Say What You Will... (studio album) by Soul Asylum

Say What You Will... by Soul Asylum
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 56,323rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 13 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (646th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (6,632nd)
Award Best albums of all time (56,323rd)

Soul Asylum bestography

Say What You Will... is ranked 6th best out of 16 albums by Soul Asylum on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Soul Asylum is Grave Dancers Union which is ranked number 3239 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 458.

Soul Asylum album bestography « Higher ranked (35,059th) This album (56,323rd) Lower ranked (58,732nd) »
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68/100 (from 13 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 65.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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In a quandry as to where to rank this debut album by Minneapolis' punk rock purveyors Soul Asylum as in 2018 Twintone Records/Omnivore re-released the album as part of a compilation as "Say What You Will... ...Everything Can Happen" (Cat#: Twin/Tone Records – OVCD-312, Omnivore Recordings – OVCD-312) with which the labels included 14 bonus tracks recorded as Loud Fast Rules and also Proud Crass Fools in addition to performances as Soul Asylum. This is the album which I have on hand.

Track List for OVCD-312:
01: Long Day
02: Voodoo Doll
03: Money Talks
04: Stranger
05: Sick Of That Song
06: Walking
07: Happy
08: Black And Blue
09: Religiavision
BONUS TRACKS
10: Draggin' Me Down - Soul Asylum
11: Do You Know - Soul Asylum
12: Spacehead - Soul Asylum
13: Broken Glass - Soul Asylum
14: Masquerade - Soul Asylum
15: Black And Blue (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
16: Job For Me (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
17: Cocktails (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
18: Nowhere To Go (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
19: Out Of Style (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
20: Your Clock (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
21: Propaganda (Demo) - Loud Fast Rules
22: Bad Moon Rising - Proud Crass Fools
23: Happy - Proud Crass Fools

The extensive liner notes indicate the growth of the band and the transitions from their earliest incarnation as Loud Fast Rules to becoming Soul Asylum. Authenticated on discogs.com
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