Burn to Shine

Amazon.com's Best of 1999
Harper's soulful musical mix continues to defy genre categorization and his growth as an artist continues to amaze. Burn to Shine is his most ambitious work to date, tapping a multitude of styles and moods and revolving as usual around his incredibly expressive vocals and searing guitar work. --Marc Greilsamer

Amazon.com essential recording
Ben Harper's musical eclecticism has been well established, but what often goes unnoticed is that few musicians possess such an expansive emotional range. And those complex, unsettled emotions never seem to come one at a time; instead, they are layers to be peeled and reassembled. When the mood is ominous, you still sense an urgent hopefulness around the bend, and even on a jaunty Dixieland number like "Suzie Blue," with its playful trombone and clarinet, you can see the clouds on the horizon. The tension may not always be overt, but it's never lower than just below the surface. Angry, aggressive metal rants; bruising, bombastic, operatic rockers; lighthearted Caribbean grooves; strutting Southern boogie; deep country soul; and delicate acoustic folk play out like scenes within a Byzantine film. Harper's soulful moans, agonized groans, and earth-shaking whispers narrate this battle between shadows and light, and his sonic war zone is as dynamic, detailed, and diverse as it's ever been. As weighty as but more personal than its three predecessors, Burn to Shine has the sensation of grandeur that seems to accompany all of Harper's work, but it's more than a delusion. --Marc Greilsamer

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Burn to Shine

Average customer rating: A combination of blues, jazz and hard rock Burn to Shine is a fantastic all purpose album....(4.5 stars) Rockin Magnificent Masterpiece For All Burned and Shines!

Burn to Shine Ben Harper Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fight for Your Mind The Will to Live Diamonds on the Inside Welcome to the Cruel World Both Sides of the Gun ASIN: B00001IVI6 Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

1. Alone
2. The Woman In You
3. Less
4. Two Hands Of A Prayer
5. Please Bleed
6. Suzie Blue
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn to Shine
9. Show Me A Little Shame
10. Forgiven
11. Beloved One
12. In The Lord's Arms

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Harper's soulful musical mix continues to defy genre categorization and his growth as an artist continues to amaze. Burn to Shine is his most ambitious work to date, tapping a multitude of styles and moods and revolving as usual around his incredibly expressive vocals and searing guitar work. --Marc Greilsamer

Amazon.com essential recording

Ben Harper's musical eclecticism has been well established, but what often goes unnoticed is that few musicians possess such an expansive emotional range. And those complex, unsettled emotions never seem to come one at a time; instead, they are layers to be peeled and reassembled. When the mood is ominous, you still sense an urgent hopefulness around the bend, and even on a jaunty Dixieland number like "Suzie Blue," with its playful trombone and clarinet, you can see the clouds on the horizon. The tension may not always be overt, but it's never lower than just below the surface. Angry, aggressive metal rants; bruising, bombastic, operatic rockers; lighthearted Caribbean grooves; strutting Southern boogie; deep country soul; and delicate acoustic folk play out like scenes within a Byzantine film. Harper's soulful moans, agonized groans, and earth-shaking whispers narrate this battle between shadows and light, and his sonic war zone is as dynamic, detailed, and diverse as it's ever been. As weighty as but more personal than its three predecessors, Burn to Shine has the sensation of grandeur that seems to accompany all of Harper's work, but it's more than a delusion. --Marc Greilsamer

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Customer Reviews:

A combination of blues, jazz and hard rock.......2006-08-17

I love Ben Harper and this has to be his most creative CD yet. You can find Bens classc acoustic sound to high gain slide guitar to the delta blues and even some jazz. It is one of my favorites now.

Burn to Shine is a fantastic all purpose album....(4.5 stars).......2005-10-18

Most of us in our mid-20's went through that Ben Harper phase around 2000 when he started touring campuses around the nation and the buzz built. Some of his other albums have come and gone but Burn To Shine is his masterpiece that will forever endure. It's his most even album and I still listen to it semi-regularly 5 years later.

Harper's music is guitar driven poetry. It's mellow with the occasional upbeat tempo thrown in to liven things up. There are many immitators out there but I think what separates Ben from the rest is the raw emotion he emits not just from his angelic voice, but also from his ingenious guitar. At times subtle, at times barraging, he wears his heart on his sleeve through every song.

The great thing about this album is that it can stand alone with a glass of wine or can be great in a background setting. It's not overpowering (except perhaps the best song - Please Bleed) and I often read or do work with this on in the background.

