Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (180 Gram Vinyl) Hard Days Night Faces Mono

Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (180 Gram Vinyl) Hard Days Night Faces MonoPersonnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Steve Van Zandt (guitar); Clarence Clemons (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums). Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, New York. This was the album after the famous Jon Landau statement came to pass, and although there are still many references to cars and girls it is a blistering album. It has a similar energy that was later to

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Presence winds up as something less than the sum of its parts but its imbalance also means that it's a record worth revisiting

After securing critical approval with albums like Alligator and Boxer

Rage has taken the dynamics of its unique style to a deeper level

it has also helped further re-draw the artistic borders of "alternative" music

" where Cox sighs "When I die/There will be nothing to say/Except I tried not to waste another day

all the originals are purposefully languid

Either way

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and ultimately more lucrative pop mastery

The mid-tempo funk of "Maria" finds vocalist Zach De La Rocha telling the poetic story of an immigrant factory worker whose dream of freedom leads her unknowingly into modern-day slavery