Fire of Love


Fire of Love is the debut album of the American punk band the Gun Club, released in 1981 on Ruby Records.

Production

' singer Chris D. produced five tracks on the album at Quad Teck with Pat Burnette engineering. Tito Larriva produced the album's other six tracks at Studio America with Noah Shark engineering. Chris D. was also credited with the cover design for the original release. Judith Bell was responsible for the bottle label illustrations on the rear of the cover.

Reception

The album is considered groundbreaking in being the first of its kind to combine the hard, stripped-down sound of punk rock with American roots music. In turn, this innovation helped to create the punk blues style as well as inspiring countless garage rock musicians. Several musicians have cited Fire of Love as an influence.
The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

In media

In 2006, "Sex Beat" appeared on the soundtrack to the video game .

Track listing

All songs composed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce; except where indicated
;Side A
  1. "Sex Beat" - 2:45
  2. "Preaching the Blues" - 3:58
  3. "Promise Me" - 2:35
  4. "She's Like Heroin to Me" - 2:33
  5. "For the Love of Ivy" - 5:31
  6. "Fire Spirit" - 2:52
;Side B
  1. "Ghost on the Highway" - 2:43
  2. "Jack on Fire" - 4:40
  3. "Black Train" - 2:11
  4. "Cool Drink of Water" - 6:10
  5. "Goodbye Johnny" - 3:41

    Personnel

;The Gun Club
;Additional musicians
;Technical