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Today's featured article Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen (pictured), released on June 2, 1978, by Columbia Records. The album was recorded during sessions in New York City with the E Street Band from June 1977 to March 1978, after a series of legal disputes between Springsteen and his former manager Mike Appel. Darkness musically strips the Wall of Sound production of its predecessor, Born to Run, for a rawer hard rock sound emphasizing the band as a whole. The lyrics focus on ill-fortuned characters who fight back against overwhelming odds. Released three years after Born to Run, Darkness did not sell as well but reached number five in the United States. Critics initially praised the album's music and performances but were divided on the lyrical content. In recent decades, Darkness has attracted acclaim as one of Springsteen's best works and has appeared on lists of the greatest albums of all time. (Full article...) Recently featured: Aston Martin DB9 1896 Summer Olympics Great cuckoo-dove On this day... July 28 Reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet 1540 – King Henry VIII of England had his chief minister Thomas Cromwell executed for treason and heresy. 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. 1911 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began with the departure of SY Aurora from London. 1939 – During the excavation of a 7th-century ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet (reconstruction pictured) that is widely associated with King Rædwald of East Anglia. 2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland and create a united Ireland. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (d. 1794) Lucy Burns (b. 1879) Vida Blue (b. 1949) Zach Parise (b. 1984) More anniversaries: July 27 July 28 July 29

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