Souls for Sale (album)

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Souls for Sale
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Studio album by
Verbena
Released1997
Recorded1996
Genre Rock
Length37:13 (US)
36:52 (UK)
Label Setanta
Merge (US)
Producer Dave Fridmann, Verbena and Jim Jones (tracks 2, 8, 9 & 10)
Verbena chronology
Pilot Park EP
(1996)		Souls for Sale
(1997)		 Into the Pink
(1999)

Souls for Sale is the debut album by the rock band Verbena, released in 1997. [1] [2] It is the only album that they recorded as a quartet. The UK version of the album has a different version of "Postcard Blues", lasting 2:30. The album was released on Setanta Records, under license to Merge Records in the U.S.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Verbena swaggers through fetching backroads ballads and smoldering rock with an untutored power and craft that needs no refinement." [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Verbena.

  1. "Hot Blood" – 3:46
  2. "Shaped Like a Gun" – 3:21
  3. "Junk for Fashion" – 5:03
  4. "The Song That Ended Your Career" – 4:25
  5. "The Desert" – 3:16
  6. "Hey, Come On" – 3:01
  7. "Me & Keith" – 4:21
  8. "So What" – 3:23
  9. "Postcard Blues" – 2:54
  10. "Kiss Yourself" – 3:48

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Morris, Chris (April 19, 1997). "Flag Waving". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 16. p. 67.
  2. ↑ Sherr, Sara (July 18, 1997). "Verbena". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17.
  3. ↑ "Souls for Sale Review by Chris Parker". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  4. ↑ Reger, Rick (July 11, 1997). "The 'A' List". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 25.
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