From the Fires
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| EP by Greta Van Fleet | ||||
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November 10, 2017 |
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| Label (s) | Lava Records | |||
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8th |
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32 min 5 s |
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Al Sutton & Marlon Young |
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Rustbelt Studios, Royal Oak |
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From the Fires is the third EP of American classic rock - band Greta Van Fleet . The EP was released on November 10, 2017 via Lava Records . At the Grammy Awards in 2019 was From the Fires in the category Best Rock Album award.
Emergence
In October 2017 the band announced the release of the double EP From the Fires . The EP consists of eight tracks, including the four tracks from the Black Smoke Rising EP ( Safari Song , Flower Power , Highway Tune and Black Smoke Rising ), which was released on April 21, 2017. For From the Fires, the band recorded their own compositions Edge of Darkness and Talk on the Street as well as cover versions of the songs A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke from Meet on the Ledge by Fairport Convention in September 2017 . After the release of Black Smoke Rising , the musicians felt that the EP wasn't ready and so they recorded four more tracks for From the Fires .
All eight tracks were recorded at Rustbelt Studios in Royal Oak . Was produced From the Fires of Al Sutton & Marlon Young, who already EP Black Smoke Rising have produced. Anyone who bought the EP Black Smoke Rising through iTunes could buy the four new songs at a lower price. For the song Highway Tune one was music video filmed in an abandoned warehouse.
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All eight titles deal with the topic of humanity . The idea for the album title and the album cover came from singer Joshua "Josh" Kiszka. He remembered camping at Michigan's Yankee Springs Recreation Area every summer with his family . In the evening, all family members would have sat around a campfire , made music and told stories together. In the old days people would regularly gather around campfires in the evenings and the elders would tell fables about wisdom and courage.
A Change Is Gonna Come was originally written by Sam Cooke. It was triggered by an incident in Shreveport , Louisiana in 1963, when Cooke telephone reserved a hotel room for himself and his wife. Upon arrival, the African American musician was told that there were no more rooms available. Cooke complained loudly and was taken into custody by police . According to Kiszka, this song will be more topical than ever in 2017. Black Smoke Rising is about the fact that people don't always learn from history.
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For Gerrod Harris of Spill Magazine , From the Fires is an “excellent starting point for new fans”, as the playing time for the length of the album ensures “captivating listening pleasure”. In addition, the EP would be "one of the most exciting releases by a new rock band this year". The hype surrounding the band would be “more than justified” and let the listeners “eagerly await the band's future”. Harris awarded four out of five points. For Gerrit Köppl from the German magazine Visions “the youngsters deliver flawless hard and classic rock from the textbook”. The EP would be "a great bow to the greats". James Christopher Monger of the online magazine Allmusic , however, found it "terribly easy" to find the Led Zeppelin song that served as inspiration for every song on From the Fires . The future wouldn't look so bright for the band if future releases continued to climb the Stairway to Heaven .
From the Fires reached number 36 in the US and number 23 in the Canadian album charts. At the end of April 2018, the EP also entered the German album charts at number 84 and in October 2018 at number 95 in the Swiss album charts. In Canada , the EP went gold in 2018 and platinum a year later. Also in 2019, the EP was awarded gold in the United States.
From the Fires won the Best Rock Album category at the 2019 Grammy Awards . The song Black Smoke Rising was nominated in the category Best Rock Song and the song Highway Tune in the category Best Rock Performance . However, the prizes went to St. Vincent and Chris Cornell, respectively . The song Safari Song was nominated for the Rock Song of the Year category at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Christopher: Greta Van Fleet Announce Double EP 'From the Fires. Loudwire , accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ^ A b Robert Chadwick: INTERVIEW: Jake Kiszka and Danny Wagner of Greta Van Fleet. Go Venue Magazine, accessed January 5, 2018 .
- ^ Greg M. Schwartz: Greta Van Fleet Rocks the Masonic to Recruit for Their Peaceful Army. Pop Matters, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Chart tracking: US - CA - CH - DE
- ↑ Gerrod Harris: Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires. The Spill Magazine, accessed January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Gerrit Köppl: Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires . In: Visions , issue 298, page 128
- ↑ Gold / Platinum. Music Canada , accessed August 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. RIAA , accessed August 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Rabab Al-Sharif: Greta Van Fleet Lose Best New Artist at 2019 Grammys. Loudwire, accessed February 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Taylor Fields: 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees. iHeartRadio , accessed January 10, 2019 .
Web links
- From the Fires on Allmusic (English)