FROM THE FIRE [US] - AOR
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From The Fire @ Firefest - Rock City, Nottingham (UK) - October 25, 2014 - Pictures by Franky Bruyneel
Discography
01|1992|Thirty Days And Dirty Nights
02|2014|Evil Men Do Back in time ...
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Rock Report's choice
Thirty Days And Dirty Nights
Active/Music For
Nations, 1991
Produced by Jean Beauvoir
Ratings: HH: 88 (36) | RYM: 3.94 (33) Total rating: 834 Updated: 150122 Line-up
J.D. Kelly (lv, k, pi)
Tommy Lafferty (g, bv) Paul Morris (k, bv) Thaddeus Castanis (b, bv) Michael Sciotto (d, bv) + Jimmy "Z" Zavala (s on tr. 3) Nadine Arel (k on all tr.) Pat Regan (k on tr. 1) Paul St. James (b on all tr.) Theresa Straley (lv on tr. 7) |
Track listing
01|Hold On (NA)
02|Same Song (TL/JB) 03|Tears Cried In The Rain (JDK/BMD) 04|Open Your Head (JDK/CC) 05|Take My Heart (NA) 06|Lovestruck (FTF) 07|Spark And Flame (NA) 08|Go All The Way (EC) 09|Where Are You Now? (JDK/BMD/SB) Songwriters
BMD = Brian McDermott
CC = Charlie Castro EC = Eric Carmen FTF = From The Fire JB = Jean Beauvoir JDK = J.D. Kelly NA = Nadine Arel SB = Stephen Benben TL = Tommy Lafferty |
Rock Report reissue review
FROM THE FIRE - Thirty Days Dirty Nights - YesterRock/NL Distribution, 2009
YesterRock - a newly founded German label specialized in rereleasing classic AOR and MR albums - surprises friend and foe with the reissue of this here "Thirty Days And Dirty Nights" from the band From The Fire. This AOR outfit was founded in New York in 1991 and originally comprised J.D. Kelly (lv, k), Tommy Lafferty (g), Michael Sciotto (d) and Nadine Arel (k). Best known at the time was Lafferty, who had been a member of Voodoo X. So, it didn't come as a surprise when he contacted his former bandmate Jean Beauvoir and sounded him out about producing From The Fire's debut album. Although "Thirty Days And Dirty Nights" contained only nine tracks, it was a real gem that - to this very day - is still considered a classic in the AOR genre. All tracks are of a high quality, but the absolute best tunes are the ones penned by Nadine Arel, namely "Hold On" (featuring Harlow's Pat Regan on keyboards), the ballad "Take My Heart" and "Spark And Flame" (a wonderful duet between J.D. Kelly and Harlow's Theresa Straley). The album ends with two songs that Eric Carmen wrote in 1972: the uplifting up-tempo "Go All The Way" and the power ballad "Where Are You Now?". A pity the band only released one album. Lafferty would later join Jean Beauvoir in Crown Of Thorns! If you don't own a copy of this classic, don't hesitate to order one now. You won't regret it!
Chris Lambert, July 2009
P.S. At the time of writing this review, I couldn't know that a second studio album would follow at the end of 2014!
YesterRock - a newly founded German label specialized in rereleasing classic AOR and MR albums - surprises friend and foe with the reissue of this here "Thirty Days And Dirty Nights" from the band From The Fire. This AOR outfit was founded in New York in 1991 and originally comprised J.D. Kelly (lv, k), Tommy Lafferty (g), Michael Sciotto (d) and Nadine Arel (k). Best known at the time was Lafferty, who had been a member of Voodoo X. So, it didn't come as a surprise when he contacted his former bandmate Jean Beauvoir and sounded him out about producing From The Fire's debut album. Although "Thirty Days And Dirty Nights" contained only nine tracks, it was a real gem that - to this very day - is still considered a classic in the AOR genre. All tracks are of a high quality, but the absolute best tunes are the ones penned by Nadine Arel, namely "Hold On" (featuring Harlow's Pat Regan on keyboards), the ballad "Take My Heart" and "Spark And Flame" (a wonderful duet between J.D. Kelly and Harlow's Theresa Straley). The album ends with two songs that Eric Carmen wrote in 1972: the uplifting up-tempo "Go All The Way" and the power ballad "Where Are You Now?". A pity the band only released one album. Lafferty would later join Jean Beauvoir in Crown Of Thorns! If you don't own a copy of this classic, don't hesitate to order one now. You won't regret it!
Chris Lambert, July 2009
P.S. At the time of writing this review, I couldn't know that a second studio album would follow at the end of 2014!
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