Darkness on the Edge of Town

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rock album studio album

"Darkness on the Edge of Town" is a critically acclaimed 1978 rock album by Bruce Springsteen known for its gritty, blue-collar themes and emotionally intense songwriting.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Dancing in the Dark 1
Darkness on the Edge of Town (song) 1
Darkness on the Edge of Town remastered edition 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Frank Stefanko ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
featuresBand E Street Band ⓘ
followedBy The River ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAward Grammy Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
hasCompanionRelease The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story ⓘ
hasInfluenced heartland rock genre ⓘ
hasPart Adam Raised a Cain ⓘ
Badlands ⓘ
Candy's Room ⓘ
Darkness on the Edge of Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Darkness on the Edge of Town (song)

Factory ⓘ
Prove It All Night ⓘ
Racing in the Street ⓘ
Something in the Night ⓘ
Streets of Fire ⓘ
Promised Land ⓘ
surface form: The Promised Land
hasVersion Darkness on the Edge of Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Darkness on the Edge of Town remastered edition
language English ⓘ
length 42:55 ⓘ
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ
mainTheme disillusionment ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
notableFor emotionally intense songwriting ⓘ
gritty blue-collar themes ⓘ
numberOfTracks 10 ⓘ
partOf Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
surface form: Bruce Springsteen discography
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
precededBy Born to Run ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Chuck Plotkin ⓘ
Jon Landau ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt ⓘ
recordedIn 1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releasedAs LP record ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ
digital album ⓘ
releaseDate 1978-06-02 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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The Boss → associatedWithWork → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
Darkness on the Edge of Town → hasPart → Darkness on the Edge of Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darkness on the Edge of Town (song)
Darkness on the Edge of Town → hasVersion → Darkness on the Edge of Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darkness on the Edge of Town remastered edition
Born to Run → nextWork → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableAlbum → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dancing in the Dark
The River → precededBy → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
E Street Band → recordedOn → Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