Burnin' Sky

Burnin' Sky
Studio album by Bad Company
Released	3 March 1977
Recorded	July–August 1976
Studio	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
Genre	Hard rock blues rock
Length	44:48
Label	Island
Producer	Bad Company
Bad Company chronology
Run with the Pack (1976) Burnin' Sky (1977) Desolation Angels (1979)
Singles from Burnin' Sky
"Everything I Need" Released: 1977 "Burnin' Sky" Released: 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Burnin' Sky is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Bad Company. It was released on 3 March 1977. Burnin' Sky was recorded in France at Château d'Hérouville in July and August 1976 with future The Rolling Stones engineer Chris Kimsey. Its release was delayed until March 1977 so to not compete with the band's then-current album Run with the Pack.

The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 and No. 17 in the UK Albums Chart. The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. The cover is similar to the poster for the 1969 Sam Peckinpah film The Wild Bunch. In the 2000 movie Almost Famous, the fictitious band Stillwater's first T-shirt is strikingly similar to the Burnin' Sky album cover.

Track listing

All songs by Paul Rodgers unless otherwise noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burnin' Sky"		5:09
2.	"Morning Sun"		4:07
3.	"Leaving You"		3:23
4.	"Like Water"	Paul Rodgers, Machiko Shimizu	4:18
5.	"Knapsack"	Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller, Antonia Ridge	1:20
6.	"Everything I Need"	Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell	3:22

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Heartbeat"		2:36
8.	"Peace of Mind"	Simon Kirke	3:22
9.	"Passing Time"		2:30
10.	"Too Bad"	Mick Ralphs	3:47
11.	"Man Needs Woman"	Mick Ralphs	3:43
12.	"Master of Ceremony"	Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell	7:10

2017 Reissue Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burnin' Sky" (Take 2, Alternate Vocal & Guitar)	Rodgers
2.	"Morning Sun" (Take 3 Early Version)	Rodgers
3.	"Leaving You" (Take 1, Alternative Vocal)	Rodgers
4.	"Like Water" (Take 1, Rough Mix)	Rodgers, Shimizu
5.	"Knapsack (The Happy Wanderer)" (Early Run Through)	Möller, Ridge
6.	"Everything I Need" (Take 2, Rough Mix)	Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell
7.	"Peace of Mind" (Alternate Version)	Kirke
8.	"Passing Time" (Alternative Vocal)	Rodgers
9.	"Too Bad" (Full Version)	Ralphs
10.	"Man Needs Woman" (Alternative Vocal & Guitar)	Ralphs
11.	"Too Bad" (Early Version, Mick Ralphs Vocal)	Ralphs
12.	"Man Needs Woman" (Take 2, Early Version, Mick Ralphs Vocal)	Ralphs
13.	"Burnin' Sky" (Take 1, Alternative Vocal)	Rodgers
14.	"Unfinished Story" (Previously Unreleased)	Rodgers

Personnel

Bad Company

• Paul Rodgers – vocals, guitar, piano, accordion
• Mick Ralphs – guitar, keyboards
• Simon Kirke – drums
• Boz Burrell – bass

with:

• Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
• Tim Hinkley – keyboards

Technical

• Chris Kimsey - engineer

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	15

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"Burnin' Sky"	Pop Singles	78

External links

• Bad Company - Burnin' Sky (1977) album review by William Ruhlmann, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Bad Company - Burnin' Sky (1977) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Bad Company - Burnin' Sky (1977, Deluxe Edition, 2017 Remaster) album to be listened as stream on Spotify