Fire (Ohio Players album)

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Fire (Ohio Players album) - Wikipedia

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Fire

Studio album by

Ohio Players

Released

November 1974

Recorded

Paragon Studios
(Chicago, Illinois)

Genre

Funk, soul, rock

Length

36:27

Ohio Players chronology

Climax
(1974)

Fire
(1974)

Honey
(1975)

Singles from Fire

"Fire"
Released: November 1974
"I Want to Be Free"
Released: 1975

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
Džuboks	mixed^[3]

Fire is the sixth studio album by the 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 Albums chart and the Billboard R&B Albums chart (where it held for five weeks) in early 1975.

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 bass
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitar, percussion, lead & background vocals
Ralph "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 – photography

Charts

Chart (1974–75)	Peak ^[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	1
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[4]	US R&B ^[4]
1974	"Fire"	1	1
1975	"I Want to Be Free"	44	6

References

^ Henderson, Alex. Fire review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Vrdoljak, Dražen. "Ohio Players - Fire". Džuboks (in Serbian) (11 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > Ohio Players". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

External links

Fire at Discogs

v t e Ohio Players
Marshall "Rock" Jones Clarence "Satch" Satchell Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner Andrew Noland Gary Webster Bobby Lee Fears Dutch Robinson Walter "Junie" Morrison Bruce Napier Marvin "Merv" Pierce Billy Beck Jimmy "Diamond" Williams Robert Ward
Studio albums	Observations in Time Pain Pleasure Ecstasy Skin Tight Fire Honey Contradiction Angel Mr. Mean Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee Everybody Up Back
Live albums	Ol' School
Compilation albums	Climax Gold
Singles	"Funky Worm" "Fire" "Sweet Sticky Thing" "Love Rollercoaster" "Who'd She Coo?"

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