Keep the Fire
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Reception
Template:Music ratings Rolling Stone described the album as "the new sound of Southern California: a sophisticated, diffuse, jazz-inflected pop rock performed by an augmented rock band in which guitar and keyboards share equal prominence" and "churning romantic atmosphere constructed around a matinee idol's voice".[2] The Globe and Mail noted that, "occasionally, he stumbles into some of the good-time hokey rockin' fun that made such Loggins and Messina numbers as 'Your Mama Don't Dance' so nauseating."[3]
Film
The award-winning short film "Keep the Fire", by Jake Rice, is a fictionalized "Behind the Album Cover" story.[4]
Track listing
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Personnel
- Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, guitars, Sennheiser Vocoder (7)
- Brian Mann – keyboards, horn arrangements (1, 3–6, 8, 9), accordion solo (5)
- Michael McDonald – acoustic piano (3), harmony vocals (3)
- Max Gronenthal – ARP synthesizer programming
- Mike Hamilton – guitars, backing vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8)
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (8, 9)
- George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals (2, 3, 8)
- Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
- Milt Holland – percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3)
- Jon Clarke – tambourine, English horn, flute, oboe, recorder, saxophone, horn arrangements (2, 7)
- Vince Denham – cabasa, saxophone, flute
- Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (6)
- Richard Stekol – harmony vocals (2)
- Michael Jackson – harmony vocals (6)
- Richard Page – harmony vocals (6)
- Jeff Bouchard – harmony vocals (8)
Production
- Producer – Tom Dowd
- Engineer – Steve Gersky
- Second Engineer – Michael Carnavale
- Recorded at Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California, and Santa Barbara Sound Recording (Santa Barbara, California).
- Mastering – Mike Fuller at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida).
- Guitar Synthesizer Technician – Wayne Williams
- Visual Coordinator – Tony Lane
- Design Concept – Kenny Loggins and Scott Thom
- Cover Painting – Scott Thom
- Cover Photography – Ed Caraeff
- Sleeve Photography – Eva Ein Loggins
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 95 |
| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 16 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top AlbumsScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | 16 |
References
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