Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Burn to Shine (CD)

Burn to Shine
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4.2 out of 5.0 stars 17 Ratings (17 Reviews)

Album Details: Burn to Shine

Release Date:09/21/1999
Label:Virgin Records Us
UPC:724384815127

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User Reviews: Burn to Shine

  • Overall:

    This a great record

    By turtlehead23  Apr 6, 2001

    It seems there a lot of people out there who have only bought this album because of the airplay from Steal My Kisses and that have never heard any of Ben's ealier albums and have been disappointed..or have bought this album because they wanted the sa...me sound as the earlier ones and have been disappointed....I bought the album for the artist, the music and the experience that is Ben Harper...every song is a unique experience and the album will be in my stack of favorites right next to all his others. Read more Less

  • Overall:

    Sucks-Save Your Money

    By Bernie  Nov 13, 2000

    Better off with a good Stevie Ray, Kenny Wayne, or any GOOD blues band.

Pro Reviews: Burn to Shine

  • All Music Guide

    Burn to Shine presents proof positive that you can always distill the essence of rock roll down to a solitary man alone with his guitar and conscience. It sounds inventive yet firmly rooted in the blues-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist tradition of Taj Mahal and of Neil Young and Cat Stevens at their most confessional. Harper's guitar with falsetto vocal in "The Woman in You" even suggests a Curtis Mayfield tune in the hands of Prince. "Steal My Kisses" is one of those uncluttered, radio-friendly rock shuffles that simply makes you bob your head and feel better. Even Harper's detours -- like the wobbling New Orleans shuffle with the Real Time Jazz Band, "Suzie Blue," and charred Black Sabbath metal in "Less" -- prove worth exploring. Other cameos include guitarists David Lindley and former Bob Marley sideman Tyrone Downey. Burn to Shine is a minor masterpiece that may prove to be not so minor.

    - Chris Slawecki, All Music Guide

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Biography

Ben Harper

Combining shuddering, groove-laden funky soul and folky, handcrafted acoustics, singer/songwriter Ben Harper cultivated a cult following during the course of the '90s that gained full fruition toward the end of the decade. Harper combined elements of classic singer/songwriters, blues revivalists, Jimi Hendrix, and '90s jam bands like Blues Traveler, Hootie the Blowfish... Read more