Darkness on the Edge of Town

1978 studio album by Bruce Springsteen
MusicAlbum album Q902146
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Darkness on the Edge of Town

Summary

Darkness on the Edge of Town is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,881 views/month, #500 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's genre is heartland rock[4].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's genre is rock and roll[6].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was produced by Jon Landau[7].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was produced by Bruce Springsteen[8].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was produced by Steven Van Zandt[9].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was performed by Bruce Springsteen[10].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[11].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town is part of Bruce Springsteen's albums in chronological order[12].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was distributed by LP record[14].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's review score is recorded as 4.5[15].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was released on June 2, 1978[16].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's tracklist is recorded as Factory[17].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Darkness on the Edge of Town'}[18].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[19].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[21]

  • First release date: 1978-05[22]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, folk rock, hard rock, heartland rock, piano rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, singer-songwriter[23]

  • Community tags: 1978, album rock, american, américain, classic rock, conscious, folk rock, hard rock, heartland rock, piano rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, singer-songwriter, sombre, usa, vyrzukhisuc-album[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b613123b-a234-3f48-9c45-e05bf4e6b9e7[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Darkness on the Edge of Town was Bruce Springsteen[10]. Producers include Jon Landau[7], Bruce Springsteen[8], and Steven Van Zandt[9].

Publication

Darkness on the Edge of Town was released on June 2, 1978[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include heartland rock[4], hard rock[5], and rock and roll[6]. It is part of Bruce Springsteen's albums in chronological order[12]. It was distributed by LP record[14].

Reception

Darkness on the Edge of Town's review score is recorded as 4.5[15].

Why It Matters

Darkness on the Edge of Town ranks in the top 0.82% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,881 views/month, #500 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . brucespringsteen.net. Retrieved . brucespringsteen.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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