''Grave Dancers Union'' is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum and was released in 1992. The album spent 76 weeks on the US ''

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'' music charts and was certified triple- platinum in 1993, establishing Soul Asylum as one of the most successful rock groups of the first half of the 1990s.

Overview

During recording of ''Grave Dancers Union'', producer Michael Beinhorn grew dissatisfied with drummer Grant Young's performance and brought in

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. He and Campbell would each wind up playing on half the record. Due to the band's reluctance to admit that a session musician was involved in the album's recording, Campbell was credited as "percussionist." Young would continue as the band's drummer for touring duties after the album was released, until he was dismissed and officially replaced by Campbell prior to the recording of their next album, ''

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''. The single " Runaway Train", released in June 1993, reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award for best rock song in 1994. Though the album had sold moderately well to that point, the breakout success of that single was a major factor in the album's eventual multi-platinum sales figures. The album cover features a photograph by Czech photographer

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titled "Fate Descends Towards the River Leading Two Innocent Children", which was taken in 1970. The album's title comes from the line "I tried to dance at a funeral, New Orleans style, I joined the Grave Dancers Union, I had to file", from the song "Without a Trace."

Track listing

Personnel

Soul Asylum * Dave Pirner – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Dan Murphy – lead guitar, backing vocals *

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– bass * Grant Young – drums Additional musicians *

– percussion * Booker T. Jones III –

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* Kraig Johnson, Gary Louris – backing vocals * Meridian String Quartet – strings * Sonny Kompanek – arranger, conductor Production * Michael Beinhorn – arranger,

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, producer, horn arrangements * Chris Shaw - engineer * Eric Anderson, Bruce Ross – additional engineering * David Michael Dill, Dan Gellert, Bill Smith – assistant engineers * Andy Wallace – mixing * David Leonard – mixing of "The Sun Maid" * Steve Sisco – mixing assistant * Wally Traugott – mastering * Francesca Restrepo – art direction, design *

– photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

Awards

Grammy Awards

References

{{Authority control Soul Asylum albums 1992 albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Michael Beinhorn