Karma to Burn (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Karma to Burn
Type = Live album
Artist = The Waterboys


Released = September 26 2005
Recorded = 2003–2004
Genre = Rock
Length = —
Label = Puck
Producer = Chris Madden
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difqxqtdldse link]
Last album = "Universal Hall"
(2003)
This album = "Karma to Burn"
(2005)
Next album = "Book of Lightning"
(2007)

"Karma to Burn" is the first official live album from The Waterboys. It also contains tracks from Mike Scott's solo career: "Bring 'em All In," "Long Way to the Light," "My Dark Side," and "Open."

Scott explains the name of the album as "experiences yet to be undergone in order to balance past actions" [http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/mainframes.asp?file=karmatoburn/index.asp] , a reference to the tenet of karma in Hinduism. This is not the first reference to the concept made by the group; a song named "Karma" appeared as part of the single for "Return of Pan" from "Dream Harder". "Karma to Burn" was one of a large number of titles that the band considered for the album, including "A Long Way to the Light," after the song about The Waterboys' break-up after "Dream Harder".

The album cover was created by Toshifumi Tanabu.

"Long Way to the Light" was recorded in Warwick on October 16 2003. "Peace Of Iona," "Bring 'em All In," and "The Whole of the Moon" were recorded in Belfast two days later. "Glastonbury Song" is from a concert at Plymouth on October 29 of that year. "Medicine Bow" was recorded in Basingstoke on October 13. "The Pan Within" is taken from a Dublin show on 21 October. "Open" is taken from two concerts, one in Liverpool on October 26 2004, and from a later concert in Galway on November 23. "The Return of Jimi Hendrix" is from November 25 in Cork. Both "My Dark Side" and "Fisherman's Blues" were recorded in Cheltenham on October 30 2003. "A Song for the Life" is from a November 27 2004 show in Athlone. "Come Live with Me" is also from two separate concerts, the same Galway show as "Open," and the same Cork show as "The Return of Jimi Hendrix."

Track listing

"All songs by Mike Scott, except where noted."
# "Long Way to the Light" – 6.32
# "Peace of Iona" – 7.13
# "Glastonbury Song" – 4.35
# "Medicine Bow" (Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite) – 3.09
# "The Pan Within" – 13.14
# "Open" – 4.14
# "The Return of Jimi Hendrix" – 5.16
# "My Dark Side" – 4.12
# "A Song for the Life" (Traditional) – 4.27
# "Bring 'Em All In" – 4.02
# "The Whole of the Moon" – 5.46
# "Fisherman's Blues" (Scott, Steve Wickham) – 5.56
# "Come Live with Me" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 7.10

Personnel

* Mike Scott (vocals)
* Steve Wickham (Electric Violin)
* Carlos Hercules (drums)
* Steve Walters (Bass)
* Others

External links

* [http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/mainframes.asp?file=karmatoburn/index.asp Karma To Burn subsection of The Waterboys' Official Site]
* [http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/mikescottwaterboys/mainframes.asp?file=Lyrics/index.htm Lyrics at mikescottwaterboys.com]
* [http://forums.delphiforums.com/waterboys/messages Official forum] Chord requests are often fulfilled at "Musician's Corner"
* [http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~toshifumi/ Toshifumi Tanabu's Website]