
Peak Date
Peak Position#

US - Billboard 200
29 Jul 1978

5

UK - Official Albums Chart
17 Jun 1978

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