Burns Like Fire

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Burns Like Fire
Bob Ostertag - Burns Like Fire.jpg
Studio album by
Released1992 (1992)
Genre
Length41:14
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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.TitleLength
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

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Switzerland1992 RecRec CD ReCDec 53

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References

  1. Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines. McFarland & Company. p. 188. ISBN   9780252076466 . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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  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. 1 2 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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)