#13/1170
January 18 1986
Soul Asylum
Made to Be Broken
Genre: Alternative
4.75 out of 5
Highlights:
Tied to the Tracks
Another World Another Day
Made to Be Broken
Whoa!
The first thing I’m struck by is how much this sounds influenced by REM’s Chronic Town (who, of course, were influenced by so many paisley groups like the Byrds, et al). In fact, much of it sounds like children of Buck and Mills but also Husker Du and so many others. If you hate the 90s, well, this is the harbinger of a lot of that.
Yeah I know Mould produced this. You can hear that. But I like this so much more than a lot of his stuff.
Not enough is talked about the fact that the 60s permeated the underbelly of the 80s and became the foundation for music of the 90s. That’s evident here as we all know Soul Asylum will break through with a massive single in that decade but they were here at the formative time.
I loved this record. And I’m still shocked that Soul Asylum has been around since 84.
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