Phoenix (Dan Fogelberg album)

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Phoenix
Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedNovember 1978 – October 1979
StudioNorthstar Studios (Boulder, CO.); Quadraphonic Sound Studios (Nashville, TN); Bayshore Recording Studios (Coconut Grove, FL); The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA); Record Plant (Sausalito, CA)
Length42:56
Label Full Moon/Epic
Producer Dan Fogelberg, Norbert Putnam, Marty Lewis
Dan Fogelberg chronology
Twin Sons of Different Mothers
(1978)
Phoenix
(1979)
The Innocent Age
(1981)
Singles from Phoenix
  1. "Face the Fire"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Longer"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Beggar's Game"
    Released: 1980
  4. "Heart Hotels"
    Released: 1980

Phoenix is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, released in 1979. [1] [2] It was produced primarily by Fogelberg and Norbert Putnam. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Sacramento Bee called the album "an assemblage of alleged rockers and tedious love ballads." [8] The Austin American-Statesman determined that "the string sections are overused and most tracks are overdubbed with an unnecessary number of guitars." [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Daniel Fogelberg.

No.TitleLength
1."Tullamore Dew"1:16
2."Phoenix"7:06
3."Gypsy Wind"3:59
4."The Last to Know"3:11
5."Face the Fire"5:39
6."Wishing on the Moon"4:32
7."Heart Hotels"4:15
8."Longer"3:15
9."Beggar's Game"5:00
10."Along the Road"4:34

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Weekly Charts

ChartPosition
US Billboard Pop Albums [9] 3
Australia Albums Chart [10] 27
UK Albums Chart [11] 42

Year End Charts (1980)

ChartPosition
US Billboard Pop Albums15

Charting Singles – Billboard (North America)

SingleChartPosition
"Longer"Pop Singles2
Adult Contemporary1
"Heart Hotels"Pop Singles21
Adult Contemporary3

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