Clam Dip & Other Delights

EP by Soul Asylum

Released

April 14, 1989

Recorded

1987 - 1988

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

18:49

Label

Twin/Tone

Producer

Soul Asylum, Tom Herbers

Soul Asylum chronology

Hang Time
(1988)

Clam Dip & Other Delights
(1989)

And the Horse They Rode in On
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Q	^[2]

Clam Dip & Other Delights is the 1989 grab-bag EP from Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum. The title and cover art are both parodies of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's album Whipped Cream and Other Delights. It was a humorous nod to their new record label, A&M (the "A" standing for "Alpert"). Bassist Karl Mueller sat in for the original album's model, Dolores Erickson. Dave Ayers, the band's first manager, said that Mueller had to sit for hours in a foul-smelling combination of sour cream, paint, whipped cream and seafood.^[3] Also, the album makes fun of the A&M logo being under the title of the album, incorporating the Twin/Tone Records logo instead.

The EP originally was released in Britain featuring three covers: Foreigner's "Juke Box Hero," Janis Joplin's "Move Over" and "Chains," by an obscure Minneapolis group called the Wad. Only "Chains" was included on the American release.

The song "P-9" was written to benefit striking Hormel workers in Austin, Minnesota.

The album is currently in print on Rykodisc Records.

Track listing

"Just Plain Evil" – 3:01
"Chains" – 3:18
"Secret No More" – 2:43
"Artificial Heart" – 3:37
"P-9" – 2:32
"Take It To the Root" – 3:38

References

↑ Clam Dip & Other Delights at AllMusic
↑ Reviews at CD Universe
↑ Walsh, Jim (June 22, 2005). "Family Man: Karl Mueller, 1963-2005". City Pages.

Soul Asylum

Dave Pirner Michael Bland Winston Roye Justin Sharbono Dan Murphy Karl Mueller Pat Morley Grant Young Sterling Campbell Joey Huffman Ian Mussington Tommy Stinson George Scot McKelvey Pete Donnelly

Studio albums	Say What You Will, Clarence... Karl Sold the Truck (1984) Made to Be Broken (1986) While You Were Out (1986) Hang Time (1988) And the Horse They Rode In On (1990) Grave Dancers Union (1992) Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) Candy from a Stranger (1998) The Silver Lining (2006) Delayed Reaction (2012) Change of Fortune (2016)

Other albums	Time's Incinerator (1986) Clam Dip & Other Delights (1989) Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2000) After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004) Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years (2006) Welcome to the Minority – The A&M Years 1988–1991 (2007) Playlist: The Very Best of Soul Asylum (2011)

Singles	"Somebody to Shove" "Black Gold" "Runaway Train" "Sexual Healing" "Misery" "Just Like Anyone"

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