Burning Skies
{{Infobox album
| name = Burning Skies
| type = ep
| artist = Tones on Tail
| cover = Burning Skies cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 6 May 1983
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Gothic rock, post-punk
| length =
| label = Situation Two
| producer = Tones on Tail
| prev_title = Tones on Tail
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Pop
| next_year = 1984
}}
Burning Skies is an EP by English post-punk band Tones on Tail. It was released on 6 May 1983 on record label Situation Two.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| all_writing = Daniel Ash and Glenn Campling, except "OK, This Is the Pops", written by Ash, Campling and Kevin Haskins
| title1 = Burning Skies
| length1 = 6:27
| title2 = OK, This Is the Pops
| length2 = 3:04
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = When You're Smiling
| length1 = 5:48
| title2 = You, the Night and the Music
| length2 = 5:01
}}
Critical reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/burning-skies-mw0000953257 |title=Burning Skies – Tones on Tail : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |work=AllMusic |accessdate=13 March 2013}}
}}
Trouser Press commented that the EP "offers very little songwriting content, merely scanty ideas in service of largely pointless studio fiddling".{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=tones_on_tail |title=trouserpress.com :: Tones on Tail |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |last2=Fasolino |first2=Greg |work=AllMusic |accessdate=13 March 2013}}
Personnel
; Tones on Tail
- Daniel Ash – production
- Glenn Campling – production
- Kevin Haskins – production
; Technical
- Derek Tomkins – engineering
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|61608}}