Candy from a Stranger

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Candy from a Stranger

| type = Album

| artist = Soul Asylum

| cover = Candyfromastranger.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 12, 1998

| recorded = 1997–1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 45:17

| label = Columbia

| producer = Chris Kimsey

| prev_title = Let Your Dim Light Shine

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Candy from a Stranger

| type = studio

| single1 = I Will Still Be Laughing

| single1date = 1998

| single2 = Close

| single2date = 1998

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/candy-from-a-stranger-mw0000031048 |title=Candy from a Stranger - Soul Asylum |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-05-01}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-04-17/entertainment/9804170299_1_soul-asylum-dave-pirner-rock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064454/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-04-17/entertainment/9804170299_1_soul-asylum-dave-pirner-rock |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |title=Soul Asylum Candy from a Stranger (Columbia) |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=1998-04-17 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=2018-05-01 |language=en}}

| rev3 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Soul Asylum |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=soul+asylum |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = B−{{Cite magazine |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=1998-05-15 |title=Candy From a Stranger |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/05/15/candy-stranger/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 2.5/10{{Cite web |last=Moll |first=Susan |title=Soul Asylum: Candy From A Stranger: Pitchfork Review |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/soul-asylum/candy-from-a-stranger.shtml |website=Pitchfork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816190814/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/soul-asylum/candy-from-a-stranger.shtml |archive-date=2000-08-16}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 5/10{{Cite magazine |last=Goldsmith |first=Mike |title=Soul Asylum: Candy From A Stranger |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000817reviews.html |magazine=NME |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817174802/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000817reviews.html |archive-date=2000-08-17}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Puterbaugh |first=Parke |date=1998-05-06 |title=Soul Asylum: Candy From A Stranger |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/soulasylum/albums/album/141432/review/5943108/candy_from_a_stranger |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220043217/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/soulasylum/albums/album/141432/review/5943108/candy_from_a_stranger |archive-date=2008-02-20 |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-05-01}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = 5/10{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |author-link=Stephanie Zacharek |date=July 1998 |title=Soul Asylum: Candy From a Stranger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OStTbPbsrNgC |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |page=129}}

}}

Candy from a Stranger is Soul Asylum's eighth studio album. It was released on May 12, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It follows 1995's Let Your Dim Light Shine.

The band had originally planned to release an album entitled Creatures of Habit produced by Matt Hyde. Columbia Records did not approve of the recordings and shelved the album a few weeks before it was supposed to be released. The band re-entered the studio, this time with British producer Chris Kimsey, and emerged with Candy from a Stranger. Most of the songs featured were previously recorded during the Creatures of Habit sessions. Drummer Sterling Campbell left the band after the album was completed.

"I Will Still Be Laughing" achieved fame after it was featured in the closing credits of the 1998 comedy BASEketball. It is also the band's last single to date to appear on Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts.