Fires (Ronan Keating album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fires
Ronankeatingfires.jpg
Studio album by
Ronan Keating
Released3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)
GenrePop
Length43:18 (Standard)
51:34 (Deluxe)
LabelPolydor
ProducerGregg Alexander, Electric, Odd Jensen, Stephen Lipson, Cass Lowe, Paul Meehan, Rick Nowels, Brian Rawling, Dean Reid
Ronan Keating chronology
When Ronan Met Burt
(2011) 		Fires
(2012) 		Time of My Life
(2016)
Singles from Fires
  1. "Fires"
    Released: 17 August 2012
  2. "Wasted Light"
    Released: 3 December 2012

Fires is the ninth studio album by Irish singer Ronan Keating. The album was released on 3 September 2012, with a special deluxe, signed edition to be available from the Universal Music official store.[1] It is his fifth album to contain original material and his first in six years following Bring You Home.

Promotion[]

Keating performing in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands, in 2012

To promote the record, Keating embarked on a short promotional tour, which began on 3 August 2012, with the Summarfestivalur in The Faroe Islands, where he performed in front of 14,000 fans.[2] Other dates included the Þjóðhátíð festival in Iceland on 5 August, and the Festas do Mar in Portugal on 17 August in front of 20,000 fans,[3] as well as appearances in Germany and Australia.[4] Ronan undertook two weeks of radio promotion around radio stations in the last week of August. He will perform 'Fires' on Red or Black? on 8 September 2012

A full arena tour in promotion of the album will commence on 16 January 2013, and will cover select areas of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Venues include Colston Hall in Bristol, The O2 Arena, Cardiff International Arena, Brighton Centre, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, LG Arena in Birmingham, Bournemouth International Centre, Sheffield City Hall, Blackpool Opera House, Liverpool Echo Arena, Manchester Apollo, Newcastle City Hall, Clyde Auditorium and AECC in Scotland and The O2 in Ireland.[5]

Singles[]

  • "Fires", the album's title track, premiered on 21 July 2012 on BBC Radio 2. The music video for the song premiered on 1 August 2012, via YouTube. The single as released as a digital download on 2 September 2012. The song was only available as a digital download and sold 10,000 copies.[6]
  • "Wasted Light", is the second track on the album and premiered on 3 December 2012. The music video part live, part animated.

Critical reception[]

On 22 August 2012 the album was voted album of the week by BBC Radio 2.[7]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Musicpositive[8]
Daily Express4/5 stars[9]

Fires received positive reviews from BBC Music, critic Mike Driver declared that "a few bloopers aside, this is probably Keating’s best album since his eponymous debut."[10]

The Daily Express gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 and commented that "it's on songs such as Love You And Leave You that you get a whiff of a truly original artist." However, it also said that Keating had "put together something that, while slick and seamless, doesn’t really say anything new and mostly sounds a little sub-something else, largely Scissor Sisters."[9]

Commercial Performance[]

The album charted in Ireland at number 12, in the UK at number 5 selling 30,000 copies, and in Germany at number 20, selling 14,000 copies.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fires"Edvard Førre Erfjord, Henrik Barman Michelsen, Shelly PooleElectric3:51
2."I've Got You"Ronan Keating, Paddy Dalton, Mathias WolloElectric3:53
3."Love You and Leave You"Odd Jensen, Cass LoweElectric, Cass Lowe, Odd Jensen3:15
4."Nineteen Again"Gregg Alexander, Rick NowelsGregg Alexander, Rick Nowels, Dean Reid3:21
5."Wasted Light"Erfjord, Michelsen, Gary GoElectric4:03
6."Lullaby" (featuring KizMusic)Jamie Hartman, Lee DeWyze, Andy Stochansky, KizMusicBrian Rawling, Paul Meehan3:57
7."Easy Now My Dear"Keating, Dalton, WolloElectric3:46
8."NYC Girl"Orion Simprini, Linda Horwatt, Sherif Fanous, Chris Sokolewitz, Jon WeberBrian Rawling, Paul Meehan3:48
9."Oxygen"Erfjord, Michelsen, LoweElectric, Cass Lowe3:19
10."Close Your Eyes"Nicole Dash Jones, Matt Schwartz, Daniel SpencerStephen Lipson3:59
11."Get Back to What Is Real"Alexander, NowelsGregg Alexander, Rick Nowels, Dean Reid3:20
12."The One You Love"Don Mescall, Vanbrugh HillBrian Rawling, Paul Meehan4:42
Deluxe Edition additional tracks[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."It's Alright"Dalton, WolloStephen Lipson2:51
14."Will You Ever Be Mine?"Alexander, Nowels 3:32
15."Lullaby"Jamie Hartman, Lee DeWyze, Andy StochanskyBrian Rawling, Paul Meehan3:54

Chart performance[]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 51
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 138
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[14] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 20
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 35
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 5

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ronan Keating Fires Box Set at Universal Music". Store.universal-music.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Twitter / ronanofficial: Largest ticket pre-sale in". Twitter.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Twitter / ronanofficial: Holy cow batman. What a gig". Twitter.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ "August 2012". Ronankeatingnews.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Ronan Keating Tickets | Ronan Keating Tour Dates & Concerts | Ticketmaster UK". Ticketmaster.co.uk. 3 March 1977. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Ronan Keating: Voice of the voiceless". gulfnews. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Radio 2 - Playlist". BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Music - Review of Ronan Keating - Fires". BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ronan Keating: Fires | Music | Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  10. ^ [1][dead link]
  11. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Ronan Keating – Fires". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Ronan Keating – Fires" (in German). Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Top Stranih [Top Foreign]" (in Croatian). Top Foreign Albums. Hrvatska diskografska udruga.
  15. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  16. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 37, 2012". Chart-Track. IRMA.
  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ronan Keating – Fires" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – Ronan Keating – Fires". Hung Medien.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Ronan Keating – Fires". Hung Medien.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Ronan Keating – Fires". Hung Medien.
  22. ^ "Ronan Keating | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
Retrieved from ""