Inside the Fire (album)

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Inside the Fire
Studio album by Rita Coolidge
Released	1984
Recorded	Record Plant
Genre	Pop
Label	A&M
Producer	Tom Dowd for Tom Dowd Productions, Inc
Rita Coolidge chronology
Never Let You Go (1983) Inside the Fire (1984) Fire Me Back (1990)

Inside the Fire is a 1984 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. This would prove to be Rita's last studio album with her longtime label, A&M Records. The album features the top 15 adult contemporary hit "Something Said Love" and the Richard Kerr/Will Jennings ballad "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore". The album has yet to be released on CD.

Track listing[]

Side one[]

1. "Hit Me on the Loveside" (J.C. Crowley, Marcy Levy) – 4:07
2. "Do You Believe in Love" (Graham Lyle) – 3:34
3. "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (Richard Kerr, Will Jennings) – 3:49
4. "Games" (Vince Melamed, Andrea Farber) – 3:30
5. "Wishing Star" (Vince Melamed, Chris Thompson) – 3:40

Side two[]

1. "I'm Comin' Home" (Charlie Williams, Danny Chauncey, David Brown) – 3:55
2. "Something Said Love" (Wood Newton, Jerry Michael) – 3:36
3. "Love From Tokyo" (Kenji Sawada, Yoshiko Miura, Ralph F. McCarthy) – 3:42
4. "Survivor" (Priscilla Coolidge, Mary Unobsky, Danny Ironstone) – 3:29
5. "Love Is Muddy Water" (Jim Hunt, Arnold Goldstein) – 3:46

Personnel[]

• Rita Coolidge – vocals
• Rick Vito, Snuffy Walden, Steve Farris, Josh Leo – guitar
• Kurtis Teel – bass
• Mike Utley – keyboards, piano
• Bill Payne – synthesizer
• Thom Mooney – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• George Wesly Perry – bass on "Something Said Love"
• Chet McCracken – drums on "Something Said Love"
• Mitchell Froom – electric flute on "Games", synthesizer on "Wishing Star"
• Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica on "I'm Comin' Home"
• Vince Melamed – synthesizer on "Love From Tokyo"
• Albhy Galuten – strings arranged and conducted on "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" and "Something Said Love"
• Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, JoAnn Harris, Sherlie Matthews, Ce Ce Bullard, Judi Brown, Carmen Grillo, Bonnie Bramlett – background vocals