Fires of Eden (album)

Fires of Eden
Studio album by Judy Collins
Released	September 1990
Genre	Pop rock folk
Length	49:00
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joel Dorn Lucy Simon
Judy Collins chronology
Sanity and Grace (1989) Fires of Eden (1990) Baby's Bedtime (1990)
Singles from Fires of Eden
"Fires of Eden" Released: October 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Fires of Eden is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Judy Collins, released in September 1990 by Columbia Records. It was Collins' first and only release for Columbia. The album was produced by Joel Dorn and Lucy Simon.

Overview

For the album, Collins wrote the album's opening seven-minute track "The Blizzard"; she also contributed to the songs "Fortune of Soldiers", "Home Before Dark", "City of Cities", "Queen of the Night", mostly with songwriters Robin Batteau and David Buskin. A studio version of the song "From a Distance" was included; it was presented on the previous album in a live version.

The album failed to chart in any country, but the title track single peaked at number 31 on the Adult Contemporary chart. ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Blizzard"	Judy Collins	7:31
2.	"Fortune of Soldiers"	Robin Batteau David Buskin Collins	4:15
3.	"Test of Time"	Batteau Judy David Collins	5:12
4.	"Fires of Eden"	Mark Goldenberg Kit Hain	4:20
5.	"Home Before Dark"	Batteau Buskin Collins	4:30
6.	"The Air That I Breathe"	Albert Hammond Mike Hazelwood	4:22
7.	"City of Cities"	Batteau Buskin Collins	3:35
8.	"Dreaming"	Amanda McBroom	4:27
9.	"Queen of the Night"	Batteau Buskin Collins	4:06
10.	"From a Distance"	Julie Gold	4:14
11.	"The Blizzard" (Reprise)	Collins	2:18
Total length:			49:00

References

1. Eder, Bruce. Fires of Eden Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
3. Robbins, Ira (October 12, 1990). "Fires of Eden". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
4. Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
5. "Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard . December 8, 1990. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.

External links

• Fires of Eden at Discogs (list of releases)