Two Fires

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Two Fires is the fourth studio album for Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first United States release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No. 1 album, peaking on release on 9 September 1990 and remaining at the position for 4 weeks.[1] On 16 June 1991, Two Fires again hit #1, making it the only Barnes album to achieve such a feat. The title track, 'Between Two Fires' was cowritten with hit songwriter, Holly Knight (Love Is A Battlefield,The Best).

Track listing

  1. "Lay Down Your Guns" (Barnes/Nowels)
  2. "Let's Make It Last All Night" (Barnes/Warren/Child)
  3. "Little Darling" (Barnes)
  4. "Love Is Enough" (Barnes/Etzioni/Sandford/Thomas/Froggatt)
  5. "Hardline" (Barnes/Brock/Williams/Savigar)
  6. "One of a Kind" (Barnes/Brock/Williams/Savigar)
  7. "Sister Mercy" (Barnes/Wilson/Neill)
  8. "When Your Love Is Gone" (Barnes/Brock/Savigar)
  9. "Between Two Fires" (Barnes/Knight)
  10. "Fade to Black" (Barnes/Bailey)
  11. "Hold On" (Barnes/Brock/Williams)

Credits

Mastering engineer Rick O'Neil

Chart positions

Weekly Charts

Year Chart Position
1990 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1
1991

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
ARIA Albums Chart[2] 4
Chart (1991) Position
ARIA Albums Chart[3] 5

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] 6× Platinum 420,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
9 September – 6 October 1990 		Succeeded by
Chain Reaction by John Farnham
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
16–22 June 1991 		Succeeded by
Blind Love by Ratcat

References

  1. ^ "Jimmy Barns Two Fires". Australian Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
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