Feel That Fire

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Feel That Fire
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2009
Genre Country
Length46:31
Label Capitol Records Nashville
Producer Brett Beavers
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley chronology
Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008
(2008)
Feel That Fire
(2009)
Up on the Ridge
(2010)
Singles from Feel That Fire
  1. "Feel That Fire"
    Released: September 29, 2008
  2. "Sideways"
    Released: March 2, 2009
  3. "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"
    Released: July 27, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]

Feel That Fire is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released on February 3, 2009 by Capitol Records Nashville. The album produced three singles with the title track, "Sideways", and "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes". The first two reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, while the third peaked at number 2. The album reached number one the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and has even sold over 327,000 copies as of 2010. [5]

Contents

Content

As with all of his previous albums, Bentley co-produced this one with Brett Beavers. Bentley co-wrote most of this album's songs along with both Brett and Jim Beavers, the latter of whom is Brett's brother. "I Can't Forget Her" is one of the album's only two songs that Bentley did not co-write. That song was previously recorded by Clay Walker on his 2003 album A Few Questions .

The title track, which Bentley and Brett Beavers co-wrote with The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett Warren), was the album's first single. That song became Bentley's sixth number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in early 2009. The album's second single "Sideways", which Bentley co-wrote with Jim Beavers, became the singer's seventh number one hit in July 2009.

The album has received many positive reviews and put in many "Best Country Albums of 2009". The Chicago Tribune ranked it No. 1 on their list of the best country albums of the year.

The song "Beautiful World" was nominated for Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Life on the Run"3:47
2."Sideways"
  • J. Beavers
  • Bentley
3:04
3."Feel That Fire"
3:21
4."I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"
  • B. Beavers
  • Bentley
3:59
5."Here She Comes"
  • B. Beavers
  • J. Beavers
  • Bentley
4:28
6."I Can't Forget Her"
  • Bart Butler
  • Mark A. Rone
  • Frank Solesbee
4:15
7."Beautiful World" (feat. Patty Griffin)
  • B. Beavers
  • J. Beavers
  • Bentley
3:14
8."Little Heartwrecker"
  • B. Beavers
  • Bentley
  • Steve Bogard
3:26
9."You Hold Me Together"
3:57
10."Better Believer"4:15
11."Pray"4:19
12."Last Call" (feat. Ronnie McCoury)Ronnie McCoury4:26
Total length:46:31

Personnel

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[11]
US
[12]
CAN Country
[13]
CAN
[14]
2008"Feel That Fire"132254* US: Gold [15]
2009"Sideways"135463* US: Gold [16]
"I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes"2521292

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Feel That Fire review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. Keefe, Jonathan. "Dierks Bentley: Feel That Fire". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  3. Mansfield, Brian (February 3, 2009). "Listen Up: Dierks Bentley fans the flames in 'Feel That Fire'". USA Today . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  4. Pastorek, Whitney (February 4, 2009). "Feel That Fire review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  5. "Dierks Bentley: Summer Album Preview 2010". Billboard. May 25, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  6. "Dierks Bentley Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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  8. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  9. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  11. "Dierks Bentley Chart History: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  12. "Dierks Bentley Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  13. "Dierks Bentley Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  14. "Dierks Bentley Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  15. "American single certifications – Dierks Bentley – Feel That Fire". Recording Industry Association of America.
  16. "American single certifications – Dierks Bentley – Sideways". Recording Industry Association of America.
  17. "American album certifications – Dierks Bentley – Feel That Fire". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 22, 2021.