Album
Fire It Up
1979 · Funk / Soul
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Fire It Up is a Soul & Funk album by Rick James, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
'Fire It Up' is the third studio album by American musician Rick James (featuring The Stone City Band. The album was released on October 16, 1979 by the Motown owned Gordy Records. It was produced by Rick himself. It contains the US R&B #13 (US Dance #32) hit - "Love Gun" where everytime Rick's (supposed) lover wants to meet Rick, she should shoot him with her "love gun" The album peaked at #5 on the US R&B Charts (#34 on the US Charts) and was certified Gold by the RIAA The album kicked off the Fire It Up Tour with Prince as the opening act. The tour is famously assumed to have been the reason Prince saw success in his live performances and captured on the Funk audience of Rick James and outshined him starting probably the greatest rivalry between multi-hyphenated artists.. ever! Fire It Up was released on CD for the first time in 2010, by Universal Records. This item soon went out of print and has become a much sought after and very rare item for fans of Rick James and funk in general. The 2014 Expanded Re-issue by the Estate contained the 12" Version of "Love Gun".
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Tracklist
- 1Fire It Up3:59
- 2Love Gun5:45
- 3Lovin' You Is a Pleasure4:27
- 4Love In the Night6:22
- 5Come Into My Life7:09
- 6Stormy Love2:08
- 7When Love Is Gone7:32
- 8Love Gun (12" Extended Mix)10:04
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- gritty
- swaggering
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Cliff ErvinTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN TRUMPET, HORN
- Daniel LeMelleALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, HARPSICHORD ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, KEYBOARDS ARRANGED BY
- Greg LeviasKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, ELECTRIC PIANO
- Jackie RuffinBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- John ErvinTROMBONE
- Julia WatersBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Lanise HughesDRUMS
- Levi Ruffin Jr.BACKING VOCALS SYNTHESIZER, STRINGS , PERCUSSION SYNTHESIZER, SYNTHESIZER , PERCUSSION
- Lisa SarnaBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Maxine WatersBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Oscar AlstonBASS BASS GUITAR
- Pat HendersonBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Rick JamesACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, KEYBOARDS , PERCUSSION , DRUMS , DRUMS, PERCUSSION ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN, HARPSICHORD, TIMBALES, TIMPANI , ELECTRONIC DRUMS , DRUMS, PERCUSSION ARRANGED BY
- Shonda AkiemPERCUSSION, DRUMS PERCUSSION, ELECTRONIC DRUMS
- Stone City Band
- The Colored GirlsBACKING VOCALS
- Tom McDermottELECTRIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
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