Almost Heathen

Almost Heathen is the third studio album by the stoner rock band Karma to Burn. It was released on September 4, 2001, by Spitfire Records.^[1] It was the last album released before their seven-year disbandment in 2002. The album was reissued in 2008 by Metal Mind Productions^[2] and again in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.^[3]

Almost Heathen
Studio album by Karma to Burn
Released	September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)
Genre	Instrumental rock stoner rock
Length	48:07 1:12:58 (2022 reissue)
Label	Spitfire Metal Mind Productions (2008 reissue) Emetic (2009 reissue) Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)
Producer	Michael Barile
Karma to Burn chronology
Wild, Wonderful Purgatory (1999) Almost Heathen (2001) Appalachian Incantation (2010)
Alternative cover
Heavy Psych Sounds reissue

The album title is a play on the former slogan of West Virginia, "Almost Heaven".

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Chronicles of Chaos	5/10[5]
Rock Hard	8/10[6]
Sea of Tranquility	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[7]

Exclaim! wrote that "you either get the fact that they are an all-instrumental trio playing groovy, fuzzed-out rock or you don't ... the trio breaks down into more funky terrain."^[8] The Evening Times thought that "the listener is assailed by driving tracks of musical virtuosity where the guitars are to the fore."^[1] The Palm Beach Post called the tracks "hypnotic" and "a heavy blend of fuzzy guitars and relentless drums."^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karma to Burn.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nineteen"	4:01
2.	"Thirty Eight"	5:50
3.	"Thirty Four"	4:12
4.	"Thirty Seven"	5:19
5.	"Thirty Nine"	5:34
6.	"Thirty Six"	4:28
7.	"Thirty Three"	4:50
8.	"Thirty Five"	5:14
9.	"Five"	4:50
10.	"Forty"	3:39
Total length:		48:07

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"One" (live)	4:08
12.	"Three" (live)	3:55
13.	"Twenty Two" (live)	5:27
14.	"Seven" (live)	3:01
15.	"Eight" (live)	4:04
16.	"Six" (live)	4:16
Total length:		24:51

Note

• The live bonus tracks "Seven" and "Eight" are titled incorrectly as they are actually the songs "Ten" and "Eleven", respectively.

Personnel

• Will Mecum – guitar
• Rich Mullins – bass
• Rob Oswald – drums