Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum

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Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Recorded1988 - 1998
Genre Alternative rock
Length73:40
Label Columbia / Legacy
Producer Lenny Kaye
Bruce Dickinson
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum chronology
Candy from a Stranger
(1998)
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
(2000)
After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly B− [2]

Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum is the second compilation album by Soul Asylum. [3] [4] It contains 19 of their greatest hits.

The title of the album comes from Soul Asylum's song of the same name, which was a hit single from their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union . [5]

The disc 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 ("Closer to the Stars" and "Stranger").

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Pirner, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Just Like Anyone" – 2:47
  2. "Cartoon" – 3:53 (Murphy)
  3. "Closer to the Stars" (Recorded Live at The Palais Royale in Toronto, Ontario on April 3, 1995) – 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" (Recorded Live - MTV Unplugged in New York City on April 21, 1993) – 4:07
  18. "Can't Even Tell" - 3:14
  19. "Lonely for You" (Outtake from "Candy from a Stranger" album) – 4:09

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

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