Nothing but a Burning Light

by Bruce Cockburn

Nothing but a Burning Light cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 November 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 1:00:23
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by T Bone Burnett, this expansive album finds the Canadian songwriting icon leaning into rootsy, organic instrumentation featuring guests like Jackson Browne and Booker T. Jones. The recording balances Cockburn's enduring spiritual mysticism with politically engaged lyricism, producing a warm, passionately executed folk-rock landmark.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, storytelling, political, spirituality, symphonic, avant-garde, sludge

Tracklist

  1. A Dream Like Mine (3:53)
  2. Kit Carson (4:12)
  3. Mighty Trucks Of Midnight (5:57)
  4. Soul Of A Man (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)

Credits

  • Bruce Cockburn - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, vocals, written-by, arranged by
  • Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass
  • Sam Phillips - backing vocals
  • Larry Klein - bass
  • Michael Been - bass
  • Denny Fongheiser - drums
  • Jim Keltner - drums, percussion, washboard
  • Booker T. Jones - organ

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