Fire and Water
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Publication |
June 1970 |
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| Label (s) | Island Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
35:19 |
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Free, John Kelly |
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Studio (s) |
Trident Studios, London ; Island Studios, London |
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Fire and Water is the third studio album by the British blues rock band Free . It was released on Island Records in 1970 .
background
In the summer of 1969, the free opening act for Blind Faith were on their US tour, the last concert of which took place in Madison Square Garden. The band was then able to perform for a week at the Ungano Club in New York. After returning to England in the spring of 1970, the sound recordings took place in Trident Studios in London and the mixing was done in Island Sound Studios. Fire and Water brought the band the commercial breakthrough and contains one of the most famous rock hits with All Right Now . Due to the success of the album, Free was able to perform in front of around 600,000 people at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival . In contrast to the classic blues of the debut album, the group here shows simple rock music that would later be referred to as classic rock .
Track list
- Original album from 1970
page 1
- Fire and Water ( Andy Fraser , Paul Rodgers ) - 3:42
- Oh I Wept ( Paul Kossoff , Rodgers) - 4.25
- Remember (Fraser, Rodgers) - 4:25
- Heavy Load (Fraser, Rodgers) - 5:19
Page 2
- Mr. Big (Fraser, Kossoff, Rodgers, Simon Kirke ) - 5:54
- Don`t Say You Love Me (Fraser, Rodgers) - 6:02
- All Right Now (Fraser, Rodgers) - 5:32
- Bonus tracks from the 2001 remastered CD re-release
- Oh I Wept (Alternate Vocal Take) - 4:22
- Fire and Water (New Stereo Mix) - 4:24
- Fire and Water (BBC Session) - 3:08
- All Right Now (BBC Session) - 5:29
- All Right Now (Single Version) - 4:18
- All Right Now (First Version) - 3:31
- Double CD Deluxe Edition from 2012
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CD 2
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Songs 1 through 7 on the first CD are the original 1970 album. Songs 9 through 11 on the second CD were recorded live at Fairfield Halls Croydon and songs 12 and 13 in Sunderland Locarno Fillmore North. Tracks # 14 to # 16 are previously unreleased recordings.
occupation
- Paul Rodgers - vocals
- Paul Kossoff - guitar
- Andy Fraser - bass , piano
- Simon Kirke - drums
Chart successes
Fire and Water reached number 17 on the American Billboard 200 , number 2 in the British charts and number 30 in the German charts. The single All Right Now reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 , number 2 in the UK, number 5 in Germany, number 6 in the Austrian and number 4 in the Swiss charts.
reception
- Music journalist Robert Christgau wrote that the band had changed from saturated blues to unpretentious rock within three albums. The climax would be the bone-breaking All Right Now , followed by Mr. Big (namesake for the band Mr. Big ) and Fire and Water . The album got a B.
- At Allmusic , Matthew Greenwald wrote that if Fleetwood Mac , Humble Pie or Foghat had never existed, Free would be considered the greatest blues rock band of the post-Beatles era and Fire and Water would show why. From Kossoff's tasteful guitar playing to the soulful singing of Rodger, the band would be worth the coat that Cream , Blind Faith or Derek and the Dominos would have worn before. The album received four and a half stars out of five.
- Robert Davis wrote on sputnikmusic that the album was the defining moment in the group's career and that it would have made them instantly recognizable. On Fire and Water is precise songwriting and even more precise musical craft showed also the most famous song of the group is All Right Now included. The publication received four out of five points in the evaluation.
Cover versions
In addition to other bands, Wilson Pickett covered the song Fire and Water in 1971 and The Answer 2011 on Revival . Big was re-recorded by Gov't Mule on their debut album in 1995 and by Mr. Big on Bump Ahead in 1993 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fire And Water at discogs.com
- ↑ Andy Fraser Homepage ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Album presentation at classicrockreview.wordpress.com
- ↑ Kossoff's biography at paulkossoffofficial.com ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CD edition from 2001
- ↑ Deluxe Edition at discogs.com
- ↑ US chart placement at allmusic.com
- ↑ UK chart placement at chartarchive.org
- ^ German chart placement at chartsurfer.de
- ↑ EU chart placement All Right Now
- ↑ Reviews of the band at robertchristgau.com
- ↑ Fire and Water at allmusic.com
- ↑ Fire and Water at sputnikmusic.com
- ↑ Pickett's Fire and Water at discogs.com
- ↑ Revival at discogs.com
- ↑ Gov't Mule at discogs.com
- ↑ Bump Ahead at discogs.com
