ALBUMS: ‘Hang Time’ (1988); Easy Street, a 12″ single from And The Horse They Rode in On … (1990)
MVC Ratings: 4.0/$$$; single 4.0/$$
This came out as CD’s were beginning to take hold and, thus, this was probably one of my last vinyl purchases. I can’t remember where though. I probably bought it from Chuck when he was selling records at the Birmingham WUXTRY.
Folks who have been following this know that I bought a good chunk of my collection in high school in Athens, Ga. at WUXTRY where Peter Buck, the future REM guitarist worked. So did Chuck Connelly who by coincidence wound up in Birmingham at the same time I did and opened a new WUXTRY.
Soul Asylum is a band straddling the hard rock of the 1970s and the punk of the 1980’s. The 1993 song ‘Runaway Train won a Grammy and was praised for raising awareness of runaway teens. It was a mainstay on MTV.
My favorite song on this album is ‘Cartoon.’