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Title: Bruce Springsteen's Best Album
Review: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN is Bruce Springsteen's best album ever. Instead of the street scenes of the first three albums, this one features harsh, gritty reality. Danger and loss are right at the surface in all of these songs, although "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" do offer a shot at redemption. "Something In The Night", "Streets Of Fire", and the title track, on the other hand, feature hopelessness imbued with a sense of compassion. But don't let the dark lyrical content dissuade you from purchasing this album. DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN is a rich, rewarding album that repays repeated listening with new insight into one's own trials and tribulations. When you consider Springsteen's advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's recent trumped-up drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, this album becomes an absolute necessity for both your ears AND your conscience.
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