Soul Asylum discography
Encyclopedia
This is the discography documenting albums and singles
released by Soul Asylum
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U.S. chart positions from Billboard
magazine: Billboard Hot 100
, Alternative Songs, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and UK chart positions from the UK Singles Chart
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- April 14, 1989 - LP, Cassette, CD
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released by Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...
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U.S. chart positions from Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine: Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, Alternative Songs, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and UK chart positions from the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
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Studio albums
| Album | Date of release | Billboard 200 | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck is the debut album from Soul Asylum.The album was originally released as Say What You Will... Everything Can Happen on August 24, 1984. This album sold 6,738 vinyl copies and 2,639 cassettes before being released on CD in 1988. The listing below... |
1984 | - | - |
| Made to Be Broken Made to Be Broken Made to Be Broken is the second full-length album from Soul Asylum. It is also the first of three albums of Soul Asylum to be released in 1986.... |
1986 | - | - |
| While You Were Out While You Were Out (album) While You Were Out is Soul Asylum's third studio album. It was released on November 21, 1986 . It is the follow-up to the 1986 studio release Made To Be Broken.... |
1986 | - | - |
| Hang Time Hang Time (album) Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles... |
1988 | - | - |
| And the Horse They Rode In On And the Horse They Rode in On And the Horse They Rode In On is the fifth album by Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. It was produced by Steve Jordan with Joe Blaney.The vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album have different, but related, cover art.-Track listing:... |
1990 | - | - |
| Grave Dancers Union Grave Dancers Union Grave Dancers Union is the official sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992... |
1992 | 11 | 3x Platinum |
| Let Your Dim Light Shine Let Your Dim Light Shine Let Your Dim Light Shine is an album from 1995 from the band Soul Asylum. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the band's breakout release... |
1995 | 6 | Platinum |
| Candy from a Stranger Candy From a Stranger Candy from a Stranger is Soul Asylum's eighth studio album. It was released on May 12, 1998 . It is the follow-up to the 1995 studio release Let Your Dim Light Shine.... |
1998 | 121 | - |
| The Silver Lining | 2006 | 155 | - |
Compilation albums
| Album | Date of release | Tracklisting | Formats |
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| Time's Incinerator Time's Incinerator Time's Incinerator is the second album to be released by Soul Asylum in 1986. It is a rare cassette-only release which contains b-sides, outtakes, and demos from Soul Asylum and the former Loud Fast Rules days.... |
June 24, 1986 |
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Cassette |
| Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum 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 also contains... |
September 26, 2000 |
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CD |
| Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years is Soul Asylum's second compilation greatest hits album. This album contains all of their greatest hits during the time they were under the Twin/Tone label . The album also contains two previously unreleased cover tracks, "Move Over" and "Jukebox... |
April 4, 2006 |
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CD |
| Welcome To The Minority – The A&M Years 1988-1991 Welcome to the Minority – The A&M Years 1988-1991 Welcome to the Minority – The A&M Years 1988-1991 is a compilation album that contains 3 CDs of Soul Asylum's work during the time they were under their A&M label... Limited edition 3 disc set |
August 10, 2007 |
Disc 1: Hang Time Hang Time (album) Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles...
Disc 2: And the Horse They Rode in On And the Horse They Rode in On And the Horse They Rode In On is the fifth album by Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. It was produced by Steve Jordan with Joe Blaney.The vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album have different, but related, cover art.-Track listing:...
Disc 3: Live in Chicago, IL, and Ann Arbor, MI, Oct 1990
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Live albums
- After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 is the first live album released by Soul Asylum. It was recorded on June 28, 1997 about two months after the epic Red River Flood of 1997 hit the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Soul Asylum played the concert for the joint prom...
- 2004 - CD
EP
Clam Dip & Other DelightsClam Dip & Other Delights
Clam Dip & Other Delights is the 1989 grab-bag EP from Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. The title and cover art are both parodies of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's album Whipped Cream and Other Delights. It was a humorous nod to their new record label, A&M . Bassist Karl Mueller sat in for the...
