Inside the Fire (album)
1984 studio album by Rita Coolidge
Inside the Fire is a 1984 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. This would prove to be Rita's last studio album with her longtime label, A&M Records. The album features the top 15 adult contemporary hit "Something Said Love" and the Richard Kerr/Will Jennings ballad "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore". The album has yet to be released on CD.
Track listing
Side one
"Hit Me on the Loveside" (J.C. Crowley, Marcy Levy ) – 4:07
"Do You Believe in Love" (Graham Lyle ) – 3:34
"I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (Richard Kerr , Will Jennings ) – 3:49
"Games" (Vince Melamed, Andrea Farber) – 3:30
"Wishing Star" (Vince Melamed, Chris Thompson) – 3:40
Side two
"I'm Comin' Home" (Charlie Williams, Danny Chauncey, David Brown) – 3:55
"Something Said Love" (Wood Newton , Jerry Michael) – 3:36
"Love From Tokyo" (Kenji Sawada, Yoshiko Miura , Ralph F. McCarthy) – 3:42
"Survivor" (Priscilla Coolidge , Mary Unobsky, Danny Ironstone) – 3:29
"Love Is Muddy Water" (Jim Hunt, Arnold Goldstein) – 3:46
Personnel
Rita Coolidge – vocals
Michael Utley – Yamaha DX7 (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3), organ (6), keyboards (8, 10)
Bill Payne – synthesizers (2), pipe organ (10)
Mitchell Froom – electric flute (4), synthesizers (5)
Vince Melamed – synthesizers (8)
Rick Vito – electric guitars (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitars (5)
Snuffy Walden – electric guitars (1)
Steve Farris – guitar solo (1)
Josh Leo – electric guitars (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (3, 5, 9)
Kurtis Teel – bass (1-6, 8, 10), guitars (10)
George Wesly Perry – bass (7, 9)
Thom Mooney – drums (1-6, 8-10)
Chet McCracken – drums (7)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 7, 9)
Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica (6)
Albhy Galuten – string arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
David Lasley – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-10)
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (1)
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6-10)
Judy Brown – backing vocals (2)
Ce Ce Bullard – backing vocals (2, 8-10)
Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals (4, 6)
Carmen Grillo – backing vocals (9, 10)
Bernie Harris – backing vocals (10)
Production
Tom Dowd – producer
Jim Nipar – recording, mixing
David Bianco – recording assistant, mix assistant
Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Chuck Beeson – art direction
Melanie Niessen – design
Philip Dixon – photography
Bert Block and Ron Rainey – management
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