Field of Fire (album)

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Field of Fire
Richard Lloyd-Field of Fire cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1985
Recorded1985
StudioMistlurs Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Rock
Label Moving Target/Celluloid
Producer Richard Lloyd
Stefan Glaumann
Richard Lloyd chronology
Alchemy
(1979)
Field of Fire
(1985)
Real Time
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Village Voice B+ [2]

Field of Fire is the second solo album by former Television guitarist Richard Lloyd. [3] It was released in 1985, six years after his solo debut, Alchemy . The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden, backed mostly by Swedish musicians [4] , some of them from the band Lolita Pop.

Contents

The liner notes state that the album is "dedicated to the lodestone". The album sleeve also includes a quote from St. Paul's epistle to the Romans (chapter 15, verse 13, NIV): "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Lloyd except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Watch Yourself" - 3:10
  2. "Losin' Anna" - 2:57
  3. "Soldier Blue" - 4:04
  4. "Backtrack" - 3:07
  5. "Keep On Dancin" - 6:14

Side two

  1. "Pleading" (Lloyd, Keith Patchel) - 3:57
  2. "Lovin' Man" - 3:07
  3. "Black to White" - 4:38
  4. "Field of Fire" - 8:30

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. Field of Fire at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (April 1, 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  3. "A Guitar-Rock Great Gets Reissued and Revisited". NPR.org.
  4. "TrouserPress.com :: Richard Lloyd". www.trouserpress.com.