- April 14, 1989 - LP, Cassette, CD
- Just Plain Evil
- Chains
- Secret No More
- Artificial Heart
- P-9
- Take It To the Root
Singles/imports/promos
- Marionette - 1988 - LP
From the album Hang TimeHang Time (album)Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles... - Little Too Clean - 1988 - LP
From the album Hang Time - Cartoon - 1988 - LP, CS, CD
From the album Hang Time - Brand New Shine (Promo) - 1990 - LP
From the album And the Horse They Rode in OnAnd the Horse They Rode in OnAnd the Horse They Rode In On is the fifth album by Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. It was produced by Steve Jordan with Joe Blaney.The vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album have different, but related, cover art.-Track listing:... - Easy Street (Promo) - 1990 - LP
From the album And the Horse They Rode in On - Veil of Tears - 1990 - LP, CS, CD
From the album And the Horse They Rode in On - Nice Guys (Don't Get Paid) - 1990 - LP, CS, CD
From the alnum And The Horse They Rode in On - Somebody to ShoveSomebody To Shove"Somebody to Shove" is a 1992 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks and number nine on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in the US...
- 1992 - LP, CS, CD
From the album Grave Dancers UnionGrave Dancers UnionGrave Dancers Union is the official sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992... - New World (Promo) - 1992 - CD
From the album Grave Dancers Union - Black GoldBlack Gold (song)"Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It, along with the band's more famous hit "Runaway Train", helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level....
- 1993 - CS, CD
From the album Grave Dancers Union - Runaway Train - 1993 - LP, CS, CD
From the album Grave Dancers Union - Without a Trace - 1993 - CD
From the album Grave Dancers Union - Insomniac's Dream (Import) - 1994 - CD
Live EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... - Summer of Drugs - 1994 - CD
From the album Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria WilliamsSweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria WilliamsSweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams is a 1993 tribute album that features a variety of alternative rock bands covering songs written by Victoria Williams... - MiseryMisery (Soul Asylum song)"Misery" is a 1995 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. Although Let Your Dim Light Shine critically suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the single, "Misery", reached number 20 on The Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in...
- 1995 - LP, CS, CD
From the album Let Your Dim Light ShineLet Your Dim Light ShineLet Your Dim Light Shine is an album from 1995 from the band Soul Asylum. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the band's breakout release... - Just Like AnyoneJust Like Anyone (song)"Just Like Anyone" is a 1995 song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their seventh album, Let Your Dim Light Shine. Written by lead singer Dave Pirner and produced by the band with Butch Vig, the song was released as the album's second single. It entered the singles charts in Canada...
- 1995 - CD
From the album Let Your Dim Light Shine - Crawl - 1995 - CD
From the album Let Your Dim Light Shine - The Candy Sampler - 1998 - CD
Pre-Album release, features songs from Candy from a StrangerCandy From a StrangerCandy from a Stranger is Soul Asylum's eighth studio album. It was released on May 12, 1998 . It is the follow-up to the 1995 studio release Let Your Dim Light Shine....
, Let Your Dim Light Shine, and Grave Dancers Union - The Game - 1998 - LP
From the album Candy from a Stranger - I Will Still Be Laughing - 1998 - CD
From the album Candy from a Stranger - Blood Into Wine - 1998 - CD
From the album Candy from a Stranger - Draggin' the Lake - 1999 - CD
From the album Candy from a Stranger - This Love - 2000 - LP
From the album Black Gold: The Best of Soul AsylumBlack Gold: The Best of Soul AsylumBlack 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 also contains... - All Is Well - 2006 - CD
From the album The Silver Lining - Stand Up and Be Strong - 2006 - CD
From the album The Silver Lining - Standing Water - 2006 - LP
From the album The Silver Lining
Soundtrack contributions
- The Break - 1993
From the So I Married an Axe MurdererSo I Married an Axe MurdererSo I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 American comedy-horror film starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Myers plays Charlie McKenzie, a man afraid of commitment until he meets Harriet , who works at a butcher shop and may be a serial killer...
soundtrack - Can't Even Tell - 1994
From the ClerksClerksClerks is a 1994 independent comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob. Starring Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves, it presents a day in the lives of two store clerks and their acquaintances...
soundtrack - Miss This - 1996
From the Twister soundtrack - Losin' It - 1997
From the I Know What You Did Last SummerI Know What You Did Last SummerI Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...
soundtrack - School's Out - 1998
From the The FacultyThe FacultyThe Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodriguez...
