Into The Fire

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Into the Fire is the fifth studio album by the Canadian rock artist Bryan Adam. Released on March 30, 1987 through A&M Record, the album was a commercial succe, albeit somewhat of a disappointment following the huge success of 1984's "Reckless". Into the Fire sold over 2 million units worldwide, peaking at number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart and reaching high positions in charts worldwide. It was recorded at Adams' home in London, England. Six singles were released from the album: "Heat of the Night", "Hearts on Fire", "Victim of Love", "Only the Strong Survive", "Into the Fire" and "Another Day". The recording for Into the Fire started on August 16, 1986 and finished on October 24. It was recorded a studio set up in Adams' house. Adams and his backing band, which consisted of Keith Scott, Mickey Curry, Dave Taylor and Tommy Mandel, used the dining room, bathroom and bedroom to isolate the different instrument. The studio was named Cliffhanger since Adams' house was close to the sea. "Heat of the Night" was recorded September 12, 1986. "Hearts on Fire" was originally written for Reckless in 1984 but was recorded on September 1, 1986. "Hearts on Fire" was mixed in London, England on January 11. By the time Into the Fire was completed, there were only two songs Vallance and Adams were satisfied with: the dark and depressing "Victim of Love", and the upbeat "Hearts on Fire", which was written during the Reckless recording session, two years earlier. A significant influence to the album was Adams' involvement with The Police, Peter Gabriel and U2 on the six-city "Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope" tour in 1986. After the Amnesty tour Adams wanted to be taken more seriously as a songwriter and recording artist. Adams believed a change in musical and lyrical direction was the way to achieve that goal. As Adams said to Rolling Stone Magazine "We wanted to make a record with more lyrical depth". Where Adams had previously used guitar, they would instead employ the latest in "sampling". The song "Into the Fire" was recorded in 1986 at "Cliffhanger", his home studio in West Vancouver. At the recording session Adams and Bob Clearmountain had problems with the guitar sound. On the demo for "Into the Fire" Adams and Vallance used a Rockman pocket amplifier. One of Adams' most successful album, Into the Fire co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200. The album was released in March 1987 and featured the singles "Heat of the Night", and "Hearts on Fire". The hit single "Heat of the Night" was nominated for a Juno Award for Single of the Year in 1987, and became Adams' only single from Into the Fire to chart in mainland Europe. This doesn't mean the album was unsuccessful since the album sold over two million copies worldwide at its time of release while Adams previous album, Reckle, had sold over 12 million and in that context Into The Fire can only be viewed as a commercial failure. As Adams said: "I have to laugh when the press say that LP didn't do well because it did as well as Cuts Like Knife, but I suppose the perception was it wasn't Reckless II! Who cares? There were some songs that were slightly different than what we had written before ... some were, lets say, slightly more exploratory than we'd written in the past. Vallance was up for the songwriting challenge of not repeating Reckle." "Heat of the Night" was the debut single from Into the Fire and was released in the summer of 1987. It was released worldwide in March 1987. The song reached the top ten on the mainstream Rock Tracks at number 2 and it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number 6. "Heat of the Night" reached the top ten on the Canadian album chart and remained in the top ten for five week. It attained the highest Canadian chart position Adams had reached and was Adams' first top ten single in Canada. "Heat of the Night" was released the following month in the UK and peaked in the top fifty on the UK Singles Chart at fifty. "Hearts on Fire" was the second single from Into the Fire. The song become a minor hit at its time of release. The song peaked at number twenty-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard mainstream rock track. "Victim of Love" and "Only the Strong Survive" would be the two follow-up singles to "Hearts on Fire". These singles became minor hits with "Only the Strong Survive" charting in Canada at number 47. The last single from the album Another Day peaked at number 33 on the Billboard mainstream rock tracks and was the last single to be released from the album. .

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