Bottom Line: Great for all music lovers. Appropriate for all ages. For the younger crowd looking for some music they might have missed out on....this is disc you must have for your collection.

Rockin.......2005-03-09

I had heard "Steal Your Kisses" on the radio and fiogured I'd see what the whole album sounded like. I am not disappointed. What a great artist. You can really feel the emotion in his music.

Magnificent Masterpiece For All.......2005-02-07

Working on a college radio broadcasting team - we continually obsessed with playing the song "Always Have To Steal My Kisses" on a regular basis - as it's upbeat gutair sequence and drum kicks mix perfectly for a sort of southern type sound, with pop written all over it, always put us in a good mood.
Thinking it not be the style of my more hard-rocking mates I was suprised to look into their CD case and see a giant collection of Harper CD's. This intreged me to buy "Burn To Shine"

As soon as I flipped it into the CD player I was already impressed with the army-like drumming to introduce the first song "Alone" a song that I immediately fell in love with. The song sounding a bit more sinister and darker than the rest of the album, a good kick start.
Following this album was the almost Hendrix-type-soul, "The Woman In You" this song is tremendously laced with Harpers voice and strong lyrics.
Just a few tracks away stands the best track of the album "Two Hands of A Prayer" 7 minutes and 50 seconds of pure brilliance of a song - this is what a song is all about.
Other strong points along the album are "Suzie Blue" which inspires from a jazz-blues type area, and the awesome track "Forgiven" which is probably the easiest song on the ears as far as the lyrics are decent - and the rock of the song will keep you listening.
Track 11 and 12 is a strong way to finish too - "Beloved One" is a piano, and violin backed song that I listened to probably eight times continually when I first really got into it - and continually do now - on a regular basis.
And "In The Lords Arms" is Harper all over, easy voice and decent lyrics.
Apart from some - B Grade songs such as "Less" and perhaps "Please Bleed" (although I wont skip the track) the album is top notch all the way, Ben Harper as a music writer - covering almost every style possible (and making each style seem like it's his front style) and The Innocent Criminals have put together another masterpiece - this probably being his best in my opinion.

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Burned and Shines!.......2004-10-08

It gets tiring hearing the same bands who play the same songs over and over again 12 times and call it an album. This Album is the exact oposite. It provides proof that you can always distill the essence of Rock and Roll down to a solitary man alone with his guitar and concience. It is inventive, yet firmly rooted in the blues-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist tradition.

Ben's music taps into the soudns and souls of musicians that have lived before him and explodes histories of oppression, love and courage. Harper's music enables me to listen to something

Average customer rating: extra song

Burn to Shine Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000026X26 Release Date: 1999-08-20

Tracks:

1. Alone
2. Woman in You
3. Less
4. Two Hands of a Prayer
5. Please Bleed
6. Suzie Blue
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn to Shine
9. Show Me a Little Shame
10. Forgiven
11. Beloved One
12. In the Lords Arms
13. Wicked Man
14. Nobody's Fault But Mine

Album Description

Japanese edition of the folky alternative rocker's 1999 & fourth album with two bonus tracks added, 'Wicked Man' & 'Nobody's Fault But Mine'. 14 tracks total, also featuring the singles 'Please Bleed', 'Burn To Shine' & 'Forgiven'. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Wicked Man, and Nobody's Fault.

Customer Reviews:

extra song.......2000-02-23

Anyone know what the extra track is?

Average customer rating: a gem Ben Harper never lets you down

Burn to Shine Ben Harper Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock Guitarists | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004TA4N Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

1. Alone - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
2. Woman in You - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
3. Less - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
4. Two Hands of a Prayer - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
5. Please Bleed - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
6. Suzie Blue - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
7. Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
8. Burn to Shine - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
9. Show Me a Little Shame - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
10. Forgiven - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
11. Beloved One - Ben Harper, Ben Harper
12. In the Lord's Arms - Ben Harper, Ben Harper

Tracks:

1. Alone [live*] - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals
2. Burn [live*] - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals
3. Woman in You [live*] - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals
4. Steal My Kisses [live*] - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals
5. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Live) - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals
6. Please Bleed [live*] - Ben Harper, Ben Harper, Innocent Criminals

Album Description

Australian edition of the folky alternative rocker's 1999 & fourth album with a six track bonus disc added featuring six live recordings from Australia, France & the U.S., including the radio hit 'Steal My Kisses'. The extra CD contains'Alone', 'Burn To S

Album Details

Ben Harper's Latest Re-issued with a Bonus Six Song Live Disc from the Australian Tour.

