Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)
Hold Your Fire | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 16, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
Genre | Glam metal, heavy metal | |||
Length | 51:34 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | David Prater | |||
FireHouse chronology | ||||
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Singles from Hold Your Fire | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | C−[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | D[4] |
Hold Your Fire is the second studio album by the hard rock band FireHouse. It was released in June 1992. The album spent thirty weeks in the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart peaking at No. 23.[5]
The album spawned the singles "Reach for the Sky", "Sleeping with You" and "When I Look into Your Eyes". The album was certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.[6]
The album is also known for having the same snare sound as the one used on Dream Theater's album Images and Words, another album produced by David Prater around the same time.[7]
Track listing
All songs written by Bill Leverty and C.J. Snare, except where noted.
- "Reach for the Sky" – 4:47
- "Rock You Tonight" – 4:35
- "Sleeping with You" – 3:51
- "You're Too Bad" – 3:38
- "When I Look into Your Eyes" – 4:00
- "Get in Touch" – 5:24
- "Hold Your Fire" – 3:51
- "The Meaning of Love" – 4:12
- "Talk of the Town" – 4:38
- "Life in the Real World" – 3:36
- "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson, Snare) – 4:00
- "Hold the Dream" – 5:02
Personnel
- C.J. Snare – lead vocals, keyboards
- Bill Leverty – guitars
- Perry Richardson – bass guitar
- Michael Foster – drums, percussion
Production
- David Prater – producer
- Michael Caplan – executive producer
- Doug Oberkircher – engineer
- Steve Regina – assistant engineer
- David Prater – mixing
- Doug Oberkircher – mixing
- Vladimir Meller – mastering
Charts
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 180 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 66 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 14 |
US Billboard 200[11] | 32 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Hold Your Fire at AllMusic
- ^ Herrmann, Brenda (July 16, 1992). "Firehouse Hold Your Fire (Epic)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Firehouse". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. p. 104. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Altman, Billy (June 26, 1992). "Hold Your Fire". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Album Chart Position @ Billboard.com[dead link ] Retrieved May 2009
- ^ "American album certifications – Firehouse – Hold Your Fire". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Martinelli, Roberto (November 2007). "Interview with Dream Theater". Maelstrom. 58. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017 – via maelstromzine.com.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing November 23, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Firehouse – Hold Your Fire" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "Firehouse Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "American album certifications – FireHouse – Hold Your Fire". Recording Industry Association of America.