Electric Fire

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[http://queenforum.parlophone.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=432677 Information supplied by Fedepeti, 24 August 2004]
==Liner notes==
==Liner notes==

Revision as of 13:08, 25 July 2008

Electric Fire
Electric Fire, 1998
Released 1998
Recorded 1997 - 1998
Length 55:20
Label Parlophone
Producer(s) Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor chronology
Happiness?
1994
Electric Fire
1998

History of this album.

Tracklists

Vinyl version

  • Side 1:
  1. Pressure On
  2. A Nation Of Haircuts
  3. Believe In Yourself
  4. Surrender
  5. People On Streets
  6. No More Fun
  • Side 2:
  1. The Whisperers
  2. Is It Me?
  3. Tonight
  4. Where Are You Now?
  5. Working Class Hero
  6. London Town, C'mon Down

CD version

  1. Pressure On
  2. A Nation Of Haircuts
  3. Believe In Yourself
  4. Surrender
  5. People On Streets
  6. The Whisperers
  7. Is It Me?
  8. No More Fun
  9. Tonight
  10. Where Are You Now?
  11. Working Class Hero
  12. London Town, C'mon Down

Credits

  • Musicians:
Roger Taylor - instruments
  • Produced by: producers
  • Recorded: recorded

Charts

Country Release date First appearance in charts Peak position Chart run Weeks in chart Additional comments
UK 10 October 1998 53 53 1 week -

Information supplied by Fedepeti, 24 August 2004

Liner notes

  • Liner notes.

Additional info

  • Info

Reviews

Classic Rock Magazine, 1998

Solo albums from ex-Queen members have, so far, produced mixed results. So, too, with the latest offering form erstwhile Queen drummer, Roger Taylor. His second album since the AIDS-related death of singer Freddie Mercury in 1991 features moments of brilliance that remind you that this is the man who wrote 'Radio Ga-Ga' and 'I'm In Love With My Car'.

Unfortunately, there are just as many instances where one is reminded that, at the end of the day, he was the drummer. 'Believe In Yourself' is beautiful, lilting, eye-to-eye stuff. 'Surrender', featuring ghostly, Soul-fingered vocals from Treana Morris, is equally compelling, while 'People On Streets', inspired by a visit to India, turns into the kind of inspired op-Funk confection you could easily see burning down the charts.

So why the more self-consciously fartsy 'Pressure On' has been chosen as the first single is a mystery. It suffers, not least, from comparison to 'Under Pressure, the far superior hunk of hitability that Queen recorded with Bowie back in 1981. There are worse tracks - the funny-peculiar 'No More fun' and the Pink Floyd-esque version of Lennon's 'Working Class Hero - but mostly they're just lapses.

If you love Rog, you'll like this.

Sleeves

UK Test Press LP, 1998
Japan CD, 1998
Japan CD (back), 1998