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Fire of Love is the debut album of the American punk band The Gun Club, released in 1981 on Ruby Records. 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 musics. In turn, this innovation helped to create the punk blues and psychobilly styles as well as inspiring countless garage rock musicians. Several musicians have cited Fire of Love as an influence, most notably Jack White of The White Stripes, who has said of this album: "Why are these songs not taught in schools?"^[1] In 2003 Enon covered the song Sex Beat. Juliana Hatfield's band Some Girls also covered Sex Beat for their 2003 album Feel It. On July 5th, 2010 it was listed as 170 Albums That Rocked My World by music blog spartucusjones which states: "This is a really cool sounding album which is diverse and the album still sounds current and ahead of its time. You can hear how this album influenced the garage rock revival of the late 90’s early 2000’s and some of the tracks are even reminsicint of early White Stripes (Jack White has cited this album has a major influence)." ^[2]

The Flesh Eaters' singer Chris D. produced five tracks on the album ("Sex Beat", "Preaching the Blues", "Fire Spirit", "Ghost on the Highway" and "Jack on Fire"). Tito Larriva produced the album's other six tracks. Chris D. was also credited with the cover design for the original release.

Track listing

All songs composed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce; except where indicated

Side A:

"Sex Beat"
"Preaching the Blues" (Robert Johnson, arranged Pierce)
"Promise Me"
"She's Like Heroin to Me"
"For the Love of Ivy" (Pierce, Kid Congo Powers)
"Fire Spirit"

Side B:

"Ghost on the Highway"
"Jack on Fire"
"Black Train"
"Cool Drink of Water" (Tommy Johnson, traditional, arranged Pierce)
"Goodbye Johnny"

Personnel

Jeffrey Lee Pierce - vocals, slide guitar, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
Ward Dotson - guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
Rob Ritter - bass
Terry Graham - drums
Tito Larriva - producer, violin on "Promise Me"
Chris D. - producer, backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
Lois Graham - backing vocals on "Jack on Fire"
Pat Burnette - engineer
Noah Shark - engineer

References

^ Owen Adams (July 18, 2007). "Why the White Stripes want to join the Gun Club". Guardian Music Blogs. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
^ http://spartucusjones.tumblr.com/post/774696343/album-145-fire-of-love-the-gun-club-release

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[1] Owen Adams (July 18, 2007). "Why the White Stripes want to join the Gun Club". Guardian Music Blogs. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

[2] ttp://spartucusjones.tumblr.com/post/774696343/album-145-fire-of-love-the-gun-club-release

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-'''''Fire of Love''''' is the debut album of the American [[punk band]] [[The Gun Club]], released in 1981 on [[Ruby Records]]. 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]]s. In turn, this innovation helped to create the punk blues and [[psychobilly]] styles as well as inspiring countless [[garage rock]] musicians. Several musicians have cited ''Fire of Love'' as an influence, most notably [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]], who has said of this album: "Why are these songs not taught in schools?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/07/why_the_white_stripes_want_to.html |title=Why the White Stripes want to join the Gun Club |author=Owen Adams |publisher=Guardian Music Blogs |date=July 18, 2007  |accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> In 2003 [[Enon]] covered the song ''Sex Beat''. [[Juliana Hatfield]]'s band [[Some Girls (band)|Some Girls]] also covered ''Sex Beat'' for their 2003 album ''[[Feel It (album)|Feel It]]''.
+'''''Fire of Love''''' is the debut album of the American [[punk band]] [[The Gun Club]], released in 1981 on [[Ruby Records]]. 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]]s. In turn, this innovation helped to create the punk blues and [[psychobilly]] styles as well as inspiring countless [[garage rock]] musicians. Several musicians have cited ''Fire of Love'' as an influence, most notably [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]], who has said of this album: "Why are these songs not taught in schools?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/07/why_the_white_stripes_want_to.html |title=Why the White Stripes want to join the Gun Club |author=Owen Adams |publisher=Guardian Music Blogs |date=July 18, 2007  |accessdate=2008-08-30}}</ref> In 2003 [[Enon]] covered the song ''Sex Beat''. [[Juliana Hatfield]]'s band [[Some Girls (band)|Some Girls]] also covered ''Sex Beat'' for their 2003 album ''[[Feel It (album)|Feel It]]''. On July 5th, 2010 it was listed as 170 Albums That Rocked My World by music blog spartucusjones which states: "This is a really cool sounding album which is diverse and the album still sounds current and ahead of its time. You can hear how this album influenced the garage rock revival of the late 90’s early 2000’s and some of the tracks are even reminsicint of early White Stripes (Jack White has cited this album has a major influence)." <ref>http://spartucusjones.tumblr.com/post/774696343/album-145-fire-of-love-the-gun-club-release</ref>
 [[The Flesh Eaters (band)|The Flesh Eaters]]' singer [[Chris D.]] produced five tracks on the album ("Sex Beat", "Preaching the Blues", "Fire Spirit", "Ghost on the Highway" and "Jack on Fire"). [[Tito Larriva]] produced the album's other six tracks. Chris D. was also credited with the cover design for the original release.