Made to Be Broken

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Made to Be Broken
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Studio album by
Soul Asylum
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1986
Recorded1985
Genre Punk rock, alternative rock
Length33:31
Label Twin/Tone [1]
Producer Bob Mould [2]
Soul Asylum chronology
Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck
(1984)		Made to Be Broken
(1986)		 Time's Incinerator
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau B [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [8]

Made to Be Broken is the second full-length album by Soul Asylum. [9] [10] It was released on January 18, 1986. [11] It was the first of the three albums released by Soul Asylum in 1986. [7]

Contents

The song "Never Really Been" contains the line "And where will you be in 1993." The band performed the song on their 1993 appearance on MTV Unplugged , by which time they'd seen their first platinum-selling album and number one single.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "an essential Soul Asylum LP," writing that "raging dual vocals and interwoven guitar work by Pirner and Dan Murphy, supported by new arrival Grant Young’s precise, varied drumming, make the tuneful power of 'Tied to the Tracks,' 'Ship of Fools,' 'New Feelings' and the countryish title track shatteringly original." [12] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that "[Dave] Pirner's punch-drunk, night-stand poetry took on real power when framed by new drummer Grant Young's off-kilter, rhythmic swerve and guitarist Dan Murphy's dual vocals." [8]

In a retrospective review, Stylus Magazine wrote that Made to Be Broken "taps into a potent spirit of underdog defeatism; it’s the sound of watching the tour bus through the window of the cramped van, gazing at the hotel en route to the fan’s couch or floor, and imagining a bath while showering in a sink." [13]

Track listing

All songs written by David Pirner, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Tied to the Tracks" – 2:45
  2. "Ship of Fools" – 2:48
  3. "Can't Go Back" — (Dan Murphy) – 3:05
  4. "Another World, Another Day" – 1:59
  5. "Made to Be Broken" – 2:35
  6. "Never Really Been" – 2:52
  7. "Whoa!" – 2:32
  8. "New Feelings" – 1:46
  9. "Growing Pain" – 2:17
  10. "Long Way Home" – 2:27
  11. "Lone Rider" – 1:50
  12. "Ain't That Tough" – 3:34
  13. "Don't It (Make Your Troubles Seem Small)" – 2:48

Personnel

Singles

  1. "Never Really Been"
  2. "Tied to the Tracks"
  3. "Made to Be Broken"

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  2. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. pp. 1053–1054.
  3. ↑ "Made to Be Broken - Soul Asylum | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
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  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 616.
  6. ↑ "Made to Be Broken". Q: 103. April 1993.
  7. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 655.
  8. 1 2 Aaron, Charles (1995). "Soul Asylum". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 368–369. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
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