Soul Asylum - Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum

Unusually, for a best-of by a band that started indie and didn't become stars until hooking up with a major, Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum spans their entire pre-2000 career, starting with a 1985 track from their second LP. Naturally, their output on the major label that issued this compilation, Columbia, is emphasized; there are just four songs from the Twin/Tone era, and nothing at all from their 1984 debut, Say What You Will Clarence...karl Sold The Truck. So it's mostly Soul Asylum the 1990s stars you hear here. Read More