- funk
- 37 min
- 7 tracks
- Gordy
Fire It Up is the third studio album by American musician Rick James. It was released on October 16, 1979, on the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The first single was "Love Gun". The album has sold under a million copies, according to Rolling Stone.
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Classical in form, spare, warm and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Fire It Up3:59
- A2Love Gun5:44
- A3Lovin' You Is a Pleasure4:08
- A4Love in the Night6:22
- B1Come Into My Life7:10
- B2Stormy Love2:05
- B3When Love Is Gone7:32
7 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rick James
- Label
- Gordy
- Released
- October 9, 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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