Candy From a Stranger by Soul Asylum

Candy from a Stranger, Soul Asylum's eighth studio album, landed on Columbia on May 12, 1998, following Let Your Dim Light Shine from 1995. The Minneapolis band had come a long way from their early days as Loud Fast Rules, through the triple-platinum Grave Dancers Union and its Grammy-winning "Runaway Train", and here they handed the production reins to Chris Kimsey.

Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy and Karl Mueller, founders all, are still at the core, with Sterling Campbell rounding out the lineup, and the alternative rock has gone mellower and more grown-up, more interested in a sturdy tune than a punk kick. "I Will Still Be Laughing" found its biggest audience rolling under the closing credits of the comedy BASEketball, and it remains the band's last single to reach Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts.

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