On October 6, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Grave Dancers Union”, the sixth Soul Asylum studio album. It was recorded May 1992, at “The Powerstation” and “River Sound” in New York City; “Pachyderm Discs” and  “Cannon Falls” in Minnesota, and “Cherokee Studios” in  Hollywood, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn. The cover illustration is by Czech erotic art photographer Jan Saudek. In 1993, the album song “Runaway Trains” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Rock Song”.

Personnel:

• Dave Pirner– vocals, guitar, arranger, horn arrangements
• Dan Murphy – vocals, guitar
• Karl Mueller– bass
• Grant Young– drums
• Sterling Campbell– drums, percussion
• Booker T. Jones III– organ, Hammond organ
• Kraig Johnson,Gary Louris – backing vocals
• Meridian String Quartet – strings
• Sonny Kompanek – arrangements, conductor
• Michael Beinhorn– celeste, glockenspiel, horn arrangements, arrangements,
• Chris Shaw – engineer
• Eric Anderson, Bruce Ross – additional engineering
• David Michael Dill, Dan Gellert, Bill Smith – engineer assistant
• Andy Wallace– mixing
• David Leonard– mixing
• Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• Francesca Restrepo – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Pirner.

1. Somebody to Shove
2. Black Gold
3. Runaway Train
4. Keep It Up
5. Homesick
6. Get on Out
7. New World
8. April Fool
9. Without a Trace
10. Growing into You
11. 99%
12. The Sun Maid