Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum

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Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
Photo by: David Pirner
Compilation album by Soul Asylum
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1988 - 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	73:40
Label	Columbia / Legacy
Producer	Lenny Kaye Bruce Dickinson Soul Asylum
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Soul Asylum chronology
Candy from a Stranger (1998) Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2002) After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004)

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 contains also contains two outtakes ("Candy From a Stranger" and "Lonely For You") from Soul Asylum's previous album Candy from a Stranger, as well as two previously unreleased live recordings (see below).

[edit] Track listing

1. Just Like Anyone – 2:47
2. Cartoon – 3:53 (Murphy)
3. Closer to the Stars (live) – 3:52
4. Somebody to Shove – 3:15
5. Close – 4:34
6. String of Pearls – 4:52
7. Tied to the Tracks – 2:43
8. Runaway Train – 4:27
9. Sometime to Return – 3:30
10. Misery – 4:26
11. We 3 – 4:08
12. Without a Trace – 3:40
13. I Will Still Be Laughing – 3:45
14. Black Gold – 3:56
15. Summer of Drugs – 4:06 (Williams)
16. Candy From a Stranger – 4:16 (Campbell, Mueller, Pirner)
17. Stranger (live) – 4:07
18. Can't Even Tell – 3:14
19. Lonely For You – 4:09

*All songs written by David Pirner unless otherwise noted.

*The Japanese release of this album also contained one previously unreleased bonus track, "When I Ran Off and Left Her" (Chesnutt) for a total of 20 songs.

v • d • e Soul Asylum Dave Pirner – Dan Murphy – Tommy Stinson – George McKelvey – Michael Bland – Karl Mueller Former members Pat Morley – Grant Young – Sterling Campbell – Ian Mussington 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) Welcome To The Minority – The A&M Years 1988-1991 (2007) Live and other projects After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004) Related articles Black Gold – Runaway Train – Misery – Faces & Names (2002) – Golden Smog