Let Your Dim Light Shine is the seventh studio album by American rock band Soul Asylum, released June 6, 1995, on Columbia Records. 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.
It was the first Soul Asylum album with drummer Sterling Campbell, who had previously played drums on half of the tracks on Grave Dancers Union.
The album's title comes from a lyric of the song "Promises Broken".
Reception
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AllMusic gave a mostly critical summary of Let Your Dim Light Shine, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine commenting that the music "isn't quite as impressive" compared to previous efforts, and moreover that this element is easily overlooked because of the "self-importance" of the lyrics.
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Singles
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|+ Chart performance for singles from Let Your Dim Light Shine
! align="left" |Year
! align="left" |Single
! align="left" |Chart
! align="left" |Position
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| rowspan="5" align="left" |1995
| rowspan="3" align="left" |"Misery"
| align="left" |US Billboard Hot 100
| align="left" |20
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| align="left" |US Mainstream Rock Tracks
| align="left" |2
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| align="left" |US Modern Rock Tracks
| align="left" |1
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| rowspan="2" align="left" |"Just Like Anyone"
| align="left" |US Mainstream Rock Tracks
| align="left" |11
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| align="left" |US Modern Rock Tracks
| align="left" |19
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| rowspan="3" align="left" |1996
| rowspan="3" align="left" |"Promises Broken"
| align="left" |US Billboard Hot 100
| align="left" |63
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| align="left" |US Mainstream Rock Tracks
| align="left" |29
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| align="left" |US Adult Contemporary
| align="left" |29
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