At one time considered the best touring band in the
US. They produced 7 albums before getting noticed with the song "Runaway Train". That album
Grave Dancer's Union did very well, but their follow up
Let Your Dim Light Shine didn't. They've since released one more album,
Candy From a Stranger which was mostly ignored by everyone. Most of the lyrics are written by the lead singer Dave Pirner. For some reason I really loved the lyrics on
Grave Dancer's Union and
Let Your Dim Light Shine. They are probably the only two albums that both my
girlfriend and I really like. There first 7 albums were basically the sort of rock that the
Replacements and
Husker Du created. With
Grave Dancer's Union they switched to better lyrics and mostly slower songs that struck a cord with a lot of people. Here are the lyrics to my favorite songs:
Grave Dancer's Union
Somebody to Shove
Runaway Train
Homesick
New World
Without a Trace
Keep It Up
Let Your Dim Light Shine
Promises Broken (My favorite)
Eyes of a Child
Tell Me When
Nothing to Write Home About
I Did My Best
String of Pearls