Inside the Fire (album)
Inside the Fire is a 1984 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. This would prove to be Rita's last studio album with her longtime label, A&M Records. The album features the top 15 adult contemporary hit "Something Said Love" and the Richard Kerr/Will Jennings ballad "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore". The album has yet to be released on CD.Track listing
Side one
- "Hit Me on the Loveside" – 4:07
- "Do You Believe in Love" – 3:34
- "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" – 3:49
- "Games" – 3:30
- "Wishing Star" – 3:40
Side two
- "I'm Comin' Home" – 3:55
- "Something Said Love" – 3:36
- "Love From Tokyo" – 3:42
- "Survivor" – 3:29
- "Love Is Muddy Water" – 3:46
Personnel
- Rita Coolidge – vocals
- Rick Vito, Snuffy Walden, Steve Farris, Josh Leo – guitar
- Kurtis Teel – bass
- Mike Utley – keyboards, piano
- Bill Payne – synthesizer
- Thom Mooney – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- George Wesly Perry – bass on "Something Said Love"
- Chet McCracken – drums on "Something Said Love"
- Mitchell Froom – electric flute on "Games", synthesizer on "Wishing Star"
- Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica on "I'm Comin' Home"
- Vince Melamed – synthesizer on "Love From Tokyo"
- Albhy Galuten – strings arranged and conducted on "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" and "Something Said Love"
- Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, JoAnn Harris, Sherlie Matthews, Ce Ce Bullard, Judi Brown, Carmen Grillo, Bonnie Bramlett – background vocals
