1974 studio album by Ohio Players
Fire Ohio Players and the second released through the Mercury label.
History
Fire is the third of five Ohio Players albums that were also available in quadraphonic (4-channel stereo), released as an 8-track tape in the U.S. and on vinyl in Japan. DTS Entertainment released the quad mix as a DTS Audio CD in 2001.
The album's lead single "Fire" was serving in the mid-2010s as the theme song to the US television series Hell's Kitchen Fire topped both the Billboard Pop AlbumsBillboard R&B Albums
Track listing
All tracks are written by James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner , Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, William Beck
Side one No. Title Length 1. "Fire " 4:36 2. "Together" 3:08 3. "Runnin' from the Devil" 4:48 4. "I Want to Be Free" 6:56
Side two No. Title Length 5. "Smoke" 5:59 6. "It's All Over" 4:15 7. "What the Hell" 5:38 8. "Together/Feelings" (listed as "Together (Reprise)" on back cover) 1:11
Personnel
James "Diamond" Williams – drums, chimes, percussion, lead & background vocals
Billy Beck – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet , ARP , percussion, lead & background vocals
Marvin "Merv" Pierce – trumpet, flugelhorn , valve trombone & background vocals
Marshall "Rock" Jones – Fender bassLeroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitar, percussion, lead & background vocalsRalph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks – trumpet, trombone & background vocals
Clarence "Satch" Satchell – baritone sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion, lead & background vocals Production
Ohio Players – producers
Barry Mraz, Lee Hulko – engineers
Jim Ladwig – art director
Len Willis – designer
Stan Malinowski – photographyCharts
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
US US
1974
"Fire"
1
1
1975
"I Want to Be Free"
44
6
See also
References
Fire reviewAllMusic . Retrieved 2012-01-15.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X Vrdoljak, Dražen. "Ohio Players - Fire". Džuboks (in Serbian) (11 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 24.
^ "US Charts > Ohio Players" . Allmusic . Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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