''Hang Time'' is a 1988 album from the band

Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their 1993 hit "Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The band was originally called Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dav ...

. Released on

A&M Records A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...

, it was the band's major-label debut. Singer/guitarist

Dave Pirner David Anthony Pirner (born April 16, 1964) is an American songwriter, singer, and producer best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the alternative rock band Soul Asylum. Early life and work Pirner was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and gr ...

wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles. The CD version features the "bone-us" (bonus) track "Put the Bone In", by

Terry Jacks Terrence Ross Jacks (born March 29, 1944) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his 1974 hit song " Seasons in the Sun". Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His fa ...

Track listing

All songs written by

unless otherwise noted. #"Down on Up to Me" – 2:46 #"Little Too Clean" – 3:15 #"Sometime to Return" – 3:28 #"Cartoon" – 3:52 ( Murphy) #"Beggars and Choosers" – 2:57 #"Endless Farewell" – 3:21 #"Standing in the Doorway" – 3:06 #"Marionette" – 3:24 #"Ode" – 2:18 #"Jack of All Trades" – 2:53 #"Twiddly Dee" – 3:00 #"Heavy Rotation" – 3:54 #"Put the Bone In" – 3:34 (bone-us track, CD Only) (

)

Singles

#"Marionette" #"Little Too Clean" #"Cartoon"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hang Time (album) 1988 albums A&M Records albums Soul Asylum albums Albums produced by Ed Stasium Albums produced by Lenny Kaye