Let Your Dim Light Shine

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Let Your Dim Light Shine
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Studio album by Soul Asylum
Released June 6, 1995
Recorded 1994 - 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Length 49:59
Label Columbia
Producer Butch Vig & Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum chronology
Grave Dancers Union
(1992)Grave Dancers Union1992		 Let Your Dim Light Shine
(1995)		 Candy from a Stranger
(1998)Candy from a Stranger1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly B[2]
Q 4/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau B+[4]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[5]
Spin (7/10)[3]

Let Your Dim Light Shine is the seventh album from the band Soul Asylum, released in 1995. 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 Grave Dancers Union.

The album's title comes from a lyric of the song "Promises Broken." Actress Trini Alvarado provided backing vocals on three songs.

Track listing

All songs written by David Pirner unless noted otherwise.

  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, Marc R. Perlman) – 3:14
  6. "Bittersweetheart" – 3:34
  7. "String of Pearls" – 4:56
  8. "Crawl" (Stephen 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, David Samuels) – 3:42
  13. "Nothing to Write Home About" – 3:14
  14. "I Did My Best" – 3:46

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". Note that "Bittersweetheart" fades out at 3:17, but the guitar feedback remains, therefore "Bittersweetheart" quickly segues into "String of Pearls". The running time of both songs equals about 8 minutes and 30 seconds long.

Singles

  1. "Misery"
  2. "Just Like Anyone"
  3. "Promises Broken"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 The Billboard 200 6

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Misery" The Billboard Hot 100 20
1995 "Misery" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1995 "Misery" Modern Rock Tracks 1
1995 "Just Like Anyone" Mainstream Rock Tracks 11
1995 "Just Like Anyone" Modern Rock Tracks 19
1996 "Promises Broken" The Billboard Hot 100 63
1996 "Promises Broken" Mainstream Rock Tracks 29
1996 "Promises Broken" Adult Contemporary 29

Band members

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reviews at CD Universe
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review

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