Inside the Fire (album) explained
Inside the Fire is a 1984 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. This would prove to be Rita's last studio album with her longtime label, A&M Records. The album features the top 15 adult contemporary hit "Something Said Love" and the Richard Kerr/Will Jennings ballad "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore". The album has yet to be released on CD.
Track listing
Side one
- "Hit Me on the Loveside" (J.C. Crowley, Marcy Levy) – 4:07
- "Do You Believe in Love" (Graham Lyle) – 3:34
- "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (Richard Kerr, Will Jennings) – 3:49
- "Games" (Vince Melamed, Andrea Farber) – 3:30
- "Wishing Star" (Vince Melamed, Chris Thompson) – 3:40
Side two
- "I'm Comin' Home" (Charlie Williams, Danny Chauncey, David Brown) – 3:55
- "Something Said Love" (Wood Newton, Jerry Michael) – 3:36
- "Love From Tokyo" (Kenji Sawada, Yoshiko Miura, Ralph F. McCarthy) – 3:42
- "Survivor" (Priscilla Coolidge, Mary Unobsky, Danny Ironstone) – 3:29
- "Love Is Muddy Water" (Jim Hunt, Arnold Goldstein) – 3:46
Personnel
- Rita Coolidge – vocals
- Michael Utley – Yamaha DX7 (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3), organ (6), keyboards (8, 10)
- Bill Payne – synthesizers (2), pipe organ (10)
- Mitchell Froom – electric flute (4), synthesizers (5)
- Vince Melamed – synthesizers (8)
- Rick Vito – electric guitars (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitars (5)
- Snuffy Walden – electric guitars (1)
- Steve Farris – guitar solo (1)
- Josh Leo – electric guitars (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (3, 5, 9)
- Kurtis Teel – bass (1-6, 8, 10), guitars (10)
- George Wesly Perry – bass (7, 9)
- Thom Mooney – drums (1-6, 8-10)
- Chet McCracken – drums (7)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 7, 9)
- Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica (6)
- Albhy Galuten – string arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
- Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
- David Lasley – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-10)
- Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (1)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6-10)
- Judy Brown – backing vocals (2)
- Ce Ce Bullard – backing vocals (2, 8-10)
- Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals (4, 6)
- Carmen Grillo – backing vocals (9, 10)
- Bernie Harris – backing vocals (10)
Production
- Tom Dowd – producer
- Jim Nipar – recording, mixing
- David Bianco – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Chuck Beeson – art direction
- Melanie Niessen – design
- Philip Dixon – photography
- Bert Block and Ron Rainey – management
