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Nothing but a Burning Light

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Released
  
1991

Length
  
59:59

Artist
  
Bruce Cockburn

Producer
  
T Bone Burnett

Genre
  
Pop music

Recorded
  
May – July 1991

Nothing but a Burning Light (1991)
  
Christmas (1993)

Release date
  
1991

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Studio
  
Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA Scream Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Similar
  
Bruce Cockburn albums, Pop music albums

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Nothing but a Burning Light is the seventeenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1991 by True North Records.

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn, except where noted.

  1. "A Dream Like Mine" – 3:53
  2. "Kit Carson" – 4:12
  3. "Mighty Trucks of Midnight" – 5:57
  4. "Soul of a Man" (Blind Willie Johnson, arr. Bruce Cockburn) – 3:52
  5. "Great Big Love" – 5:13
  6. "One of the Best Ones" – 6:57
  7. "Somebody Touched Me" – 4:16
  8. "Cry of a Tiny Babe" – 7:31
  9. "Actions Speak Louder" – 3:01
  10. "Indian Wars" – 6:58
  11. "When It's Gone, It's Gone" – 4:19
  12. "Child of the Wind" – 4:08

Musicians

  • Bruce Cockburn – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (5, 6, 10), resonator guitar (tracks 4, 12) and vocals
  • Booker T. Jones – organ (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
  • Jim Keltner – drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8), percussion (track 2), washboard (track 4)
  • Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12), bass (track 11)
  • Larry Klein – bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Michael Been – bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
  • Denny Frongheiser – drums (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9)
  • Michael Blair – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 11), tambourine (track 7)
  • Ralph Forbes – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 9, 11)
  • Mark O'Connor – violin (tracks 6, 10, 11, 12)
  • Sam Phillips – backing vocals (tracks 1, 5, 8)
  • T-Bone Burnett – electric guitar (track 5), acoustic guitar (track 7)
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals (tracks 5, 10), resonator guitar (track 10)

    • Production

  • T-Bone Burnett – producer
  • Joe Henry – production assistant
  • Pat McCarthy – engineer, mixer
  • Dave Leonard – mixer (track 1)
  • Paula "Max" Garcia – second engineer
  • Chris Austopchuk – art direction
  • Anton Corbijn – photography

    • Songs

    1A Dream Like Mine3:54
    2Kit Carson4:12
    3Mighty Trucks of Midnight5:58

    References

    Nothing but a Burning Light Wikipedia
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