Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album) explained

Hold Your Fire
Type:	studio
Artist:	FireHouse
Cover:	Firehouse-hyf.jpg
Released:	June 16, 1992
Recorded:	1991–1992
Genre:	Glam metal, heavy metal
Length:	51:34
Label:	Epic
Producer:	David Prater
Prev Title:	FireHouse
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	3
Next Year:	1995

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Leverty and C.J. Snare, except where noted.

1. "Reach for the Sky" – 4:47
2. "Rock You Tonight" – 4:35
3. "Sleeping with You" – 3:51
4. "You're Too Bad" – 3:38
5. "When I Look into Your Eyes" – 4:00
6. "Get in Touch" – 5:24
7. "Hold Your Fire" – 3:51
8. "The Meaning of Love" – 4:12
9. "Talk of the Town" – 4:38
10. "Life in the Real World" – 3:36
11. "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson, Snare) – 4:00
12. "Hold the Dream" – 5:02

Singles

• "Reach for the Sky" - No. 83 U.S.
• "When I Look into Your Eyes" - No. 8 U.S.
• "Sleeping with You" - No. 78 U.S.

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=hold+your+fire&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH&submit.x=25&submit.y=13 Album Chart Position @ Billboard.com
2. United States. album. Firehouse. Hold Your Fire. July 24, 2023.
3. Martinelli. Roberto. November 2007. Interview with Dream Theater. Maelstrom. 58. maelstromzine.com.
4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 . . Roppongi, Tokyo . 2006 . 4-87131-077-9 . ja.