While You Were Out

Soul Asylum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B0000018VB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,348 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remember the best live band on the planet?, January 29, 2002

By 

Jonathan Markowitz (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: While You Were Out (Audio CD)

You wouldn't know it from their later work, but in the mid 1980's, nobody could touch these guys for flat out, big fun, ear bleeding straight ahead rock and roll, (with a little punk rock mixed in, not to mention an occasional Bad Company cover). You can still relive the glory days with "While you Were Out" and the companion "Made to Be Broken". From the fade in of 'Freaks', the eleven tracks come awfully close to replicating the intensity of their live show. If you were lucky enough to see them in the day, close your eyes and drift back to when 'alternative' rock was for college radio only, no one even knew where Seattle was, and half your records were from Twin Tone. Then again, I only bought the CD because my cassette bootleg finally gave it up after fifteen years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Soul Asylum's best, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: While You Were Out (Audio CD)

Anyone else out there just a little tired of Soul Asylum's new found depth and maturity? well take a stroll back to early 1980s and listen to this. Dave and co at their best. Full-on punk sound reminiscent of latter-day Husker Du. Hey, you've even got the original Closer To the Stars (not the Candy... bonus track) so you can hear how it should've sounded. My only regret? Never seeing these guys when they had this fire in their souls...

4.0 out of 5 stars Soul Asylum=Speed Rock?, September 7, 2009

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D. Rurup - See all my reviews
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This review is from: While You Were Out (Audio CD)

This is an old Soul Asylum record, and it really doesn't sound like "Runaway Train" or the newer Soul Asylum records. The biggest difference between this record and later Soul Asylum records is the speed of the songs. They blast through 10 songs in under 30 minutes, and then take a breather at the end with "Passing Sad Daydream" If you like Husker Du or The Replacements then get yourself a copy, but you can't have mine.