On Fire (Spiritual Beggars album)

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On Fire
Studio album by
Released2 November 2002
Genre Stoner metal, stoner rock, heavy metal
Length46:20
Label Music for Nations/Koch
Producer Michael Amott, Rickard Bengtsson
Spiritual Beggars chronology
Ad Astra
(2000)
On Fire
(2002)
Demons
(2005)
Professional ratings
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On Fire is an album by the Swedish stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. It was released on 2 November 2002.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Amott, except where noted. Arranged by Spiritual Beggars.

  1. Street Fighting Saviours – 4:22 (Amott, Per Wiberg)
  2. Young Man, Old Soul – 3:18
  3. Killing Time – 3:37 (Amott, Ludwig Witt)
  4. Fools Gold – 4:01
  5. Black Feathers – 6:29
  6. Beneath the Skin – 3:51
  7. Fejee Mermaid – 1:59
  8. Dance of the Dragon King – 3:04
  9. Tall Tales – 4:28
  10. The Lunatic Fringe – 5:19
  11. Look Back – 5:27 (Amott, Janne "JB" Christoffersson)
Bonus tracks (Japanese edition)
  1. Burden of Dreams – 5:27 (2002 digipak edition and 2007 reissue)
  2. Blood of The Sun – 3:23 (Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "On Fire – Spiritual Beggars". AllMusic .