Delayed Reaction

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Delayed Reaction
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 2012
Recorded2010–2012
Studio Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre Alternative rock
Length33:02
Label 429 Records
Producer Soul Asylum overseen by John Fields
Soul Asylum chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Soul Asylum
(2007)
Delayed Reaction
(2012)
Change of Fortune
(2016)

Delayed Reaction is Soul Asylum's 10th full-length studio album and follow-up to their 2006 studio release The Silver Lining . It was released on July 17, 2012, [1] and debuted at #160 on Billboard. It is their first album released on 429 Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
Consequence of Sound C− [5]

Delayed Reaction received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 72/100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Pirner

No.TitleLength
1."Gravity"4:32
2."Into the Light"3:58
3."The Streets"2:49
4."By the Way"3:21
5."Pipe Dream"2:45
6."Let's All Kill Each Other"2:40
7."Cruel Intentions"3:54
8."The Juice"3:38
9."Take Manhattan"2:55
10."I Should've Stayed in Bed"5:10
Exclusive Best Buy edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Leave This Town"3:08
12."Time Will Tell"3:03
13."Your Generation"3:07
14."Good Morning Good Morning"2:41

"By the Way" was originally released in demo form 20 years earlier as a B-Side to the 1992 single "Somebody to Shove"; "Let's All Kill Each Other" was originally released on Saturday, October 25, 2008, on EnterTheSoulAsylum.com as a free download until the 2008 U.S. Election Day (Tuesday, November 4, 2008), and "I Should've Stayed in Bed" was originally released in 1998 on Live at the Palais Royale and "Good Morning, Good Morning" is a cover of The Beatles song from their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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References

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  3. Deming, Mark. Review of Delayed Reaction at AllMusic
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