Soul Asylum, Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum - 1h 13m 52s

Tracks & Durations

1. Just Like Anyone	2:48
2. Cartoon	3:53
3. Closer To The Stars (live)	3:52
4. Somebody To Shove	3:15
5. Close	4:34
6. String Of Pearls	4:52
7. Tied To The Tracks	2:43
8. Runaway Train	4:27
9. Sometime To Return	3:30
10. Misery	4:26
11. We 3	4:08
12. Without A Trace	3:40
13. I Will Still Be Laughing	3:45
14. Black Gold	3:57
15. Summer Of Drugs	4:07
16. Candy From A Stranger	4:16
17. Stranger (live)	4:07
18. Can't Even Tell	3:14
19. Lonely For You	4:09

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Review

Soul Asylum were, in many ways, two distinct bands. Prior to signing with Columbia, Soul Asylum scored minor hits with "Cartoon" and "Sometime to Return." Their hard-won reputation, however, was not as a singles band. Instead, the group built its fan base via incessant touring and a string of hard-charging, heart-on-sleeve albums, including the wonderful Made to be Broken and While You Were Out. Soul Asylum's later years brought the hits ("Runaway Train," "Misery"), the MTV exposure, and the change in the band's style from gritty rock to hook-driven pop. Fans of the band's latter, more commercial period should find this disc interesting, since the set is dominated by this material. There are some treats for rarity hunters, however. A live recording of "Closer to the Stars," an acoustic reading of "Stranger," and a previously unreleased track called "Lonely for You" beef up this collection. While Black Gold certainly could have been more complete, for fans of latter-period Soul Asylum, this is a good starting point, albeit one missing most of the group's most important and interesting early work. --S. Duda

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