Perpetual Burn

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

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

Musicians
Production

References

  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.