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Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)

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Hold Your Fire is the second studio album by the hard rock band FireHouse. It was released in June 1992. The album spent thirty weeks in the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart peaking at No. 23.[5]

Hold Your Fire
Studio album by
FireHouse
ReleasedJune 16, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
GenreGlam metal, heavy metal
Length51:34
LabelEpic
ProducerDavid Prater
FireHouse chronology
FireHouse
(1990) 		Hold Your Fire
(1992) 		3
(1995)
Singles from Hold Your Fire
  1. "Reach for the Sky"
    Released: 1992
  2. "When I Look into Your Eyes"
    Released: 1992
  3. "Sleeping with You"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer GuideC−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyD[4]

The album spawned the singles "Reach for the Sky", "Sleeping with You" and "When I Look into Your Eyes". The album was certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.[6]

The album is also known for having the same snare sound as the one used on Dream Theater's album Images and Words, another album produced by David Prater around the same time.[7]

Track listing

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All songs written by Bill Leverty and C.J. Snare, except where noted.

  1. "Reach for the Sky" – 4:47
  2. "Rock You Tonight" – 4:35
  3. "Sleeping with You" – 3:51
  4. "You're Too Bad" – 3:38
  5. "When I Look into Your Eyes" – 4:00
  6. "Get in Touch" – 5:24
  7. "Hold Your Fire" – 3:51
  8. "The Meaning of Love" – 4:12
  9. "Talk of the Town" – 4:38
  10. "Life in the Real World" – 3:36
  11. "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson, Snare) – 4:00
  12. "Hold the Dream" – 5:02

Personnel

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Production

  • David Prater – producer
  • Michael Caplan – executive producer
  • Doug Oberkircher – engineer
  • Steve Regina – assistant engineer
  • David Prater – mixing
  • Doug Oberkircher – mixing
  • Vladimir Meller – mastering

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 180
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 66
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 14
US Billboard 200[11] 32

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Hold Your Fire at AllMusic
  2. ^ Herrmann, Brenda (July 16, 1992). "Firehouse Hold Your Fire (Epic)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Firehouse". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. p. 104. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Altman, Billy (June 26, 1992). "Hold Your Fire". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Album Chart Position @ Billboard.com[dead link‍] Retrieved May 2009
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Firehouse – Hold Your Fire". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  7. ^ Martinelli, Roberto (November 2007). "Interview with Dream Theater". Maelstrom. 58. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017 – via maelstromzine.com.
  8. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing November 23, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Firehouse – Hold Your Fire" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  10. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. ^ "Firehouse Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – FireHouse – Hold Your Fire". Recording Industry Association of America.


 

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