Nothing but a Burning Light
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Nothing but a Burning Light is the seventeenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1991 by True North Records.
Track listing
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn, except where noted.
- "A Dream Like Mine" – 3:53
- "Kit Carson" – 4:12
- "Mighty Trucks of Midnight" – 5:57
- "Soul of a Man" (Blind Willie Johnson, arr. Bruce Cockburn) – 3:52
- "Great Big Love" – 5:13
- "One of the Best Ones" – 6:57
- "Somebody Touched Me" – 4:16
- "Cry of a Tiny Babe" – 7:31
- "Actions Speak Louder" – 3:01
- "Indian Wars" – 6:58
- "When It's Gone, It's Gone" – 4:19
- "Child of the Wind" – 4:08
Album credits
Musicians
- Bruce Cockburn – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (5, 6, 10), resonator guitar (tracks 4, 12) and vocals
- Booker T. Jones – organ (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Jim Keltner – drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8), percussion (track 2), washboard (track 4)
- Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12), bass (track 11)
- Larry Klein – bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
- Michael Been – bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
- Denny Frongheiser – drums (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9)
- Michael Blair – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 11), tambourine (track 7)
- Ralph Forbes – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 9, 11)
- Mark O'Connor – violin (tracks 6, 10, 11, 12)
- Sam Phillips – backing vocals (tracks 1, 5, 8)
- T-Bone Burnett – electric guitar (track 5), acoustic guitar (track 7)
- Jackson Browne – backing vocals (tracks 5, 10), resonator guitar (track 10)
Production
- T-Bone Burnett – producer
- Joe Henry – production assistant
- Pat McCarthy – engineer, mixer
- Dave Leonard – mixer (track 1)
- Paula "Max" Garcia – second engineer
- Chris Austopchuk – art direction
- Anton Corbijn – photography
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