Jeff’s Playlist: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen — Darkness on the Edge of Town

This is by far my favorite Springsteen album. So much more emo­tion than his pre­vi­ous Born to Run. I used to play this album every morn­ing before going to class back in 1979 as a kind of stim­u­lant, and it worked. My sis­ter, who I was liv­ing with at the time, hat­ed it.

If you like Bruce, you’ll love this.

Album Information

All tracks are writ­ten by Bruce Springsteen.

1.         “Badlands”                                        4:03
2.         “Adam Raised a Cain”                    4:32
3.         “Something in the Night”                 5:11
4.         “Candy’s Room”                               2:51
5.         “Racing in the Street”                      6:53
6.         “The Promised Land”                      4:33
7.         “Factory”                                            2:17
8.         “Streets of Fire”                                4:09
9.         “Prove It All Night”                           3:56
10.       “Darkness on the Edge of Town”  4:30

Total length:  42:55

Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, lead gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca, pro­duc­er
Roy Bittan – piano, back­ing vocals
Clarence Clemons – sax­o­phone, back­ing vocals
Danny Federici – Hammond organ, glock­en­spiel
Garry Tallent – bass gui­tar
Steven Van Zandt – rhythm gui­tar, back­ing vocals, pro­duc­tion assis­tance
Max Weinberg – drums
Jon Landau – pro­duc­er
Jimmy Iovine – engi­neer, mix­ing
Thom Panunzio – assis­tant engi­neer
Chuck Plotkin – mix­ing
Mike Reese – mas­ter­ing
Frank Stefanko – photography

Released  June 2, 1978
Recorded  June 1, 1977 – March 15, 1978
Studio        Atlantic Studios and The Record Plant, New York, NY
Length.      42:55
Label         Columbia
Producer   Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt