Let Your Dim Light Shine

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Let Your Dim Light Shine
Let Your Dim Light Shine cover
Studio album by Soul Asylum
Released June 6, 1995
Recorded 1994 - 1995
Genre Alternative
Length 49:59
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Butch Vig & Soul Asylum
Professional reviews
Soul Asylum chronology
Grave Dancers Union
(1992)		 Let Your Dim Light Shine
(1995)		 Candy From a Stranger
(1998)


Let Your Dim Light Shine is an album from 1995 from the band Soul Asylum. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, Grave Dancers Union, the band's breakout release. It includes the hit "Misery," which was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Syndicated Inc." on his album Bad Hair Day.

This was the first Soul Asylum album to list Sterling Campbell as the band's official drummer. He was listed as providing "percussion" on the previous album, even though he played on at least half of the tracks, including the big hit, "Runaway Train." [1]

The album's title is derived from a line in the song "Promises Broken." Actress Trini Alvarado provided backing vocals on three songs.

"Dim Light" was the least favorite album of the band, as Columbia, their label at the time, constantly interfered with their creative process.

The music video for "Just Like Anyone" starred actress Claire Danes.

The song "Misery" was played during the closing montage and part of the credits for the movie Clerks II.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Misery" – 4:24
  2. "Shut Down" – 2:51
  3. "To My Own Devices" – 2:59
  4. "Hopes Up" – 3:45
  5. "Promises Broken" - (Murphy, Perlman) – 3:14
  6. "Bittersweetheart" – 3:34
  7. "String of Pearls" – 4:56
  8. "Crawl" - (Jordan, Pirner) – 4:00
  9. "Caged Rat" – 3:03
  10. "Eyes of a Child" – 3:35
  11. "Just Like Anyone" – 2:47
  12. "Tell Me When" - (Pirner, Samuels) – 3:42
  13. "Nothing to Write Home About" – 3:14
  14. "I Did My Best" – 3:46
  • All songs written by David Pirner unless otherwise noted above.

For the Japanese release of Let Your Dim Light Shine, an additional track was added to the album. It was a cover of the Descendents song "Hope".

Soul Asylum
Dave Pirner - Dan Murphy - Tommy Stinson - Michael Bland - Karl Mueller
Pat Morley - Grant Young - Sterling Campbell - Ian Mussington
Soul Asylum discography
Albums: Say What You Will, Clarence...Karl Sold the Truck (1984) - Made To Be Broken (1986) - Time's Incinerator (1986) - While You Were Out (1986) - Hang Time (1988) - Clam Dip & Other Delights (1989) - 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)
Compilations: Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2000) - Closer to the Stars: Best of the Twin/Tone Years (2006)
Live and other projects: After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997 (2004)
Related articles
Runaway Train - Faces & Names (2002) - Golden Smog


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