Customer Reviews:

a gem.......2001-03-30

I took a trip to Idaho to visit my brother who is a student at the Idaho State University in Pocatello. As I played Dave Matthews over and over again on my cd player my brother asked if I had heard Ben Harper. I listened to his copy of Burn to Shine and haven't taken it out of my player since. I'm always on the lookout for powerful original music and with Burn to Shine I have found just what I'm looking for.

Ben Harper never lets you down.......2000-07-05

Ben Harper's most recent release, Burn to Shine, amazes audiences once again. He doesn't know how to let his listeners down. Burn to Shine and its extra cuts are superb. Adding this CD to your collection is definitely worth your time and money.

Average customer rating: Another great Harper single

Burn to Shine (Aus) Ben Harper Manufacturer: Virgi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Singer Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock Guitarists | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003Q4BA Release Date: 1999-10-25

Customer Reviews:

Another great Harper single.......1999-12-22

It's always great when a band you like releases a new CD not only because of the album, but because of the singles. This single features the great title track of Ben's new record Burn to shine, which sounds like eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally" It has a great old skool rock flavor. The first B-Side is Waiting on an Angel recorded live at a sold out show at Royal Albert Hall. Like any acoustic performance by Harper this song is performed with an unparalled level of emotion you can only hear at one of Ben Harper's shows. The second b-side appeared on some singles off of Fight For your Mind. It's a gospel tune called If I could hear my mama pray again. It is acapella with a small choir and Ben just singing his heart out. It's really a great song that is seldom performed live. If you can afford to drop the 12 bucks or whatever this is a great CD for any Harper fan.

Average customer rating: Love the

Burn to Shine Ben Harper ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock Guitarists | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RJKO Release Date: 2000-01-10

Tracks:

1. Alone
2. The Woman In You
3. Less
4. Two Hands Of A Prayer
5. Please Bleed
6. Suzie Blue
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn To Shine
9. Show Me A Little Shame
10. Forgiven
11. Beloved One
12. In The Lord's Arms
13. Waiting On An Angel (Live)
14. Another Lonely Day (Live)

Album Description

Acclaimed acoustic folk rocker's 1999 & fourth album with abonus CD featuring 2 previously unreleased non-album, livetracks 'Another Lonely Day' & 'Waiting On An Angel', plus an enhanced portion featuring a 15 minute long video program of his 'Will To Live' tour, plus photos and hypertext links.Standard jewel case in slipcase.

Album Details

Limited Edition Double CD Set. Includes Two Bonus Tracks, a 15-minute Movie, Six Pictures and a Link to his Web Site.

Customer Reviews:

Love the.......2003-04-15

Two (2) live songs, a low-quality 15-minute excerpt from Plunier's "Will to Live" film, 6 photos, and a link to Ben's website! What more could you ask for--a new computer and an internet connection to make it to Ben's website? Can't get much more "french" than this limited edition 2cd set.

Of course, I'm the loser that bought the thing so I could make a complete sweep on Ben's imports: I now have the Japanese, Australian and French imports for Burn to Shine. Yeah, I don't have a lot of friends, but I have a lot of fun collecting these things. ;)

Average customer rating:

Burn to Shine/Fight for Your Mind/Willto Live Ben Harpen Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002TKG4E Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

1. Alone
2. The Woman In You
3. Less
4. Two Hands Of A Prayer
5. Please Bleed
6. Suzie Blue
7. Steal My Kisses
8. Burn To Shine
9. Show Me A Little Shame
10. Forgiven
11. Beloved One
12. In The Lord's Arms

Tracks:

1. Oppression
2. Ground On Down
3. Another Lonely Day
4. Please Me Like You Want To
5. Gold To Me
6. Burn One Down
7. Excuse Me Mr.
8. People Lead
9. Fight For Your Mind
10. Give A Man A Home
11. By My Side
12. Power Of The Gospel
13. God Fearing Man
14. One Road To Freedom

Tracks:

1. Faded
2. Homeless Child
3. Number Three
4. Roses From My Friends
5. Jah Work
6. I Want To Be Ready
7. The Will To Live
8. Ashes
9. Widow Of A Living Man
10. Glory And Consequence
11. Mama's Trippin'
12. I Shall Not Walk Alone

Album Description

Limited edition box-set combines the singer/songwriter's 1995, 1999, & 1997 albums. EMI. 2004.

Average customer rating:

Burn to Shine//Will to Live Ben Harper Manufacturer: Virgin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004YMUI Release Date: 2000-11-06

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