Grave Dancers Union - Soul Asylum

Grave Dancers Union the 7th album by long serving rockers Soul Asylum still stands as the bands biggest commercial success to date but is also something of a mixed bag when it comes to song quality. The commercial success of the album was mostly fueled by the success of mega single 'Runaway Train' which is undoubtedly the albums (and possibly the bands career) Highlight. However there is a lot more on offer here to elevate the band above the one hit wonder status that has plagued the bands career. With 'Grave Dancers Union' Soul Asylum ditched the indie/punk sound that had them labeled as also rans throughout the 80's for a much more commercial ...  Read the complete review

Yep, this is the one with 'Runaway Train' on it. If the truth be known, Soul Asylum had been written songs of equal quality years prior to their breakthrough smash, it's just that not too many people were paying attention. Their previous album to this, 'Hang Time' was a glorious collection of ragged punk, packed with melody and shot through with the wonderful lyrics of Dave Pirner (Pre Winona) 'Grave Dancers Union' follows the modern rock template of mixing up the rock songs with a few ballads (one of which, 'New World' is probably the best thing on here) and it really seems that Pirner has managed to adapt his songwriting style to perfectly into ...  Read the complete review

Grave Dancers Union by Soul Asylum This 1992 record was actually Soul Asylum's sixth, although many probably mistook the Minneapolis alt-rock five-piece for a new act, riding in on the coattails of the Seattle sound of Nevermind and Ten from the year before. Despite the heavy sound of the lead single, Somebody To Shove, singer and songwriter Dave Pirner actually has a fine ear for a more traditional style of ballad, and it was the third single, Runaway Train, that brought the band their biggest success, and won the 1994 Grammy Award for the best rock song. It was accompanied by a video from director Tony Kaye (who went on to make the Edward Norton prison ...  Read the complete review