Darkness on the Edge of Town
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Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 2, 1978, by Columbia Records. The album was recorded after a series of leg
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Springsteen (center, kneeling) and the E Street Band in February 1977, months before the album's sessions began.
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Born to Run
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Born to Run is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on August 25, 1975, through Columbia Records. Co-produced by Springsteen with his manager Mike Appel
Darkness on the Edge of Town
…as John Steinbeck novels, John Ford films, punk rock, and country music. Musically, the album strips the Wall of Sound production of its predecessor, Born to Run (1975) for a rawer hard rock sound emphasizing the band as a whole. The lyrics on Darkness focus on ill-fortuned characters who fight back against…
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Steven Van Zandt, pictured in 1983, composed the horn arrangement for "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" on the spot in the studio, and joined the E Street Band shortly thereafter.
Richard Davis, pictured in 1987, played double bass on "Meeting Across the River".
The cover art of Born to Run features Springsteen (right) leaning on the shoulder of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons (left).