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

; Technical

References

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