Hang Time (album)

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Hang Time
Hang Time cover
Studio album by Soul Asylum
Released November 21, 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Rock
Length 39:13
Label A&M Records
Producer(s) Lenny Kaye & Ed Stasium
Professional reviews
Soul Asylum chronology
While You Were Out
(1986)
Hang Time
(1988)
Clam Dip & Other Delights
(1989)


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. The CD version features the "bone-us" (bonus) track "Put the Bone In", by Terry Jacks, better known for the ballad "Seasons in the Sun". As of 2006, the album has yet to sell 100,000 copies.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Down on Up to Me" – 2:46
  2. "Little Too Clean" – 3:15
  3. "Sometime to Return" – 3:28
  4. "Cartoon" – 3:52 (Murphy)
  5. "Beggars and Choosers" – 2:57
  6. "Endless Farewell" – 3:21
  7. "Standing in the Doorway" – 3:06
  8. "Marionette" – 3:24
  9. "Ode" – 2:18
  10. "Jack of All Trades" – 2:53
  11. "Twiddly Dee" – 3:00
  12. "Heavy Rotation" – 3:54
  13. "Put the Bone In" – 3:34 (bone-us track, CD Only) (Jacks)


  • 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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