Burn (Jo Dee Messina album) explained

Burn
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jo Dee Messina
Cover:	Jo Dee Messina-Burn.jpg
Recorded:	1999–2000
Studio:	Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre:	Country
Length:	42:46
Label:	Curb
Producer:	Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw
Prev Title:	I'm Alright
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	A Joyful Noise
Next Year:	2002

Burn is the third studio album by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina, released on August 1, 2000 by Curb Records.

Her first No. 1 Billboard album on the Top Country Albums charts, it also hit No. 19 on the Billboard 200. "That's the Way" served as the album's lead-off single, spending four weeks at the top of the Billboard country music charts and becoming a major pop hit, peaking at #25. "Closer" was supposed to be the first single but was switched last minute (they filmed a video for it and it's included on her DVD video collection). Following it was the title track (previously recorded by Tina Arena on her album In Deep) which became a #2 hit on the country music charts and Top 20 hit on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, it gave Messina her first entry on the latter charts. "Downtime" peaked at #5 on the country music charts, followed by another Number One in the Tim McGraw duet "Bring on the Rain". Finally, "Dare to Dream" peaked at #23 in mid-2002. The album has sold over one million copies and was certified Platinum.

Commercial performance

Burn debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart and number 19 on the Billboard 200. It would be certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 within 20 days.^[1]

Personnel

• Jo Dee Messina - lead vocals
• Lisa Bevill - backing vocals (tracks 8,10)
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar (tracks 1,4,5,8-10)
• Steve Conn - accordion on “These Are the Days”
• Paul Franklin - dobro, steel guitar
• Ralph Friedrichson - backing vocals (track 9)
• Byron Gallimore - 12-string electric guitar on “These Are the Days”
• Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin, octave fiddle on “These Are the Days”
• Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson - harmonica on “These Are the Days”
• Michael Landau - electric guitar
• B. James Lowry - electric guitar
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Tim McGraw - vocals on "Bring On the Rain"
• Gene Miller - backing vocals (tracks 8,10)
• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Kim Parent - backing vocals (tracks 1–7,9)
• Chris Rodriguez - backing vocals (tracks 2,3,6,7)
• John Wesley Ryles - backing vocals (tracks 1,5)
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (tracks 2,3,7)
• John Willis - acoustic guitar (tracks 6,11)
• Lonnie Wilson - drums
• Curtis Young - backing vocals (track 4)

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	29
Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	63
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	19
Chart (2002)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	27

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country	CAN
2000	"That's the Way"	1	25	—	1	17
	"Burn"	2	42	17		—
2001	"Downtime"	5	46	—		—
	"Bring On the Rain" (with Tim McGraw)	1	36	6		—
2002	"Dare to Dream"	23	—	—		—

Notes and References

1. News: Chatfield . K.C. . September 24, 2000 . Jo Dee Messina makes it to the top . June 13, 2024 . . C2.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000. Billboard. October 25, 2020.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html. July 1, 2002. Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001. Billboard. October 25, 2020.
5. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 25, 2020.