''Time to Burn'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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, released on March 31, 1992, by

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. Vocalist/guitarist

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

had proven his guitar-playing chops as a studio musician on hit albums and singles across the popular music spectrum throughout the 1980s before starting a band with brother David on drums, Mike Brignardello on bass and

Alan Pasqua Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...

on keyboards and scoring a hit of their own with "I'll See You In My Dreams" in 1989-1990. For the follow-up the band was joined in the writing process on two songs by

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

and on four by

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, the latter of whom also guested on background vocals in the studio. Huff had previously done guitar work on Stephenson's solo albums. It was produced by Terry Thomas, a former member of the band Charlie who had previously produced albums for such rock notables as

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and Foreigner. The album's most successful single was "Chained", which peaked at No. 16 on the ''

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chart, although the second single "Stay" received some airplay as well.

Track listing

# "Thunder and Lightning" ''(

)'' - 4:23 # "Chained" ''(Huff,

, Michael Brignardello)'' - 7:19 # "Lay It on the Line" ''(Huff, Brignardello)'' - 5:22 # "Stay" ''(Huff, Pasqua, Stephenson)'' - 4:46 # "Lost in Paradise" ''(Pasqua, Stephenson)'' - 5:11 # "Smoulder" (instrumental) ''(Huff)'' - 0:29 # "Time to Burn" ''(Huff, Pasqua, Brignardello)'' - 4:49 # "I'll Be There (When It's Over)" ''(Huff, Terry Thomas,

)'' - 4:29 # "Save Me Tonight" ''(Huff, Pasqua, Brignardello,

Todd Cerney Todd David Cerney (August 8, 1953 – March 14, 2011) was an American songwriter and musician. He composed " Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one (Billboard) hit for Steve Holy (co-written with Zack Lyle); "The Blues Is M ...

)'' - 6:00 # "Without You" ''(Huff, Brignardello, Vallance)'' - 4:26 # "Now Until Forever" ''(Huff, Robert White Johnson)'' - 5:44 # "Get Used to It" ''(Huff, Phil Naish, Stephenson)'' - 4:50

Personnel

;Band members *

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s and

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

– keyboards and

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

Mike Brignardello Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello on ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

and backing vocals * David Huff –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

and backing vocals ;Additional musicians *Robert Johnson,

, Terry Thomas, Anthony Zecco – backing vocals

Production

*Mixing – Terry Thomas and Rafe McKenna *Engineer – Andrew Scarth, Patrick Kelly and Anthony Zecco (Dugout Studios) *Recorded at: Kiva Recording Studio, Omni Sound Studio, Javelina Studio, Dugout Studio & Unique Recording Studio

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies pageMike Brignardello's bass used on the album
{{Authority control Giant (band) albums 1992 albums Epic Records albums