Blood, Fire & Love

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Blood, Fire & Love
The Almighty-Blood, Fire and Love.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedApril and July 1989 at Abbey Road 2 (London, Sawmills), Cornwall and A.I.R. (London)
Genre Hard rock
Length45:14
Label Polydor
Producer John Williams
The Almighty chronology
Blood, Fire & Love
(1989)
Blood, Fire & Live
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Blood, Fire & Love is the first studio album by Scottish rock band The Almighty, released in 1989. A three-disc deluxe edition was released by Spinefarm Records in 2015, including the Blood, Fire & Live album on the second disc, and all of the B-sides from the various singles on disc three.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Resurrection Mutha" – 4:56
  2. "Destroyed" – 3:43
  3. "Wild & Wonderful" – 4:58
  4. "Blood, Fire & Love" – 5:46
  5. "Gift Horse" – 3:38
  6. "You've Gone Wild" – 3:59
  7. "Lay Down the Law" – 4:01
  8. "Power" – 3:58
  9. "Full Force Lovin' Machine" – 3:45
  10. "Detroit" – 3:23
  11. "New Love Sensation" – 3:03

2014 deluxe edition disc 2: Blood, Fire & Live

  1. "Full Force Lovin' Machine"
  2. "You've Gone Wild"
  3. "Lay Down the Law"
  4. "Blood, Fire & Love"
  5. "Destroyed"
  6. "Wild & Wonderful"
  7. "Resurrection Mutha"
  8. "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"

2014 deluxe edition disc 3: Bonus tracks

  1. "Destroyed (Demo)"
  2. "Lay Down the Law (Demo)"
  3. "Full Force Lovin' Machine (Demo)"
  4. "Destroyed (Radio Version)"
  5. "Love Me to Death"
  6. "Blood, Fire & Love (Metal Version)"
  7. "Wild & Wonderful (Live)"
  8. "Lay Down the Law (Live)"
  9. "Power (Killer Watt Mix)"
  10. "Power (Live)"
  11. "Power (Dub Mix)"
  12. "Thunderbird"
  13. "Good God Almighty"
  14. "Power (Friday Night Rock Show)"
  15. "Wild & Wonderful (Friday Night Rock Show)"
  16. "Destroyed (Friday Night Rock Show)"
  17. "Thunderbird (Friday Night Rock Show)"

Personnel

The Almighty

Guest musicians

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References

  1. "The Almighty – Blood, Fire & Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 October 2010.