# Delayed Reaction

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Delayed Reaction
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Soul Asylum](/source/Soul_Asylum)
| cover      = Delayed_Reaction.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2012|7|17}}
| recorded   = 2010–2012
| venue      =
| studio     = [Flowers](/source/Flowers_Studio), Minneapolis, Minnesota
| genre      = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
| length     = 33:02
| label      = [429](/source/429_Records)
| producer   = Soul Asylum, [John Fields](/source/John_Fields_(producer))
| prev_title = [Playlist: The Very Best of Soul Asylum](/source/Playlist%3A_The_Very_Best_of_Soul_Asylum)
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [Change of Fortune](/source/Change_of_Fortune)
| next_year  = 2016
}}

'''''Delayed Reaction''''' is [Soul Asylum](/source/Soul_Asylum)'s 10th full-length studio album and follow-up to their 2006 studio release ''[The Silver Lining](/source/The_Silver_Lining_(Soul_Asylum_album))''. It was released on July 17, 2012,<ref>{{Citation |title=Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/delayed-reaction-mw0002369741 |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en}}</ref> and debuted at No. 160 on ''Billboard''. It is their first album released on [429 Records](/source/429_Records).

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 72/100<ref name=MC/>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002369741|label=Review of ''Delayed Reaction''|last=Deming|first=Mark}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)''
| rev2score = B<ref name=AVClub>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/soul-asylum-delayed-reaction-1798173514 |title=Soul Asylum: Delayed Reaction |publisher=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |last=Heller |first=Jason |date=17 July 2012 |access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound)''
| rev3Score = C−<ref name=CoS>{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2012/07/album-review-soul-asylum-delayed-reaction/ |title=Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction |publisher=[Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound) |last=Bray |first=Ryan |date=13 July 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
}}

''Delayed Reaction'' received positive reviews from critics upon release. On [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), the album holds a score of 72/100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=MC>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/delayed-reaction/soul-asylum |title=Delayed Reaction by Soul Asylum Reviews and Tracks |publisher=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|all_writing = [Dave Pirner](/source/Dave_Pirner)
|title1 = Gravity
|length1 = 4:32
|title2 = Into the Light
|length2 = 3:58
|title3 = The Streets
|length3 = 2:49
|title4 = By the Way
|length4 = 3:21
|title5 = Pipe Dream
|length5 = 2:45
|title6 = Let's All Kill Each Other
|length6 = 2:40
|title7 = Cruel Intentions
|length7 = 3:54
|title8 = The Juice
|length8 = 3:38
|title9 = Take Manhattan
|length9 = 2:55
|title10 = I Should've Stayed in Bed
|length10 = 5:10
}}

{{track listing
| headline        = Exclusive Best Buy edition bonus tracks
| title11         = Leave This Town
| length11        = 3:08
| title12         = Time Will Tell
| length12        = 3:03
| title13         = Your Generation
| length13        = 3:07
| title14         = Good Morning Good Morning
| length14        = 2:41
}}
"By the Way" was originally released in demo form 20 years earlier as a B-Side to the 1992 single "[Somebody to Shove](/source/Somebody_to_Shove)"; "Let's All Kill Each Other" was originally released on Saturday, October 25, 2008, on EnterTheSoulAsylum.com as a free download until the 2008 U.S. Election Day (Tuesday, November 4, 2008), and "I Should've Stayed in Bed" was originally released in 1998 on ''Live at the Palais Royale'' and "[Good Morning, Good Morning](/source/Good_Morning%2C_Good_Morning)" is a cover of [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) song from their album ''[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band](/source/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)''

==Band members==
* [Dave Pirner](/source/Dave_Pirner) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* [Dan Murphy](/source/Dan_Murphy_(musician)) – lead guitar, backing vocals
* [Tommy Stinson](/source/Tommy_Stinson) – bass
* [Michael Bland](/source/Michael_Bland) – drums

==References==
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Category:Soul Asylum albums
Category:2012 albums
Category:429 Records albums

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