Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7842 in Music
• Released on: 1999-09-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.75" w x .50" l, .22 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
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; light-hearted Caribbean grooves; strutting Southern boogie; deep country soul; and delicate acoustic folk play out like scenes within a Byzantine film. Harper's soulful moans, agonised 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

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

Chronique amazon.fr
Depuis son premier CD, Ben Harper a bougé. Sa voix s'inscrit dans une filiation où Marley et Hendrix rejoignent Otis Redding, dans "Show Me Little Shame". Manifestement, Harper s'amuse tout au long des douze plages, fouinant ici avec une prière rude, "The Woman In You", pour s'assagir ensuite dans un plus paisible "Forgiven". Là, c'est avec le Ben Harper des premiers albums que l'on a rendez-vous, quand le blues du Delta était encore au coin de la rue. Alors Ben appuie sur la pédale wah wah. Un solo d'évidence s'échappe, Hendrix en aurait béni chaque note. En route, nous aurons croisé l'histoire des "Suzie Blue" dans un bouge dixieland, goûté un air de campagne avec le très country "In The Lord's Arms", puis flirté inévitablement avec un groove hip hop, "Steal My Kisses", pour sceller le funk et un album qui défiera sans doute les fans. Ils pourront cependant l'aborder en confiance. --José Ruiz