Tracks:
Downtime
That's the Way
Dare to Dream
Burn
If Not You
Closer
These Are the Days
Saturday Night
Angelene
Nothing I Can Do
Bring on the Rain
That's the Way - (UK Radio Remix)

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw (vocals); John D. Willis, Biff Watson, Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, B. James Lowery, Michael Landau (electric guitar); Byron Gallimore (electric 12-string guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle, octave fiddle); S. Kirk Johnson, Steven R. Conn (accordion); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Mike Brignardello (bass); Lonnie Wilson (drums); Kim Parent, Ralph Friedrichson, Curtis E. Young, Gene Miller, Lisa Bevill, John W. Ryles, Chris Rodriguez (background vocals).
• Recorded at Ocean Way, Nashville, Tennessee.
• "That's The Way" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
• "Bring On The Rain" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.
• Personnel: Michael Landau, B. James Lowry, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Byron Gallimore (electric 12-string guitar); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Steve Conn (accordion); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Lonnie Wilson (drums); Chris Rodriguez, Curtis Young, Gene Miller , John Wesley Ryles, Kim Parent, Lisa Bevill (background vocals).
• Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.
• Recording information: Essential Sound; Extasy Recording South; Loud Studio; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Sony Music Studio; Studio 56; TYrell Music Studio.
• Photographer: Ron Davis .
• Unknown Contributor Roles: Larry Byrom; Biff Watson; John D. Willis.
• BURN, Jo Dee Messina's follow-up to her breakthrough CD I'M ALRIGHT fairly bursts with joyful energy. Unsurprisingly, considering that in the two years between the CDs, Messina pulled herself out of bankruptcy and found both record-breaking chart success and love. If you're looking for heartbreak here, you're in the wrong place. Nearly every track on BURN is celebratory and upbeat, both lyrically and musically.
• In song after song, Messina exhorts her fans to seize the moment ("Dare to Dream," "These Are the Days"), better their situations ("Angelene"), give themselves over to love ("If Not You," "Closer"), or believe that things will get better ("Downtime," "That's the Way"). Messina's powerful alto has never sounded better, and Tim McGraw's impeccable, acoustic guitar-heavy production rocks without being too slick. McGraw pops up as a guest vocalist on the CD's mesmerizing, stripped-down closing track, "Bring On the Rain," a song about--what else--triumphing over life's adversities. But the CD's centerpiece is the title track, which sets a delicate, poetic lyric against a passionate, power-ballad chorus. Messina's relentless exuberance makes BURN a love letter from a survivor who made it through--and wants you to join her.

Professional Reviews: Entertainment Weekly (8/4/00, p.87) - "...With its rocking beat and joie de vivre, BURN will make you put the top down and sing out loud." - Rating: B

Producer: Tim McGraw, Byron Gallimore

Format: CD (1 Disc)

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Tim McGraw

Release Date: 7 August, 2000

Label: Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. (U

Dimensions: 12.7 x 14 x 0.6 centimeters (0.05 kg)