• Source: Fire It Up (Rick James album)

      • Fire It Up is the third studio album by American musician Rick James. It was released on October 16, 1979, on the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The first single was "Love Gun". The album has sold under a million copies, according to Rolling Stone.


      Critical reception



      The Bay State Banner wrote that "James' vocal style remains functional, and the punk-funk horn section average... His strength is in his torrid compositions and captivating presentation." The San Bernardino County Sun noted that James relishes "loud, rowdy hand-clapping funk straight from the street." Newsday determined that "when James sticks with unadulterated hard stuff ... he is among the most crackerjack practitioners of funk rock."
      The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album "secondhand Bootsy Collins."


      Track listing


      All tracks composed by Rick James.
      Side A

      "Fire It Up" – 3:59
      "Love Gun" – 5:44
      "Lovin You Is a Pleasure" – 4:08
      "Love in the Night" – 6:22
      Side B

      "Come into My Life" – 7:10
      "Stormy Love" – 2:05
      "When Love Is Gone" – 7:32
      2010 Bonus Track / 2014 digital remaster bonus track / 2014 Complete Motown Albums bonus track

      "Love Gun" (Promotional 12-Inch version) – 10:46


      Personnel


      Rick James – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, organ, Harpsichord, timbales, timpani (tympani), electronic drums [syndrums], drums, percussion
      The Stone City Band
      Levi Ruffin – synthesizer, synthesizer (strings ensemble), percussion, backing vocals
      Tom McDermott – six- and twelve-string acoustic and electric guitars
      Greg Levias – keyboards, Fender Rhodes electric piano
      Danny LeMelle – alto and tenor saxophone, flute, harpsichord
      Lanise Hughes – drums
      Lorenzo Shaw — drums
      Oscar Alston – bass guitar
      Shondu Akiem – electronic drums (syndrums), percussion
      Cliff Ervin – trumpet, flugelhorn
      John Ervin – trombone
      Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Pat Henderson, Jackie Ruffin, Lisa Sarna – backing vocals
      California St. Clair, Cynthia Gable, Cynthia Nettles, Danny LeMelle, Jackie Ruffin, Julia Waters, Keith "Star" Ragin, Lisa Sarna, Maxine Waters, Pat Henderson, Tom McDermott, Winston L. Allen - choir on "Love in the Night"
      John Cabalka - art direction
      Ron Slenzak - photography


      Charts




      = Singles

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      References




      External links


      Rick James-Fire It Up at Discogs

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