Burning for You
Studio album by Strawbs
Released	1977
Recorded	March 1977 (1977-03)
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	36:29
Label	Oyster/Polydor
Producer	Jeffrey Lesser
Strawbs chronology
Deep Cuts (1976) Burning for You (1977) Deadlines (1978)
Singles from Burning for You
"Back in the Old Routine" Released: 27 May 1977[1] "Keep on Trying" Released: 19 August 1977[2] "Heartbreaker"
Alternative Album Cover
2 CD set cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Music Week	[4]

Burning for You is the eleventh studio album by English band Strawbs, with cover art by Patrick Woodroffe.

Recording

The producer of the album Jeffrey Lesser was, according to songwriter/singer Dave Cousins, "...a great engineer but didn't understand the dynamics of the band".^[5] The album was intended to be the final one by the band but Cousins was persuaded to carry on when he met with Clive Davis of Arista Records.^[6] The final track here "Goodbye" was meant to be his final word on his career leading the band.^[7]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Burning for Me" (Dave Cousins, John Mealing) – 4:01
2. "Cut Like a Diamond" (Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 3:44
3. "I Feel Your Loving Coming On" (Dave Lambert) – 2:56
4. "Barcarole (For the Death of Venice)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:25
5. "Alexander the Great" (Cousins, Lambert) – 3:59

Side two

1. "Keep on Trying" (Cousins, Cronk) – 3:15
2. "Back in the Old Routine" (Cousins, Cronk, Lambert) – 3:17
3. "Heartbreaker" (Lambert) – 4:40
4. "Carry Me Home" (Cronk) – 3:28
5. "Goodbye (Is Not an Easy Word to Say)" (Cousins) – 3:44

Esoteric expanded edition (released 19 March 2020)

1. "Joey and Me" (Cousins)
2. " Goodbye” (Alternate mix)(Cousins)
3. "Barcarole (Alternate mix)(Cousins & Cronk)
4. "Heartbreaker” (Dave Cousins and The Intergalactic Touring Band) (Cousins)

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – vocals (1–10) (lead vocals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10) acoustic guitar (2–4, 6–8)
• Dave Lambert – lead guitar (1–6, 8–10), vocals (3–9) (lead vocals 3, 6, 7, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (5, 8), acoustic lead guitar (7)
• Chas Cronk – bass (1–10), vocals (3, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (7)
• Rod Coombes – drums (1–3, 5–10)

Additional personnel

• Robert Kirby – piano (3), synthesizer (3), orchestral arrangement (3, 9), electric piano (4, 6, 9), Mellotron (4–6, 8), clavinet (8), acoustic guitar (7)
• John Mealing – piano (1, 7, 9, 10), synthesizer (1, 3–5, 8), Mellotron (3), harpsichord (2), tubular bells (3), organ (4), orchestral arrangement (1, 10)
• Jeffrey Lesser – Producer and engineer

assisted by

• Robin Freeman

Recorded and mixed at Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands

Charts

Release history

References

• Burning for You on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes CD RGF/WCDCD 027 Deep Cuts/Burning for You

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