Burning Oil

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Burning Oil
Skeletal Family - Burning Oil.JPG
Studio album by
Released1984
Recorded1984
Genre Gothic rock, alternative rock
Label Red Rhino Records
Skeletal Family chronology
Recollect
(1984)
Burning Oil
(1984)
Futile Combat
(1985)
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Burning Oil is the first studio album by Skeletal Family, released in 1984. The band had been together less than two years when this album was released by the independent label Red Rhino Records. Tracks 11-13 are bonus tracks. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Anne-Marie Hurst except "Ritual" (Karlheinz) and "Black Ju Ju" (Dunaway)

  1. "So Sure" –
  2. "Ritual" – 2:57
  3. "Burning Oil" – 2:41
  4. "The Wind Blows" – 4:13
  5. "And I" – 3:37
  6. "11:15" – 2:30
  7. "Waiting Here" – 3:47
  8. "Someone New" – 4:21
  9. "Black Ju Ju" – 5:10
  10. "Woman and Child" – 4:24
  11. "Trees"
  12. "Just a Friend"
  13. "The Night"

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