Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years

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Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years
Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years cover
Compilation album by Soul Asylum
Released April 4, 2006
Recorded 1983 - 1986
Genre Alternative rock
Length 44:36
Label Rykodisc
Producer(s) Tom Herbers
Bob Mould
Chris Osgood
Soul Asylum
Professional reviews
Soul Asylum chronology
After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997
(2004)
Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years
(2006)
The Silver Lining
(2006)


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 (1983-1986). The album also contains two previously unreleased cover tracks, Move Over and Jukebox Hero that were not available in the U.S. These songs were only available on the UK release of Clam Dip & Other Delights.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Closer To The Stars" – 2:53
  2. "Can't Go Back" – 3:05 (Murphy)
  3. "Jukebox Hero" – 4:03 (Gramm, Jones)
  4. "Stranger" – 3:44
  5. "Another World, Another Day" – 1:59
  6. "Draggin' Me Down" – 2:08
  7. "Tied To The Tracks" – 2:42
  8. "Miracle Mile" – 2:18
  9. "Move Over" – 2:25 (Joplin)
  10. "Never Really Been" – 2:52
  11. "No Man's Land" – 2:57
  12. "Freaks" – 3:27
  13. "Carry On" – 2:22
  14. "Long Way Home" – 2:28 (Murphy)
  15. "Crashing Down" – 2:16
  16. "Ship Of Fools" – 2:49
  • All songs written by Dave Pirner unless otherwise noted.
Soul Asylum
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)
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