Burn to Shine (album)

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Burn to Shine
Ben Harper - Burn to Shine.jpg
Studio album by
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999
Genre Alternative rock, blues rock, soul
Length54:29
Label Virgin Records America
Producer Jean-Pierre Plunier
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals chronology
The Will to Live
(1997)		Burn to Shine
(1999)		 Live from Mars
(2001)

Burn to Shine is an album by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, released in 1999 on Virgin Records America. [1] [2] Harper's fourth album, it shows him working within many different genres, including blues, rock, soul, and folk. The songs "Steal My Kisses" and "Suzie Blue" became successful on college radio. Like most other Harper albums, different versions were released in different regions within varying bonus material.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin 7/10 [6]

The Washington Post wrote that "while the songs are seldom as interesting as the album's textured instrumental weave, Harper deserves credit for trying to break free of the cliches that have a stranglehold on the blues." [7] Entertainment Weekly considered the album to be "mostly made up of leaden rootsy excursions." [8] The Hartford Courant wrote that the album tackled "an overload of musical niches." [9] Trouser Press called Harper "a thinking man's Lenny Kravitz". [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Harper.

  1. "Alone" – 3:58
  2. "The Woman in You" – 5:41
  3. "Less" – 4:05
  4. "Two Hands of a Prayer" – 7:50
  5. "Please Bleed" – 4:37
  6. "Suzie Blue" – 4:29
  7. "Steal My Kisses" – 4:05
  8. "Burn to Shine" – 3:34
  9. "Show Me a Little Shame" – 3:44
  10. "Forgiven" – 5:17
  11. "Beloved One" – 4:03
  12. "In the Lord's Arms" – 3:06

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Burn to Shine
Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 34
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 82
US Billboard 200 [17] 67

Certifications

Certifications for Burn to Shine
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [19] Gold50,000^
France (SNEP) [20] Platinum300,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [21] Platinum15,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Gold500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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