Into the Fire (album)
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| Studio album by Bryan Adams | ||||
| Released | March 30, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | August 16 - October 24, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:53 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Bryan Adams Bob Clearmountain |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable) |
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Into the Fire is the fifth studio album by the Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams. Released on March 30, 1987 through A&M Records, and the follow up album to the chart topping Reckless. Into the Fire peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart and reached equally high positions in charts worldwide. The album was recorded at Adams' home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Six singles were released from the album: "Heat of the Night", "Hearts on Fire", "Victim of Love", "Only the Strong Survive", "Into the Fire" and "Another Day".
The cover photographs were taken by Dutch photographer/director Anton Corbijn on the Thames River in east London, England
The recording for Into the Fire started on August 16, 1986 and finished on October 24. It was recorded at a studio set up in Adams' house. Adams and his backing band, which consisted of Keith Scott, Mickey Curry, Dave Taylor and Tommy Mandel, used the dining room, bathroom and bedroom to isolate the different instruments. The studio was named Cliffhanger since Adams' house was close to the sea. "Heat of the Night" was recorded September 12, 1986. "Hearts on Fire" was originally written for Reckless in 1984 but was recorded on September 1, 1986. "Hearts on Fire" was mixed in London, England on January 11.
By the time Into the Fire was completed, there were only two songs Vallance and Adams were satisfied with: the dark "Victim of Love", and the upbeat "Hearts on Fire", which was written during the Reckless recording sessions, two years earlier. A possible influence to the album was Adams' involvement of the six-city "Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope" tour in 1986. Bryan says in the "Into the Fire" songbook that the album's title track refers to a guy at a crossroads, who doesn't quite know what to do with his life, which is how he felt when he started recording the album after the massive success of the previous album Reckless
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