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

CD version Pressure On A Nation Of Haircuts Believe In Yourself Surrender People On Streets The Whisperers Is It Me? No More Fun Tonight Where Are You Now? Working Class Hero London Town, C'mon Down

Credits

• Musicians:

Roger Taylor - vocals, drums, percussion, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards

Keith Prior - drums

Steve Barnacle - bass guitar

Mike Crossley - keyboards

Jonathan Perkins - keyboards, backing vocals

Jason Falloon - guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar

Keith Airey - guitars

Matthew Exelby - guitars

Treana Morris - lead and backing vocals

Arty - vocals

• Produced by: Roger Taylor and Joshua J. Macrae

• Recorded: early 1997 – mid 1998 at Cosford Mill, Surrey

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

Singles

	Pressure On, 1998
	Surrender, 1999

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

Promotional Material

UK Magazine Ad