Keep the Fire

Infobox Album | Name = Keep the Fire
Type = Album
Artist = Kenny Loggins


Released = October 1979
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Soft rock
Length = 40:48
Label = Columbia
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fpxql5ldte link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kennyloggins/albums/album/200156/review/5946898/keep_the_fire link]
Last album = "Nightwatch"
(1978)
This album = "Keep the Fire"
(1979)
Next album = "Kenny Loggins Alive"
(1980)

Keep the Fire is soft rock album, released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins. It was the third solo album he released after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best-known for the hit single "This is It" which was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track.

Track listing

# "Love Has Come of Age" (Kenny Loggins) – 3:51
# "Mr. Night" (Loggins, Richard Stekol) – 3:20
# "This Is It" (Loggins, Michael McDonald) – 4:06
# "Junkanoo Holiday (Fallin'-Flyin')" (Loggins) – 4:30
# "Now and Then" (Jeff Bouchard, Loggins) – 3:52
# "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" (Loggins, Richard Page) – 5:38
# "Keep the Fire" (Eva Ein, Loggins) – 4:34
# "Give It Half a Chance" (Stephen Bishop, Loggins) – 4:57
# "Will It Last" (Ein, Loggins) – 5:50

Personnel

*Kenny Loggins, Mike Hamilton, Fred Tackett - Guitars
*Brian Mann, Michael McDonald (uncredited?) - keyboards
*George Hawkins - Bass
*Tris Imboden - Drums
*Paulinho Da Costa, Milt Holland - Percussion
*Jon Clarke, Vince Denham, Mike Brecker - Saxophone, WoodwindsBackground vocals include Michael McDonald on "This is It" and Richard Page and Michael Jackson on "Who's Right Who's Wrong"

Later Samples

*"This Is It"
**"We Will Survive" by Nas from the album "I Am..."

External links

* [http://www.kennyloggins.com/ Kenny Loggins' official website]