Let Your Dim Light Shine

Let Your Dim Light Shine
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) Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) Candy from a Stranger (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Q	[3]
Robert Christgau	B+[4]
Rolling Stone	[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)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Band members

• Dave Pirner – vocals, guitar, trumpet
• Dan Murphy – guitar, vocals
• Karl Mueller – bass
• Sterling Campbell – drums, background vocals
• Joey Huffman - keyboards

References