So strong the first three albums were also and the direct predecessor album "Born to Run" also significantly more units were sold (here we are in the order "very much" and "very much"), is "Darkness .. . "The reference album for great songwriting and perfect implementation of a clearly defined rock including entirely kitsch-free ballad share.
The disk does not contain the huge hit singles that have made it into the eternal rotation of the format radio stations and perhaps that's one of the greatest strengths of the album. But everything, or rather exclusively, the songs authentically assume a permanently valid position that want to miss not a fan.
Straightforward but not simple, it can be "Darkness on the Edge of Town" characterize, and it is guaranteed no good mood music. Happiness gives birth after all not got masterpieces.
Springsteen himself seems the album also greatly appreciated because the opulent box set in 2010 appeared, consisting of 3 CDs and 3 DVDs, puts this work in 1978, a true monument. Rightly so!
The box like beginners too much and be too expensive, the album itself (always between 5, - and 10, - to obtain new), simply belongs in every well-stocked music rack.
