Released September 26, 2000 Length 73:40 Release date 26 September 2000 | Recorded 1988 - 1998 | |
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Producer Lenny KayeBruce DickinsonSoul Asylum Black Gold The Best of Soul Asylum(2000) After the Flood Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997(2004) Similar Soul Asylum albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum is a compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits from Soul Asylum.
Contents
The title of the album, "Black Gold" comes from Soul Asylum's song of the same name, which was a hit single on their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union.
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.
- "Just Like Anyone" – 2:47
- "Cartoon" – 3:53 (Murphy)
- "Closer To The Stars" (live) – 3:52
- "Somebody To Shove" – 3:15
- "Close" – 4:34
- "String Of Pearls" – 4:52
- "Tied To The Tracks" – 2:43
- "Runaway Train" – 4:27
- "Sometime To Return" – 3:30
- "Misery" – 4:26
- "We 3" – 4:08
- "Without A Trace" – 3:40
- "I Will Still Be Laughing" - 3:45
- "Black Gold" – 3:56
- "Summer Of Drugs" – 4:06 (Williams)
- "Candy From A Stranger" – 4:16 (Campbell, Mueller, Pirner)
- "Stranger" (live) – 4:07
- "Can't Even Tell" - 3:14
- "Lonely For You" – 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.
Songs
1Just Like Anyone2:48
2Cartoon3:53
3Closer to the Stars (live)3:52