Dark End of the Street is the second studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on most of the songs, except "Let Somebody Know", written and sung by Declan Sinnott.

Two versions of Dark End of the Street, with identical front covers, were released simultaneously as vinyl LPs in 1982: one was a studio album and the other was released in some countries as a compilation album, with a different track listing. The original studio album was re-released on CD in 1995.

The studio album was released as a vinyl LP in 1982.^[1][2]

In some countries (US and Canada), a vinyl LP was also released in 1982 with the same title and front cover, but a different track listing,^[3][4][5] as a compilation of tracks selected from the following studio albums:^[3]

• Moving Hearts (1981) – (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
• Dark End of the Street (1982) – (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 10).

The catalogue number for this compilation album was: 'WEA 1802' in the US and 'WEA MH15' in Canada.^[5]

The studio album was re-released on CD in 1995, with the original track list.^[6][7]

The two versions of the 1982 album featured the following musicians:

• Christy Moore – vocals, guitar, bodhrán^[1][3][6]
• Dónal Lunny – vocals, bouzouki, synthesiser^[1][3][6]
• Declan Sinnott – lead guitar, acoustic, vocals^[1][3][6]
• Tony Davis – backing vocals^[3]
• Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar, vocals^[1][3][6]
• Matt Kellaghan – drums^[1][3][6]
• Brian Calnan – drums, percussion^[3]
• Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes, low whistle^[1][3][6]
• Keith Donald – Tenor and Soprano saxophone^[1][3][6]
• Nollaig Casey (credited as Nollaig Ni Cathasaigh) – violin^[3]