Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
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| Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum | ||
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| Photo by: David Pirner | ||
| Compilation album by Soul Asylum | ||
| Released | September 26, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1988 - 1997 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 73:40 | |
| Label | Columbia / Legacy | |
| Producer(s) | Lenny Kaye Bruce Dickinson Soul Asylum |
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| Soul Asylum chronology | ||
| Candy from a Stranger (1998) |
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2002) |
After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004) |
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum is a compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits from Soul Asylum.
The title of the album, "Black Gold" comes from Soul Asylum's song with the same name, which was a hit single on their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union.
The disc contains also contains two outtakes ("Candy From a Stranger" and "Lonely For You") from Soul Asylum's previous album Candy from a Stranger, as well as two previously unreleased live recordings (see below).
[edit] Track listing
- Just Like Anyone – 2:47
- Cartoon – 3:53 (Murphy)
- Closer to the Stars (live) – 3:52
- Somebody to Shove – 3:15
- Close – 4:34
- String of Pearls – 4:52
- Tied to the Tracks – 2:43
- Runaway Train – 4:27
- Sometime to Return – 3:30
- Misery – 4:26
- We 3 – 4:08
- Without a Trace – 3:40
- I Will Still Be Laughing – 3:45
- Black Gold – 3:56
- Summer of Drugs – 4:06 (Williams)
- Candy From a Stranger – 4:16 (Campbell, Mueller, Pirner)
- Stranger (live) – 4:07
- Can't Even Tell – 3:14
- Lonely For You – 4:09
*All songs wriiten by David Pirner unless otherwise noted.
*The Japanese release of this album also contained one previously unreleased bonus track, "When I Ran Off and Left Her" (Chesnutt) for a total of 20 songs.
| Soul Asylum |
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| Dave Pirner - Dan Murphy - Tommy Stinson - Michael Bland - Karl Mueller |
| Pat Morley - Grant Young - Sterling Campbell - Ian Mussington |
| Soul Asylum discography |
| Albums: Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck (1984) - Made To Be Broken (1986) - Time's Incinerator (1986) - While You Were Out (1986) - Hang Time (1988) - Clam Dip & Other Delights (1989) - And the Horse They Rode in On (1990) - Grave Dancers Union (1992) - Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) - Candy from a Stranger (1998) - The Silver Lining (2006) |
| Compilations: Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2000) - Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years (2006) |
| Live and other projects: After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004) |
| Related articles |
| Runaway Train - Faces & Names (2002) - Golden Smog |
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