Time to Burn (Giant album)
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Time to Burn is the second studio album by Giant
Giant (band)
Giant is an American melodic hard rock band that was formed in 1987.The band consisted of founding members Dann Huff and Alan Pasqua , and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello on bass....

, released in 1992.

Vocalist/guitarist Dann Huff
Dann Huff
Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...

 had proven his guitar-playing chops as a studio musician on hit albums and singles across the popular music spectrum throughout the 1980s before starting a band with brother David on drums, Mike Brignardello on bass and Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...

 on keyboards and scoring a hit of their own with "I'll See You In My Dreams" in 1989-1990. For the follow-up the band was joined in the writing process on two songs by Jim Vallance
Jim Vallance
James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...

 and on four by Van Stephenson
Van Stephenson
Van Wesley Stephenson was an American singer-songwriter. He scored two US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became tenor vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk in the 1990s. In addition, Van co-wrote several singles for other artists, such as Restless Heart...

, the latter of whom also guested on background vocals in the studio. Huff had previously done guitar work on Stephenson's solo albums. It was produced by Terry Thomas, a former member of the band Charlie
Charlie (band)
Charlie was a British rock band that was formed in 1971 by singer/songwriter Terry Thomas. The group was most active as a recording unit from the mid-1970s through 1986...

 who had previously produced albums for such rock notables as Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...

 and Foreigner
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...

.

Although well-reviewed, Time to Burn was among the last of its commercial AOR
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.-Music played:Most radio formats are based on a select, tight rotation of hit singles...

/melodic hard rock genre to be released by a major label—and not the label of their previous album—as record companies and media outlets stopped promoting '80s artists in favor of newer grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 styles. The album's most successful single was "Chained", which peaked at #16 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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 chart, although second single "Stay" received some airplay as well.

Track listing

  1. "Thunder and Lightning" (Dann Huff/Van Stephenson) 4:23
  2. "Chained" (Dann Huff/Alan Pasqua/Michael Brignardello) 7:19
  3. "Lay It On the Line" (Dann Huff/Michael Brignardello) 5:22
  4. "Stay" (Dann Huff/Alan Pasqua/Van Stephenson) 4:46
  5. "Lost In Paradise" (Alan Pasqua/Van Stephenson) 5:31
  6. "Smoulder" (Instrumental) (Dann Huff) 0:29
  7. "Time to Burn" (Dann Huff/Alan Pasqua/Michael Brignardello) 4:49
  8. "I'll Be There (When It's Over)" (Dann Huff/Terry Thomas/James Vallance) 4:29
  9. "Save Me Tonight" (Dann Huff/Alan Pasqua/Michael Brignardello/Todd Cerney
    Todd Cerney
    Todd Cerney was an American songwriter and musician.He composed "Good Morning Beautiful", a 2002 five-week country number one hit for Steve Holy ; "The Blues Is My Business" , part of Etta James' 2003 Grammy Award winning album "Let's Roll"; and "I'll Still Be Loving You", a 1987...

    ) 6:00
  10. "Without You" (Dann Huff/Michael Brignardello/James Vallance) 4:26
  11. "Now Until Forever" (Dann Huff/Robert White Johnson) 5:44
  12. "Get Used to It" (Dann HuffPhil Naish/Van Stephenson) 4:50

Band members

  • Dann Huff
    Dann Huff
    Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...

     – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s and keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Alan Pasqua
    Alan Pasqua
    Alan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...

     – keyboards and backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     and backing vocals
  • David Huff – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

     and backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Robert Johnson – backing vocals
  • Van Stephenson
    Van Stephenson
    Van Wesley Stephenson was an American singer-songwriter. He scored two US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became tenor vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk in the 1990s. In addition, Van co-wrote several singles for other artists, such as Restless Heart...

    – backing vocals
  • Terry Thomas – backing vocals
  • Anthony Zecco - backing vocals

Production

  • Mixing – Terry Thomas and Rafe McKenna
  • Engineer – Andrew Scarth, Patrick Kelly and Anthony Zecco (Dugout Studios)
  • Recorded at: Kiva Recording Studio, Omni Sound Studio, Javelina Studio, Dugout Studio & Unique Recording Studio

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