The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story – review

(Columbia, 3 CDs, 3 DVDs)It was while dodging explosions of hype and litigation that Bruce Springsteen made the decision to pare his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town back to 10 songs focusing on a mood of sombre reflection. The ambition was to make his audience view him in a different light: as a man of conscience rather than a mere purveyor of exuberant revivalist rock'n' roll, the guise in which he had made his appearance earlier in the decade. "I wanted to deal in reality," he said rec...

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