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Minneapolis, United States (1981 – present)

Soul Asylum is an american alternative rock band formed in the summer of 1981 by Minneapolis high school friends Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Dave Pirner. The band (named Loud Fast Rules up until 1984) quickly became frontrunners of American college rock, following in the tradition of fellow Minnesota bands Hüsker Dü and The Replacements.

Landing their first record deal with Twin/Tone in 1984, Soul Asylum recorded a total of four albums for the local label: Say What You Will… Everything Can Happen in 1984 (later reissued as Say What You Will, Clarence.… Karl Sold the Truck), Made to Be Broken in 1986, While You Were Out in 1986, and the EP Clam Dip And Other Delights in 1988. The band then switched to A&M, releasing Hang Time in 1988 and And the Horse They Rode in On in 1990 under that label. Although they enjoyed some success as a live band, Soul Asylum suffered from low album sales and considered disbanding.

In 1992, they signed with Columbia Records to produce Grave Dancers Union, a record that would come to transform them from underground college rockers to international superstars. The first two singles off the album,

Somebody to Shove and

Black Gold, both came in at high positions at the Modern Rock and Album Rock charts, but it was the album’s third track and it’s video of missing teens that led them to their major breakthrough.

Runaway Train peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, raised album sales to double-platinum level, and won Soul Asylum the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1994.

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Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum
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Top Tracks

1	Runaway Train full track	2,317
2	Somebody to Shove full track	444
3	Misery full track	441
4	Black Gold full track	316
5	Without a Trace full track	219
6	Just Like Anyone full track	123
7	Keep It Up full track	119
8	Homesick full track	110
9	Get On Out full track	109
10	April Fool full track	108
11	Promises Broken	103
12	Can't Even Tell full track	99
13	New World	86
14	Growing Into You full track	85
15	String of Pearls	84

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faladines wrote:
10 days ago

Una de mis bandas favoritas!!! fuera del GDU, los demas albunes tambien son excelentes!!! NO a lo comercial !!! viva Soul ASylum FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wishing_Wings_x wrote:
11 days ago

runaway but it always seems the same ___x

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Peppsy606 wrote:
last month

If you are looking for some new tunes then feel free to check out my new song "Wake Me Up". Its energetic as hell. :) /Percy http://www.last.fm/music/Percy+Mejhagen

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Milhaud wrote:
last month

http://cadadiauncantar.blogspot.com/2008/08/soul-asylum-runaway-train.html

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rafael-perez wrote:
last month

great band, and memories......

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plaza26 wrote:
last month

brings back some good times........ nice.

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ethanavery6 wrote:
last month

good for get 2geathers, during a pool party

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StickUpArtist wrote:
August 2008

Soul Asylum has some a) disimilar and b) terrible similar artists. Soul Asylum has a lot to do with The Replacements, but not too much to do with Candlebox, Blind Melon or Ugly Kid Joe.

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banchy85 wrote:
August 2008

does anyone have there album say what you will clearance, karl sold the truck by any chance i would really appreciate any help

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hk94 wrote:
August 2008

Ugly Kid Joe is a similar artist? WTF? I know that some of the Last.FM similar artists are really random, but this one makes no sense.

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Heropsychodream wrote:
August 2008

Who ya gunna Callllll your fearless leaderrrrr??? New album is pretty good.

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retroname wrote:
August 2008

their mtv unplugged concert is so underrated. i remember recording this into vhs when it aired and i'm searchin mp3 of it since like forever.

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Galinor wrote:
August 2008

They've got some more good songs beside "Runaway Train", like Without a Trace" or "99%" for exmaple. Just take a look on them and you'll see.

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YControl755 wrote:
July 2008

admittedly i have only heard GDU, but i always see them tagged as grunge, which i don't get. just because they were popular in the early 90s does not make them grunge. they remind me more of the replacements than anything (who were definitely not grunge, either).

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violetcypher wrote:
July 2008

Fell in love with them after I got my first copy of And the Horse They Rode in On. I think I am on my third now. I loved my little local band. A few years later and I am hearing Runaway Train in every mall in Singapore.

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bushbig wrote:
July 2008

Alright I'am very long to them yuor music and somewher......... on the memories!!! XO

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ShyTrbleMaker wrote:
June 2008

Alright I'm new to listening to them but they've jumped to the top of my most wanted list!

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GorgeousDevil wrote:
June 2008

Clerks 2 <3

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willbeme wrote:
May 2008

Runaway Train never going back... wrong way on a one way track... seems like I should be getting somewhere.... Oh the memories!! XOX!!!

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alidamnit wrote:
April 2008

Misery is just the BEST song. i love it so much!

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