This Fire (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = This Fire
Type = Album
Artist = Paula Cole


Released = October 15, 1996
Recorded = N/A
Genre = Adult contemporary
Length = 50:40
Label = Imago / Warner Bros.
Producer = Paula Cole
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:e98uak8khm3c link]
*Entertainment Weekly Grade: A- [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295418,00.html link]
Last album = "Harbinger"
(1994)
This album ="This Fire"
(1996)
Next album ="Amen"
(1999)

"This Fire" is Paula Cole's second album. It was written, produced and performed by the artist herself. According to the RIAA, the album has gone double platinum selling over 2 million copies in US and peaked at #20 on the Billboard 200 chart [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=36739&model.vnuAlbumId=906545] .

It produced the hit singles "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" and "I Don't Want to Wait" (this track is widely known for being the theme song for the hit series "Dawson's Creek"). Paula's third single was, "Me". Though the song "Feelin' Love" was never released as a single, it did become one of the albums most popular songs. This song was included on the multiplatinum selling soundtrack "".

According to the booklet, the album is dedicated to "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth".

On the 1997 Grammy Awards, "This Fire" received three nominations: "Album of the Year" (losing to Bob Dylan's "Time Out of Mind"), "Best Pop Vocal Album" (losing to James Taylor's "Hourglass"), and "Producer of the Year" for Paula Cole (losing to Babyface).

Track listing

#"Tiger" — 4:18
#"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" — 4:26
#"Throwing Stones" — 3:47
#"Carmen" — 3:42
#"Mississippi" — 5:06
#"Nietzsche's Eyes" — 5:31
#"Road to Dead" — 3:41
#"Me" — 5:00
#"Feelin' Love" — 5:38
#"Hush, Hush, Hush" (feat. Peter Gabriel) — 4:22
#"I Don't Want to Wait" — 5:19

All songs written by Paula Cole.

Released singles

# "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" [Radio Edit] - 3:47
# "I Don't Want to Wait" [Radio Edit] - 4:07
# "Me" [Radio Edit] - 3:36

Musicians

* Drums and percussion: Jay Bellerose
* Bass and chapman stick: Tony Levin
* Guitar, pedal and lap steel: Greg Leisz
* Uillean pipes and whistle: Seamus Egan
* Guitar on "Carmen" and "Hush, Hush, Hush": Gerry Leonard
* Strings on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Wenyi Shih, Elizabeth Knowles, Judith Insell (violins) and Chase Morrison (cello).
* String arrangement: Seyi Sonuga
* Shimmer on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Kevin Killen
* Vocals, piano, juno, tube, wirlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu and clarinet: Paula Cole.

Personnel

* Produced by: Paula Cole
* Recorded and mixed by: Roger Mountenot
* Recorded at the Magic Shop, NYC, assistant: Joe Warda
* Mixed at Room With a View, NYC, assistant: Jack Hersca
* "Hush, Hush, Hush" basic track recorded and co-produced by: Kevin Killen at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY, assistant: Paul Marconi
* Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.
* Art direction: Paula Cole
* Photographs: Jodie Olson
* Stock photographs: David Skernick, W.S. Edwards, P.E. Penn and D. Schiefelbein
* Design: Dirk Walter

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