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Burn

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A previous reviewer had mentioned this album is great for melting the ladies, and, as a lady, I must say I do melt every time I hear it. I don't know what it is -- most likely Chris Randall's voice --*shivers*-- but this album just does things to me that no other collection of music ever has done before. I had loved SMG prior to the release of this album, and I must say, the random addition of the saxaphones was a stroke of genius. I don't dare to think what the album would have been like without it.

IMHO, this is the best album they've ever done, and it's easily in the top ten of my all-time favorite albums. I've played my own copy so many times that it's all scratched to hell, and any day now I'm going to have to buy a second copy. It's that good.

C.Randall really did it this time, a dark ,smooth album thats perfect for either melting the ladies (if they are goth or grunge girls), breaking somone's knee caps in some violent fighting game, or walking around at night. Very diverse and very well made stuff, and some points are very rowdy as well "hole in the ground" for one, very reminicent of the preceding album
"The Torture Technique" (s.m.g's masterpeice album). Not to knock this one at all though, if "TTT" was never made (perish the thought) than this album "Burn" would absolutely be the band's masterpeice cd. Strong electronic beats, to die for guitar riffs,gothic organs, saxophones, spliced up voice filters, a few trippy samples here and there, c.randalls evil/smooth lyrics and just a kewl atmosphere make this cd what it is. It was also produced by Jim Marcus of Die Warzau so that doesnt exactly hurt either.So if your into very unique sounding industrial rock then you'll enjoy this big time. my favorite tracks on here : "overload" "dispossessed" and "better than me"

This is in my mind the best sister machine gun cd to date. the album is a beautiful mix of the day's angry industrial music, and the smooth jazz that made us love smg! sister machine gun did amazing things with the saxaphone hip beats and distorted guitar, that i have lusted for ever since this album was released. The remixes and singles from this album were also amazing. It is unmatched (in the smooth jazz department anyway) to this day, even by chris randall himself...

This album should be listened to by everyone. Not a day goes by that I don't put some part of it on. Borrow it from a friend, listen to the samples, and you'll want it. Something for everyone to enjoy. By the way, rewind to before the first song, there's a cover of "Strange Days" faaar better than any other...and there's a hidden track at the end, very romantic and good for endless encounters with your loved one. You just won't believe it.

Back when this album was made, no one sounded like SMG. The smoother mixture of jazz and industrial riffs is flawless. Some people will relate SMG to NIN, well I disagree. I think SMG is more smoothe and solid. With BURN, you get tracks of intense lyrics, bass lines, and super-natural drum beats. I will admit, I found out about SMG from the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. But this album is still one of the greatests. Probably my favourite track on this is 'Red'. Something about that organ and guitar. Other great tracks are 'better than me', 'overload', and 'Snake'. SMG mixes such great styles all into one and the creation can not be matched. There is also 2 awesome bonus tracks ( 1 before, and 1 after the cd ). So, where there's smoke there's fire. And light a match and watch this one burn ...

Fans of SMG's earlier albums should be in for a surprise... a very pleasant one. Taking nothing away from the more traditional industrial influences of earlier albums "Sins of the Flesh" and "The Torture Technique", this album shows that musical mastermind Chris Randall is not narrow-minded in his approach, nor afraid to borrow from outside the "genre" to make his music something more than the plain-vanilla industrial rock.

Excluding the hidden track, the CD begins with Red, the sexy, swank groove filled with smooth vocals and old-school organs, setting the tone for the rest of the album. The album then proceeds to show us some of the facets of Chris' musical influence... the pounding beats of songs such as "Disease", the jazzy house stylings of "Snake", the infectious sexual vibe of "I Don't Believe" and "Inside", or the overall power of the single "Hole In The Ground".

Perhaps the biggest success on the album, certainly the track gaining the most attention is the title track itself. Featured on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack, this song introduced many new fans to the band and with good reason... this one smokes.

Whether an industrial fan or not, this album is so rich in its roots and diverse in style that I recommend it to anyone with open ears. Certainly it will go down as one of my all-time favorites.

On my list of favorite albums of all time; I love the album from start to finish. Right now, I'm completely into hip-hop, but i frequently come back to this album. An excellent piece of work, at Chris Randall's creative peak. Earlier stuff is too rough, later stuff is too clean, but Burn is a perfect mixture of the two. Beautiful.

Sister Machine Gun [BURN] will pull you in from the start. Every song on this album is as addicting as the next. The types of songs range from a slow feel (ie Track 5 [BURN]) to energy filled tracks like OverLoad(2). This CD has a killer sound you will play over and over. For any Industrial music fan, you must have this CD.

After the highly electronic Torture Technique, Chris starts anew with a funky, emotional album ranging from jazz and blues to electronic-filled rock to satisfy the diversity of anyone's interests. Stemming from the turnaround in his life, his newfound inspirations create an album where every track is better than the previous one.

I have a fairly extensive movie collection. In it there are sections, as in the Stephen King area. An oldie, NIGHT FLYER, was the latest edition. We're watching the hero travel down the road and a song comes on that just blew us away. Had to have it. At the end of the flick was a listing of 4 or 5 songs -- well, that's about all the help we were gonna get there SO I came here (Thanks Amazon!) and called up all the songs until we settled on "It was DISEASE by Sister Machine Gun".

Ordered it, got it, fell in love with it. DISEASE is still my favorite, but several others got my attention, too. DISPOSSESSED is also awesome, as is BURN. There isn't anything bad on the whole freakin' cd. If you have even a fairly decent stereo, these thing will totally rock you.

Formally a middle of the road rock n roller, my son has introduced me to other types of music. He began with Rob Zombie, the KORN, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and so it's gone. I now have the most incredible assortment of music on the ol' iPod and for me it is always a real treat when I can find something new to love. Sister Machine Gun is certainly in that catagory. The only down side is now I'm going through the reviews to see which SMG should be my next cd purchase.