Released 40 years ago
Time's Incinerator
Soul Asylum · 1986
49 min · 21 tracks · alternative rock
A raw and energetic blend of punk-influenced alternative rock with gritty lyrics reflecting urban disillusionment.
Top tracks — play these first
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Dragging Me Down Start here — This opening track sets a defiant tone with its driving rhythm and urgent vocals, encapsulating the band's raw energy right from the start.
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Goin’ Down — With its catchy chorus and lively instrumentation, this track highlights the band’s knack for blending punk influences with melodic hooks.
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Cocaine Blues — A cover that captures the spirit of rebellion and despair, this song showcases Soul Asylum's ability to reinterpret classic themes through their own lens.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- raw energy for youthful angst
- dynamic flow with peaks
- short bursts of intensity
- for late-night drives
Maybe skip if you
- prefer longer, cohesive experiences
- seek polished, refined sounds
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Breakthrough — This debut album helped establish Soul Asylum's identity and sound.
- Themes
- punk rebellion spirit· gritty nightlife struggles
- Career context
- Time's Incinerator is Soul Asylum's debut studio album, released in 1986 when the band was still establishing their identity. At this point, they were transitioning from their earlier EPs into a full-length format, aiming to carve out a space in the burgeoning alternative rock scene of the mid-80s.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Gin Blossoms· Counting Crows· Bush
Tracklist
- 1 Dragging Me Down Start here 2:24
- 2 Freeway 2:03
- 3 Broken Glass 2:23
- 4 Goin’ Down 2:57
- 5 The Snake 1:19
- 6 Hot Pants 3:54
- 7 Job for Me 2:41
- 8 Swingin’ (dub mix) 1:34
- 9 Take It to the Root 2:09
- 10 Fearless 2:12
- 11 Don You Know 1:51
- 12 Space Head 2:08
- 13 Cocaine Blues 2:48
- 14 Out of Style 1:30
- 15 Nowhere to Go 3:24
- 16 Hey Bird 3:02
- 17 Friends 2:17
- 18 Ramblin’ Rose 1:58
- 19 Your Clock 1:01
- 20 Masquerade 5:11
- 21 Soul Asylum 1:03
If this landed
Records by other artists that run on the same instinct.
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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