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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Perpetual Burn
| name = Perpetual Burn
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Jason Becker]]
| artist = [[Jason Becker]]
| Cover = PerpetualBurn.jpg
| cover = PerpetualBurn.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|1988|12|12}}<ref>[http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Jason_Becker/Perpetual_Burn/14190 "Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn"]. [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]. Retrieved 2013-01-01.</ref>
| released = {{Start date|1988|8}}
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| Recorded = Prairie Sun Recording Studios in [[Cotati, California]]
| recorded = 1988
| Genre = [[Instrumental rock]], [[neo-classical metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=42|s=1}}
| venue =
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| studio = [[Prairie Sun Recording Studios]] in [[Cotati, California]]
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| Label = [[Shrapnel Records|Shrapnel]]
| genre = [[Neoclassical metal]], [[instrumental rock]]
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| Producer = Jason Becker, [[Marty Friedman (musician)|Marty Friedman]], Steve Fontano, [[Mike Varney]]
| This album = '''''Perpetual Burn'''''<br>(1988)
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=1}}<ref>''Perpetual Burn'' (CD edition "RR 9528 2").</ref>
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| label = [[Shrapnel Records|Shrapnel]]
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| Next album = ''[[Perspective (Jason Becker album)|Perspective]]''<br>(1996)
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| producer = Jason Becker, [[Marty Friedman]], Steve Fontano, [[Mike Varney]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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| next_title = [[Perspective (Jason Becker album)|Perspective]]
| next_year = 1996
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Hinds, Andy. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/perpetual-burn-mw0000200712 "Perpetual Burn - Jason Becker"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''. [[Rovi Corporation]]. Retrieved 2012-11-07.</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/perpetual-burn-mw0000200712 |title=Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn review |last=Hinds |first=Andy |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=2017-08-21 |archive-date=2019-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421171136/https://www.allmusic.com/album/perpetual-burn-mw0000200712 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 40}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| rev3score = 7.0/10<ref name="rock hard">{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn |magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |year=1988 |last=Kupfer |first=Thomas |issue=28 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=6181 |accessdate=2017-08-20 |language=German |archive-date=2017-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043235/https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=6181 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''''Perpetual Burn''''' is the first studio album by the American guitarist [[Jason Becker]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prown |first1=Peter |title=Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars: The Guitarists Who Rocked the World |date=2023 |publisher=Motorbooks |page=124}}</ref> It was released in 1988 through [[Shrapnel Records]] (United States) and [[Roadrunner Records]] (Europe). The album was released at around the same time as ''[[Dragon's Kiss]]'', the first album by his fellow [[Cacophony (band)|Cacophony]] guitarist [[Marty Friedman]], who also co-produced and performed on ''Perpetual Burn''. This is the only solo album Becker released before his diagnosis with [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]] in 1989.

'''''Perpetual Burn''''' is the first studio album by guitarist [[Jason Becker]], released on December 12, 1988 through [[Shrapnel Records]] (United States) and [[Roadrunner Records]] (Europe).


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Jason Becker, except where noted
| all_music = Jason Becker, except where noted
| title1 = Altitudes
| title1 = Altitudes
| length1 = 5:40
| length1 = 5:40
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| title4 = Air
| title4 = Air
| length4 = 5:39
| length4 = 5:39
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Temple of the Absurd
| title5 = Temple of the Absurd
| note5 = Becker, [[Marty Friedman (musician)|Marty Friedman]]
| note5 = Becker, [[Marty Friedman]]
| length5 = 4:42
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = Eleven Blue Egyptians
| title6 = Eleven Blue Egyptians
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Musicians
*[[Jason Becker]] – [[guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[bassline|bass]], [[record producer|production]]
*[[Jason Becker]] – [[lead guitar|lead]] and [[rhythm guitar]]s, [[bass guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[record producer|producer]]
*[[Marty Friedman (musician)|Marty Friedman]] – additional guitar [[solo (music)|solos]] (tracks 5-6–7), production
*[[Marty Friedman]] – additional guitar [[solo (music)|solos]] (tracks 5–7), co-producer
*[[Atma Anur]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*Atma Anur – [[drum kit|drums]]
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*Steve Fontano – [[audio engineering|engineering]], [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], production

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*Joe Marquez – engineering
;Production
*George Horn – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
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*Steve Fontano – co-producer, [[audio engineer|engineer]], [[mixing engineer|mixing]]
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*[[Mike Varney]] – [[executive producer|executive production]]
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*Joe Marquez – assistant engineer
*George Horn – [[mastering engineer|mastering]] at [[Fantasy Studios]], Berkeley, California
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*[[Mike Varney]] – [[executive producer]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.guitar9.com/perpetualburn.html In Review: Jason Becker "Perpetual Burn"] at Guitar Nine Records
*[http://www.guitar9.com/perpetualburn.html In Review: Jason Becker "Perpetual Burn"] at Guitar Nine Records

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Latest revision as of 13:37, 14 September 2024

Perpetual Burn
Studio album by
Jason Becker
ReleasedAugust 1988 (1988-08)
Recorded1988
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
GenreNeoclassical metal, instrumental rock
Length42:01[1]
LabelShrapnel
ProducerJason Becker, Marty Friedman, Steve Fontano, Mike Varney
Jason Becker chronology
Perpetual Burn
(1988) 		Perspective
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
Rock Hard7.0/10[4]

Perpetual Burn is the first studio album by the American guitarist Jason Becker.[5] It was released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe). The album was released at around the same time as Dragon's Kiss, the first album by his fellow Cacophony guitarist Marty Friedman, who also co-produced and performed on Perpetual Burn. This is the only solo album Becker released before his diagnosis with ALS in 1989.

Track listing

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All music is composed by Jason Becker, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Altitudes"5:40
2."Perpetual Burn"3:30
3."Mabel's Fatal Fable"4:52
4."Air"5:39
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Temple of the Absurd" (Becker, Marty Friedman)4:42
6."Eleven Blue Egyptians" (Becker, Friedman)5:44
7."Dweller in the Cellar"6:15
8."Opus Pocus"5:39
Total length:42:01

Personnel

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Musicians
Production

References

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  1. ^ Perpetual Burn (CD edition "RR 9528 2").
  2. ^ Hinds, Andy. "Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ Kupfer, Thomas (1988). "Review Album: Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn". Rock Hard (in German). No. 28. Archived from the original on 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
  5. ^ Prown, Peter (2023). Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars: The Guitarists Who Rocked the World. Motorbooks. p. 124.
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