| Fire | ||||
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| Released | November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Paragon Studios (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
| Genre | Funk, soul, rock | |||
| Length | 36:27 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Ohio Players | |||
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| Singles from Fire | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [2] |
| Džuboks | mixed [3] |
Fire is the sixth studio album by the Ohio Players and the second released through the Mercury label.
Fire is the third of five Ohio Players albums that were also available in quadraphonic (4-channel stereo), released as an 8-track tape in the U.S. and on vinyl in Japan. DTS Entertainment released the quad mix as a DTS Audio CD in 2001.
The album's lead single "Fire" was serving in the mid-2010s as the theme song to the US television series Hell's Kitchen . Fire topped both the Billboard Pop Albums chart and the Billboard R&B Albums chart (where it held for five weeks) in early 1975.
All tracks are written by James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, William Beck
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fire" | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Together" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Runnin' from the Devil" | 4:48 |
| 4. | "I Want to Be Free" | 6:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Smoke" | 5:59 |
| 6. | "It's All Over" | 4:15 |
| 7. | "What the Hell" | 5:38 |
| 8. | "Together/Feelings" (listed as "Together (Reprise)" on back cover) | 1:11 |
| Chart (1974–75) | Peak [4] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] | US R&B [4] | ||
| 1974 | "Fire" | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | "I Want to Be Free" | 44 | 6 |
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