Burns Like Fire

Burns Like Fire
Studio album by Bob Ostertag
Released	1992 (1992)
Genre	Experimental field recordings
Length	41:14
Label	RecRec
Producer	Bob Ostertag
Bob Ostertag chronology
Sooner or Later (1991) Burns Like Fire (1992) Say No More (1993)

Burns Like Fire is the second studio album by Bob Ostertag, released in 1992 by RecRec Music. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]

François Couture of AllMusic says "Burns Like Fire remained unnoticed somehow, which is too bad since, even though not as strong as Attention Span or Say No More , it represents an important step in the man's artistic development." ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Go to It Boy (Burn It Down, Yeah)"	7:35
2.	"Tears on the Sand in the Fierce Companionship of Thirst"	12:10
3.	"Burns Like Fire"	5:04
4.	"Heat Rises"	2:50
5.	"Snow on Water/Smoke on Snow"	13:34

Personnel

Adapted from the Burns Like Fire liner notes. ^[9]

Musicians

• Fred Frith  – guitar (5)
• Bob Ostertag  – Ensoniq EPS-16+ sampler, production, recording (1, 4)

Production and design

• Rob Fein – design
• David Wojnarowicz – cover art

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Switzerland	1992	RecRec	CD	ReCDec 53

References

1. Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines. McFarland & Company. p. 188. ISBN   9780252076466 . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire". Arcana. Granary Books: 379. 2000. ISBN   9781887123273 . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
3. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire". Mondo 2000 (14–15). Fun City MegaMedia: 379. 1995. ISBN   9781887123273 . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire". Musiktexte (100–103). Verlag Musiktexte: 23. 2004. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
5. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire". P-form (34–41). Granary Books: 19. 1994. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
6. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire". Profil. 25 (36–44). Wirtschafts-Trend Zeitschriftenverlag: 33. 1994. ISBN   9781879796096 . Retrieved August 4, 2020.
7. V. Gagné, Nicole (July 17, 2019). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 261. ISBN   9781538122983 . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
8. Couture, François. "Bob Ostertag: Burns Like Fire > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
9. Burns Like Fire (booklet). Bob Ostertag. Zürich, Switzerland: RecRec Music. 1992.

External links

• Burns Like Fire at Bandcamp
• Burns Like Fire at Discogs (list of releases)