The Silver Lining (Soul Asylum album)

The Silver Lining
Studio album by Soul Asylum
Released July 11, 2006
Recorded 2004 - 2006
Genre Alternative rock
Length 51:39
Label Legacy
Producer John Fields and Steve Hodge
Soul Asylum chronology

Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years
(2006)		 The Silver Lining
(2006)		 Welcome To The Minority – The A&M Years 1988-1991
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (55/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Billboard (favorable)[1]
Entertainment Weekly C+[3]
Mojo [1]
PopMatters [4]
Q [1]
Robert Christgau [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Spin (7/10)[1]
Uncut [1]

The Silver Lining is Soul Asylum's long-awaited follow-up to the 1998 studio release Candy from a Stranger. It was released on July 11, 2006 and is the last studio album with original bassist Karl Mueller, who died from cancer on June 17, 2005. Mueller was able to play on most of the tracks,[7] but the band had to bring in additional personnel to complete the album, including Tommy Stinson.

The single "Stand Up And Be Strong" was chosen by ABC and ESPN for their college football coverage for the 2006-2007 season.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Pirner.

  1. "Stand Up And Be Strong" - 4:22
  2. "Lately" - 3:27
  3. "Crazy Mixed Up World" - 3:55
  4. "All Is Well" - 3:13
  5. "Bus Named Desire" - 3:04
  6. "Whatcha Need" - 3:50
  7. "Standing Water" - 4:38
  8. "Success Is Not So Sweet" - 4:56
  9. "The Great Exaggerator" - 4:06
  10. "Oxygen" - 4:01
  11. "Good For You" - 3:52
  12. "Slowly Rising" - 3:55
    "Fearless Leader" (hidden track) - 3:32

Singles

  1. "All is Well"
  2. "Stand Up and Be Strong"
  3. "Standing Water"
  4. "Good For You"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 155

Band members

Additional musician:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Critic Reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (2006-07-14). "The Silver Lining Review". Entertainment Weekly. p. 79. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  4. ↑ PopMatters review
  5. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived April 21, 2008)
  7. ↑ MSN.com

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