Grave Dancers Union

Grave Dancers Union is the official sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). 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." The album spent 76 weeks on the Billboard 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.

Lead singer Dave Pirner now often dedicates "Without a Trace" to the memory of late bassist Karl Mueller.

In the middle of the sessions, producer Michael Beinhorn grew dissatisfied with drummer Grant Young's performance and brought in Sterling Campbell. It was the beginning of the end of Young's tenure in the band. He and Campbell would each wind up playing on about half the record. Campbell was eventually named the band's official drummer.

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

The cover illustration is by Czech erotic art photographer Jan Saudek.

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