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Released
  
August 31, 1981

Fire of Love (1981)
  
Miami (1982)

Release date
  
31 August 1981

Producers
  
Chris D., Tito Larriva

Length
  
40:03

Artist
  
The Gun Club

Label
  
Ruby Records

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Studio
  
Studio America, Pasadena, California and Quad Teck, Los Angeles, California

Genres
  
Punk rock, Punk blues, Post-punk, Psychobilly

Similar
  
The Gun Club albums, Psychobilly albums, Other albums

Gun club fire of love full album


Fire of Love is the debut album of the American punk band the Gun Club, released in 1981 on Ruby Records.

Contents

The gun club fire of love full album 1981


Production

The Flesh Eaters' singer Chris D. produced five tracks on the album ("Sex Beat", "Preaching the Blues", "Fire Spirit", "Ghost on the Highway" and "Jack on Fire") at Quad Teck with Pat Burnette engineering. Tito Larriva produced the album's other six tracks at Studio America with Noah Shark engineering. Chris D. was also credited with the cover design for the original release. Judith Bell was responsible for the bottle label illustrations on the rear of the cover.

Reception

The album is considered groundbreaking in being the first of its kind to combine the hard, stripped-down sound of punk rock with American roots music. In turn, this innovation helped to create the punk blues style as well as inspiring countless garage rock musicians. Several musicians have cited Fire of Love as an influence.

In media

In 2006, "Sex Beat" appeared on the soundtrack to the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.

Track listing

All songs composed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce; except where indicated

Side A
  1. "Sex Beat" - 2:45
  2. "Preaching the Blues" (Robert Johnson; arranged by Jeffrey Lee Pierce) - 3:58
  3. "Promise Me" - 2:35
  4. "She's Like Heroin to Me" - 2:33
  5. "For the Love of Ivy" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Kid Congo Powers) - 5:31
  6. "Fire Spirit" - 2:52
Side B
  1. "Ghost on the Highway" - 2:43
  2. "Jack on Fire" - 4:40
  3. "Black Train" - 2:11
  4. "Cool Drink of Water" (Tommy Johnson; traditional, arranged by Jeffrey Lee Pierce) - 6:10
  5. "Goodbye Johnny" - 3:41

Personnel

The Gun Club
  • Jeffrey Lee Pierce - vocals, slide guitar, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
  • Ward Dotson - guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
  • Rob Ritter - bass
  • Terry Graham - drums
    • Additional musicians
  • Tito Larriva - producer, violin on "Promise Me"
  • Chris D. - producer, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
  • Lois Graham - backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
    • Technical
  • Pat Burnette, Noah Shark - engineers
  • Chris D. - cover design
  • Judith Bell - bottle label drawings

    • Covers

  • In 1998, 16 Horsepower recorded a cover of "Fire Spirit" for their 1998 EP The Partisan.
  • In 2003, Enon covered the song "Sex Beat".
  • Juliana Hatfield's band Some Girls also covered "Sex Beat" for their 2003 album Feel It.
  • Japandroids recorded a cover of "For the Love of Ivy" on their 2012 album Celebration Rock.
  • In 2013, Kim Salmon and Spencer P. Jones recorded a cover of "Jack on Fire" for their album Runaways.

    • Songs

    1Sex Beat2:47
    2Preaching the Blues4:00
    3Promise Me2:37

    References

    Fire of Love Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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