Landau co-produced Springsteen's third album, Born to Run (1975), an epic collection that quickly sold a million copies. However, a lawsuit over the right to choose his producer kept Springsteen out of the studio until 1978, when he emerged (with Landau in tow) with the hard-rocking but bleak Darkness on the Edge of Town. That marked the beginning of a new phase, in which songs about cars and girls were replaced by songs about work, struggle, marriage, and death. . That marked the beginning of a new phase, in which songs about cars and girls were replaced by songs about work, struggle, marriage, and death. ...