- electronic, funk, disco
- 44 min
- 8 tracks
- Motown
Irons in the Fire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Teena Marie, released on August 14, 1980, by Motown. Her first self produced effort, it was dedicated to her father, Thomas Leslie Brockert (1919–1976). It received positive reviews on its release. In a 2009 interview she named it as her personal favourite of all her albums.
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Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- A1I Need Your Lovin’7:33
- A2Young Love5:31
- A3First Class Love5:08
- A4Irons in the Fire3:35
- B1Chains7:14
- B2You Make Love Like Springtime5:01
- B3Tune in Tomorrow6:26
- B4You Make Love Like Springtime (reprise)3:25
8 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Teena Marie
- Label
- Motown
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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