Pleasure to Burn (Burning Rain album)

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Pleasure to Burn
Burning Rain Pleasure to Burn.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2000
Genre Hard rock
Length50:17(Standard edition)
59:12 (2013 re-issue)
Label
  • Pony Canyon (International edition)
  • Z Records (UK edition)
  • CD-Maximum (Russian edition)
  • Canyon International (Japanese edition)
  • Frontiers Records (2013 international re-issue)
  • Icarus Music (2013 Argentinian re-issue)
Producer Doug Aldrich
Burning Rain chronology
Burning Rain
(1999)
Pleasure to Burn
(2000)
Epic Obsession
(2013)

Pleasure to Burn is the second studio album by hard rock band Burning Rain. It was released in 2000 on Pony Canyon. It is the last album with Ian Mayo on bass guitar and Alex Makarovich on drums. The band was on hiatus after touring.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Doug Aldrich and Keith St. John.

No.TitleLength
1."Fireball"4:04
2."Love Emotion"3:36
3."Stone Cold n' Crazy"5:22
4."Cherie Don't Break My Heart"5:17
5."Shot Down"3:37
6."Love de jour"3:57
7."Faithfully Yours"5:47
8."Sex Machine"4:21
9."Metal Superman"3:47
10."Judgement Day"5:48
11."Devil Money"4:47
Total length:50:17
2023 reissue edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Live for That Rush" (demo version)3:16
13."Cherie Don't Break My Heart" (acoustic version)5:49

Personnel

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