| Made to Be Broken | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 18, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 33:31 | |||
| Label | Twin/Tone[1] | |||
| Producer | Bob Mould[2] | |||
| Soul Asylum chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Robert Christgau | B[5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
| Q | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[8] |
Made to Be Broken is the second full-length album by Soul Asylum.[9][10] It was released on January 18, 1986.[11] It was the first of the three albums released by Soul Asylum in 1986.[7]
The song "Never Really Been" contains the line "And where will you be in 1993." The band performed the song on their 1993 appearance on MTV Unplugged, by which time they'd seen their first platinum-selling album and number one single.
- ^ "Soul Asylum-Made To Be Broken". twintone.com.
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. pp. 1053–1054.
- ^ "Made to Be Broken - Soul Asylum | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Made to Be Broken". Q: 103. April 1993.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: soul asylum". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 616.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 655.
- ^ Aaron, Charles (1995). "Soul Asylum". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 368–369. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ "Soul Asylum | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. January 17, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Made To Be Broken – Soul Asylum". www.soulasylum.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-26.