Inside the Fire (album)

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.

Inside the Fire
Studio album by Rita Coolidge
Released	1984
Recorded	Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
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)

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
• Michael Utley – Yamaha DX7 (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3), organ (6), keyboards (8, 10)
• Bill Payne – synthesizers (2), pipe organ (10)
• Mitchell Froom – electric flute (4), synthesizers (5)
• Vince Melamed – synthesizers (8)
• Rick Vito – electric guitars (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitars (5)
• Snuffy Walden – electric guitars (1)
• Steve Farris – guitar solo (1)
• Josh Leo – electric guitars (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (3, 5, 9)
• Kurtis Teel – bass (1-6, 8, 10), guitars (10)
• George Wesly Perry – bass (7, 9)
• Thom Mooney – drums (1-6, 8-10)
• Chet McCracken – drums (7)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 7, 9)
• Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica (6)
• Albhy Galuten – string arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
• Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
• David Lasley – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-10)
• Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (1)
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6-10)
• Judy Brown – backing vocals (2)
• Ce Ce Bullard – backing vocals (2, 8-10)
• Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Carmen Grillo – backing vocals (9, 10)
• Bernie Harris – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Tom Dowd – producer
• Jim Nipar – recording, mixing
• David Bianco – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Chuck Beeson – art direction
• Melanie Niessen – design
• Philip Dixon – photography
• Bert Block and Ron Rainey – management