Keep the Fire
Keep the Fire | ||||
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Studio album by Kenny Loggins | ||||
Released | September 28, 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California; Santa Barbara Sound Recording, Santa Barbara, California | |||
Genre | Soft rock, jazz, pop | |||
Length | 40:48 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd | |||
Kenny Loggins chronology | ||||
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Keep the Fire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1979.[1] It is perhaps best known for the hit single "This is It". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong".
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Record Collector | [4] |
Record Mirror | [5] |
Rolling Stone described the album as "the new sound of Southern California: a sophisticated, diffuse, jazz-inflected pop rock performed by an augmented rock band in which guitar and keyboards share equal prominence" and "churning romantic atmosphere constructed around a matinee idol's voice".[6] The Globe and Mail noted that, "occasionally, he stumbles into some of the good-time hokey rockin' fun that made such Loggins and Messina numbers as 'Your Mama Can't Dance' so nauseating."[7]
Film
The award-winning short film "Keep the Fire", by Jake Rice, is a fictionalized "Behind the Album Cover" story.[8]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Guest | Length |
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1. | "Love Has Come of Age" | Kenny Loggins | 3:51 | |
2. | "Mr. Night" | Loggins, Richard Stekol | 3:20 | |
3. | "This Is It" | Loggins, Michael McDonald | McDonald: backing vocals | 3:57 |
4. | "Junkanoo Holiday (Fallin'-Flyin')" | Loggins | 4:30 | |
5. | "Now and Then" | Jeff Bouchard, Loggins | 3:52 | |
6. | "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" | Loggins, Richard Page | Michael Jackson, Richard Page: backing vocals | 5:38 |
7. | "Keep the Fire" | Eva Ein, Loggins | 4:34 | |
8. | "Give It Half a Chance" | Stephen Bishop, Loggins | 4:57 | |
9. | "Will It Last" | Ein, Loggins | 5:50 |
Personnel
- Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals Yamaha cs80, prophet 5, Arp Quadra, EmS vocoder 2000. guitars, Sennheiser Vocoder (7)
- Brian Mann – keyboards, horn arrangements (1, 3–6, 8, 9), accordion solo (5)
- Michael McDonald – acoustic piano (3), harmony vocals (3)
- Max Gronenthal – ARP synthesizer programming
- Mike Hamilton – guitars, backing vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8)
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (8, 9)
- George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals (2, 3, 8)
- Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
- Milt Holland – percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3)
- Jon Clarke – tambourine, English horn, flute, oboe, recorder, saxophone, horn arrangements (2, 7)
- Vince Denham – cabasa, saxophone, flute
- Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (6)
- Richard Stekol – harmony vocals (2)
- Michael Jackson – harmony vocals (6)
- Richard Page – harmony vocals (6)
- Jeff Bouchard – harmony vocals (8)
Production
- Producer – Tom Dowd
- Engineer – Steve Gersky
- Second Engineer – Michael Carnavale
- Recorded at Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California, and Santa Barbara Sound Recording (Santa Barbara, California).
- Mastering – Mike Fuller at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida).
- Guitar Synthesizer Technician – Wayne Williams
- Visual Coordinator – Tony Lane
- Design Concept – Kenny Loggins and Scott Thom
- Cover Painting – Scott Thom
- Cover Photography – Ed Caraeff
- Sleeve Photography – Eva Ein Loggins
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 95 |
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 16 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Top Albums[citation needed] | 16 |
References
- ^ a b Keep the Fire at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 417.
- ^ Pinfold, William (September 2012). "Kenny Loggins-Keep the Fire". Record Collector. No. 405. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (16 February 1980). "Kenny Loggins: Keep The Fire / Jimmy Messina: Oasis". Record Mirror. p. 17.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (February 7, 1980). "Album reviews: Keep the Fire". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ Niester, Alan (29 Dec 1979). "Keep the Fire Kenny Loggins". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
- ^ Rice, Jake. Keep the Fire (A/V stream). Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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