Two Fires | ||||
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Released | 7 September 1990 [1] | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 46:15 | |||
Label | Mushroom | |||
Producer | Don Gehman | |||
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Singles from Two Fires | ||||
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Two Fires is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first United States release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No. 1 album, debuting in September 1990 and remaining at the position for four weeks. [2] On 16 June 1991, Two Fires again reached No. 1, making it the only Barnes album to achieve such a feat. The title track, "Between Two Fires", was co-written with the hit songwriter, Holly Knight. It notably added "Stick to Your Guns".
3 certain tracks from the Two Fires sessions did not make it to the final album, but they appeared as B-sides of the album's singles. These include:
Technical
Chart (1990/91) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] | 1 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] | 1 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 4 |
Chart (1991) | Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] | 5 |
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ) [7] | 3 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [8] | 6× Platinum | 420,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [9] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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