Fuel for the Fire (Naked Eyes album) explained

Fuel for the Fire
Type:	studio
Artist:	Naked Eyes
Cover:	Nakedeyes fuelforthefire.JPG
Released:	September 1984
Recorded:	1984
Genre:	New wave synth-pop
Length:	38:00
Label:	Parlophone EMI America (North America)
Producer:	Tony Mansfield Arthur Baker
Prev Title:	Burning Bridges
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Fumbling with the Covers
Next Year:	2007

Fuel for the Fire is the second album by British duo Naked Eyes, released in 1984. The band had top 40 success with the first single off the album, "(What) In the Name of Love", produced by Arthur Baker, which reached No. 39 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100,^[1] and in a remix by Baker, No. 35 on the Dance chart. The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

While a modest hit, it had not matched the commercial and critical success of their debut; in their home country of the UK, neither the album nor its single had charted. Baker remixed another track he had produced for the duo, "Sacrifice", but the record company never released a follow-up to the top 40 lead single and Naked Eyes disbanded following the underwhelming reception.

The album was released for the first time on CD in 2013 by Cherry Red Records.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher.

Side one

1. "(What) In the Name of Love" – 4:24
2. "New Hearts" – 3:36
3. "Sacrifice" – 4:06
4. "Eyes of a Child" – 3:34
5. "Once Is Enough" – 4:08

Side two

1. "No Flowers Please" – 4:00
2. "Answering Service" – 3:42
3. "Me I See in You" – 3:33
4. "Flying Solo" – 4:30
5. "Flag of Convenience" – 4:07

Personnel

Naked Eyes

• Pete Byrne – lead vocals
• Rob Fisher – keyboards, Fairlight programming, LinnDrum programming

Additional musicians

• Ira Siegel – guitars (1, 3)
• Tony Mansfield – guitars (2, 4–10)
• John Read – bass
• Frank Valardi – drums (1, 3)
• Graham Broad – drums (2, 4–10)
• Tina Baker – backing vocals
• Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
• Wendell Morrison – backing vocals
• Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals

Production

• Producers – Arthur Baker (1, 3); Tony Mansfield (2, 4–10).
• Engineers – Jay Burnett (1, 3); Hadyn Bendall (2, 4–10).
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Art direction – Henry Marquez
• Design – Michael Diehl
• Photography – Gavin Cochrane

Singles

1. "(What) In the Name of Love" (11 August 1984)

Charts

Chart (1984)!scope="col"

Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	83

Notes and References

1. Naked Eyes Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. 27 October 2023. 21 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180821175229/https://www.billboard.com/music/naked-eyes/chart-history/hot-100. dead.
2. http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=3899 "Burning Bridges – Naked Eyes", Cherry Red Records
3. Naked Eyes Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 27 October 2023. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719222006/https://www.billboard.com/music/naked-eyes/chart-history/billboard-200. dead.