soundtrack - I Will Still Be Laughing - 1998
From the BASEketballBASEketballBASEketball is a 1998 American David Zucker comedy starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Dian Bachar, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jenny McCarthy...
soundtrack - Misery - 2006
From the Clerks IIClerks IIClerks II is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth and latest feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse...
soundtrack
Appearances on various artist compilations
- "Summer of Drugs" - 1993
From the album Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria WilliamsSweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria WilliamsSweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams is a 1993 tribute album that features a variety of alternative rock bands covering songs written by Victoria Williams... - "Sexual Healing" - 1993
From the album No AlternativeNo Alternative-Home video track listing:# Matthew Sweet "Superdeformed"#*directed by Kevin Kerslake# Neneh Cherry "Athens, Georgia 1993"#*directed by Jim McKay & Michael Stipe# Urge Overkill "Take a Walk"#*directed by Matt Mahurin... - "Somebody to Shove" - 1994
From the album The Unplugged Collection, Volume 1 - "Motel Notell" - 1996
From the album Honor: A Benefit for the Honor the Earth Campaign - "When I Ran Off and Left Her" - 1996
From the album Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the SituationSweet Relief II: Gravity of the SituationSweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation is a 1996 tribute album that featured a variety of alternative rock bands covering songs written by quadriplegic musician Vic Chesnutt... - "Runaway Train" - 2004
From the album The Buzz
Music videos
| Clam Dip & Other Delights | Hang Time | And the Horse They Rode in On | Grave Dancers Union | Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams | Clerks Soundtrack | Let Your Dim Light Shine | Candy From a Stranger |
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| Artificial Heart | Sometime To Return | Easy Street | Somebody to Shove | Summer of Drugs | Can't Even Tell | Misery Misery (Soul Asylum song) "Misery" is a 1995 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. Although Let Your Dim Light Shine critically suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the single, "Misery", reached number 20 on The Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in... |
I Will Still Be Laughing |
| P-9 | Cartoon | - | Black Gold Black Gold (song) "Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It, along with the band's more famous hit "Runaway Train", helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.... |
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| - | - | - | Runaway Train | - | - | Just Like Anyone Just Like Anyone (song) "Just Like Anyone" is a 1995 song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their seventh album, Let Your Dim Light Shine. Written by lead singer Dave Pirner and produced by the band with Butch Vig, the song was released as the album's second single. It entered the singles charts in Canada... |
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| - | - | - | Without a Trace | - | - | - | - |
Singles chart
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Alt. Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1990 | "Spinnin'" | - | 15 | 24 | - | - | And the Horse They Rode in On |
| "Easy Street" | - | 26 | - | - | - | ||
| 1992 | "Somebody to Shove Somebody To Shove "Somebody to Shove" is a 1992 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks and number nine on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in the US... " |
- | 1 | 9 | 32 | - | Grave Dancers Union |
| 1993 | "Black Gold Black Gold (song) "Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It, along with the band's more famous hit "Runaway Train", helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.... " |
- | 6 | 4 | 26 | - | |
| "Runaway Train" | 5 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||
| "Without a Trace" | - | 27 | 6 | - | - | ||
| "Sexual Healing Sexual Healing "Sexual Healing" is a 1982 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Columbia Records label. It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime album the previous year... " |
- | 10 | - | - | - | No Alternative (various artists compilation) | |
| "Summer of Drugs" | - | 20 | - | - | - | Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams | |
| 1994 | "Can't Even Tell" | - | 16 | 24 | - | - | Clerks (Soundtrack) |
| 1995 | "Just Like Anyone Just Like Anyone (song) "Just Like Anyone" is a 1995 song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their seventh album, Let Your Dim Light Shine. Written by lead singer Dave Pirner and produced by the band with Butch Vig, the song was released as the album's second single. It entered the singles charts in Canada... " |
- | 19 | 11 | - | - | Let Your Dim Light Shine |
| "Misery Misery (Soul Asylum song) "Misery" is a 1995 song performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. Although Let Your Dim Light Shine critically suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the single, "Misery", reached number 20 on The Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in... " |
20 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 22 | ||
| 1996 | "Promises Broken" | 63 | - | 29 | - | - | |
| 1998 | "I Will Still Be Laughing" | - | 24 | 23 | - | - | Candy From a Stranger |