Candy from a Stranger

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Candy from a Stranger
Candyfromastranger.jpg
Studio album by
Soul Asylum
ReleasedMay 12, 1998
Recorded1997–1998
Genre Alternative rock
Length45:17
Label Columbia
Producer Chris Kimsey
Soul Asylum chronology
Let Your Dim Light Shine
(1995)		Candy from a Stranger
(1998)		 Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
Pitchfork 2.5/10 [5]
NME 5/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin 5/10 [8]

Candy from a Stranger is Soul Asylum's eighth studio album. It was released on May 12, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It follows 1995's Let Your Dim Light Shine .

Contents

The band had originally planned to release an album entitled Creatures of Habit produced by Matt Hyde. Columbia Records did not approve of the recordings and shelved the album a few weeks before it was supposed to be released. The band re-entered the studio, this time with British producer Chris Kimsey, and emerged with Candy from a Stranger. Most of the songs featured were previously recorded during the Creatures of Habit sessions. Drummer Sterling Campbell left the band after the album was completed.

"I Will Still Be Laughing" achieved fame after it was featured in the closing credits of the 1998 comedy BASEketball . It is also the band's last single to date to appear on Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Pirner except as noted.

  1. "Creatures of Habit" – 3:23
  2. "I Will Still Be Laughing" – 3:46
  3. "Close" – 4:33
  4. "See You Later" – 4:46
  5. "No Time for Waiting" – 3:16
  6. "Blood into Wine" (Dan Murphy, Elizabeth Herman) – 4:03
  7. "Lies of Hate" (Dave Pirner, Sterling Campbell) – 4:39
  8. "Draggin' the Lake" – 3:38
  9. "New York Blackout" – 4:05
  10. "The Game" – 4:27
  11. "Cradle Chain" – 4:45
  12. "Losin' It" (bonus track on the Japanese edition)

Singles

  1. "I Will Still Be Laughing"
  2. "Close"

[9]

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1998The Billboard 200121

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1998"I Will Still Be Laughing"Mainstream Rock Tracks23
1998"I Will Still Be Laughing"Modern Rock Tracks24

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  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Soul Asylum". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
  4. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (May 15, 1998). "Candy From a Stranger". Entertainment Weekly .
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