Say What You Will, Clarence... Karl Sold the Truck

Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck (originally titled Say What You Will...) is the debut studio album by American rock band Soul Asylum. It was released on August 24, 1984 by Twin/Tone Records, and produced by Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould.^[1]

Releases

Now out of print, the original version Say What You Will... consisted of nine songs, and sold 6,738 vinyl copies and 2,639 cassettes. The album was reissued under its new title on CD in 1988 with five extra songs that had been cut from the original release. These five had been previously available only on Soul Asylum's rare cassette release, Time's Incinerator (1986).

"Karl Sold the Truck" refers to bassist Karl Mueller selling their Chevrolet pickup truck for a larger Dodge van which would be their transportation for their 1984 tour.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Pirner.

1. "Draggin' Me Down" – 2:08*
2. "Long Day" – 2:46
3. "Money Talks" – 2:32
4. "Voodoo Doll" – 3:42
5. "Stranger" – 3:44
6. "Do You Know" – 1:54*
7. "Sick of That Song" – 0:52
8. "Religiavision" – 5:09
9. "Spacehead" – 2:08*
10. "Walking" – 2:20
11. "Broken Glass" – 2:23*
12. "Masquerade" – 5:16*
13. "Happy" – 2:45
14. "Black and Blue" – 3:27

Notes:

*: Songs added to the re-release of the album.

Singles

1. "Walking"
2. "Happy"
3. "Religiavision"

Personnel

Soul Asylum^[2]

• Pat Morley – drums
• Karl Mueller – bass guitar
• Dan Murphy – guitar, vocals
• Dave Pirner – vocals, guitar, saxophone

Production

• Steve Fjelstad – engineer
• Blake Gumprecht – co-producer
• Bob Mould – producer
• Howie Weinberg – mastering (original edition)

References