The Fire Inside | ||||
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Released | August 27, 1991 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 52:24 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Fire Inside | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Q | [2] |
The Fire Inside is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger. The album was released in mid 1991 on the record label, Capitol. It was Seger's first album of entirely new music since Like a Rock in 1986. Though credited to "The Silver Bullet Band", much of the album used guest and session musicians, with limited contributions from Silver Bullet Band members. Among the guest artists on the album are Joe Walsh, Bruce Hornsby, Roy Bittan, Steve Lukather, Don Was, Waddy Wachtel, Rick Vito, Mike Campbell, Patty Smyth, Lisa Germano, and Kenny Aronoff.
On release, The Fire Inside received a mixed critical reception, but was still a commercial success peaking at number 7 on the US Billboard album chart, and achieved Platinum status from the RIAA.
Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Bret Adams wrote of the album "Overall, the 12-track album is a disappointing piecemeal effort with five different production credits, and Seger uses two Tom Waits covers and one other outside song to pad it." [3]
All tracks are written by Bob Seger, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Take a Chance" | 3:41 | |
2. | "The Real Love" | 4:40 | |
3. | "Sightseeing" | 3:39 | |
4. | "Real at the Time" | 3:53 | |
5. | "Always in My Heart" | 4:14 | |
6. | "The Fire Inside" | 5:56 | |
7. | "New Coat of Paint" | Tom Waits | 3:26 |
8. | "Which Way" | 3:57 | |
9. | "The Mountain" | 6:45 | |
10. | "The Long Way Home" | 4:24 | |
11. | "Blind Love" | Waits | 4:23 |
12. | "She Can't Do Anything Wrong" | Bill Davis, Walt Richmond | 3:38 |
"New Coat Of Paint" and "The Long Way Home" were left off the album's LP release.
As listed in the liner notes. [4]
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 99 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] | 33 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] | 68 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] | 23 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] | 26 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10] | 7 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] | 33 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] | 14 |
UK Albums (OCC) [13] | 54 |
US Billboard 200 [14] | 7 |
Title | Chart (1991) | Position |
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"Take a Chance" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks [15] | 10 |
"The Fire Inside" | US Adult Contemporary [16] | 45 |
"The Fire Inside" | Mainstream Rock Tracks [15] | 6 |
"The Real Love" | US Adult Contemporary [16] | 4 |
"The Real Love" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks [15] | 4 |
"The Real Love" | US Billboard Hot 100 [17] | 24 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [18] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [19] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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