''About a Burning Fire'' is the fourth album by

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band Blindside. It was released on February 24, 2004 through Elektra and 3 Points Records. The album is notable for featuring

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on the track "Hooray, It's L.A." "All of Us" became the album's

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. Its

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features a young man chasing after a woman through a dead, leafless forest. In his desperation, the man's arms begin to stretch out to her in a feat similar to

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's. The video aired considerably on

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Track listing

#"Eye of the Storm" – 4:02 #"Follow You Down" – 3:01 #"All of Us" – 3:31 #"Shekina" – 4:46 #"Hooray, It's L.A." – 3:17 (Featuring Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins) #"Swallow" – 2:25 #"Die Buying" – 3:18 #"Across Waters Again" – 4:13 #"After You're Gone" – 2:57 #"Where the Sun Never Dies" – 4:18 #"Roads" – 4:14 #"About a Burning Fire" – 4:36 B-Sides: "I Know Why You Dress in Black" – 2:29

Band

* Marcus Dahlström –

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* Simon Grenehed –

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* Christian Lindskog – vocalist * Tomas Näslund –

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, vocalist

Credits

*All songs written by Blindside *Published by Walking Home Music (ASCAP) *Produced by

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*Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge *Recorded by Mike Plotnikoff *Additional engineering by Eric Miller *Digital editing: Paul DeCarli, Mike Plotnikoff and Eric Miller *Additional recording by Lasse Marten at Decibel Stockholm Studios *Pre-production at Valley Center Studios *Mastered by Tom Maker at Precision Mastering (

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) *Drum tech: John Nicholson at Drum Fetish *

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on "Hooray, It's L.A." *

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: vocals on "Shekina" *Jon Rekdal:

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solo on "Roads" *Jen Kuhn:

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on "Shekina" and "Roads" *Neel Hammond:

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on "Shekina" and "Roads" *Petter Winnberg:

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on "Shekina" *Howard Benson: vox continental organ on "Swallow" *Billy Corgan appears courtesy of

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*Management: Tim M. Cook, Tim Ottley and Rachel Koeneke for Cook Management, LLC. *A&R: Howard Benson *Production coordinator: Dana Childs *Business management: Mark Kaplan for Kaplan Corp. *Legal: Doug Mark, Esquire for Barnes, Morris, Klein, Mark and Yorn *Booking: Michael Arlin at Artist Group International *International booking: Emma Banks at Helter Skelter *Tour management and live sound by Danny Hill *Art direction: Asterik Studio and blindside with Lili Picou *Design: Asterik Studio,

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*Photography:

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*Band photography: Daniel Mansson *Album coordinator: Danielle Bond

References

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