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Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
 
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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. Inst...  more »

     
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All Artists: Soul Asylum
Title: Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 9/26/2000
Release Date: 9/26/2000
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, American Alternative, Adult Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
UPCs: 074646366929, 5099749865624

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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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WANDA C. from ESCONDIDO, CA
Reviewed on 9/7/2015...
I'm not a fan of this genre of music and only ordered the CD because of Runaway Train.

CD Reviews

Punk+pop+grunge=good
H3@+h | VT | 10/07/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Im not familiar with much old Soul Asylum, so I cant say whats missing other than "Easy Street". But I do know that what is on here is great stuff. All the bigger 90's hits you would expect, plus good songs I didn't know and a few live/unreleased tracks. It's a great thing to have for the person who needs only one Soul Asylum disc, especially at 19 tracks and 70+ minutes. Don't be in Misery, get this."
Best of from 1993 and Beyond
Bill Drake | Amherst, MA | 12/25/2003
(2 out of 5 stars)

"The sad truth is that Soul Asylum is not the band on this album. They may have become the band on this album but for almost 15 years they were a much better and more complete band. Success came after ...the horse they rode in on and Hang Time, but for me their peak was much earlier with Made To Be Broken and While You Were Out, both of which albums were left out. Never forget that Soul Aslyum started in 1979 as Loud Fast Rules and then changed their name to Soul Aslyum because they didnt want to be seen as a HC band. And where are the Time's Incinerator songs? How many people even know about this album? Its too bad that Sould Asylum will be thought of as a 90s bad because they are so much more than that."