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Let Your Dim Light Shine by Soul Asylum
Let Your Dim Light Shine is an album by Soul Asylum, released in 1995. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Misery”, on 17 lists with a best position of #30.
Let Your Dim Light Shine, Soul Asylum's seventh album, came out on Columbia on June 6, 1995, with the tough job of following Grave Dancers Union, the record that finally broke the Minneapolis band. Butch Vig produced, and Sterling Campbell, who had drummed on half of the previous album, was now on the stool full time, alongside Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy and Karl Mueller.
The sound is big, polished hard rock with Pirner's scruffy heart still beating underneath. "Misery" is the hook everyone remembers, a slouching, sing-along shrug of a song that "Weird Al" Yankovic later turned into "Syndicated Inc.", while "Just Like Anyone" and "Bittersweet Heart" keep the melodies coming. Critics mostly held it up against its predecessor and found it wanting, but it still went platinum. The title comes from a line in "Promises Broken".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Let Your Dim Light Shine on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misery | 17 | #30 | – | 1995–2023 | |
| 2 | Just Like Anyone | 10 | #81 | – | 1995–2021 | |
| 3 | Bittersweet Heart | 7 | #1443 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.