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{{about|the Blood Red Shoes album|the Hardknox song|Fire Like This (song)}}
{{about|the Blood Red Shoes album|the Hardknox song|Fire Like This (song)}}
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| Name = Fire Like This
| Type = Album
| name = Fire like This
| Artist = [[Blood Red Shoes]]
| type = Album
| Cover = firelikethiscover.jpg
| artist = [[Blood Red Shoes]]
| cover = firelikethiscover.jpg
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| Released = 1 March 2010
| Recorded = 2009
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| released = 1 March 2010
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| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 41:06
| recorded = 2009
| Label = [[V2 Records|V2]]
| venue =
| studio = [[Motor Museum]], Liverpool
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| Producer = Mike Crossey & Blood Red Shoes
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| genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Reviews =
| length = 41:06
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*[[BBC]] (favourable) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qx28 link]
| label = [[V2 Records|V2]]
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*[[Clash (magazine)]] {{rating|8|10}} [http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/blood-red-shoes-fire-like-this link]
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| producer = Mike Crossey & Blood Red Shoes
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*[[Drowned in Sound]] {{rating|9|10}} [http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15145/reviews/4139202 link]
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| prev_title = [[Box of Secrets (Blood Red Shoes album)|Box of Secrets]]
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*[[Gigwise]] {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/54925/Blood-Red-Shoes---%27Fire-Like-This%27 link]
| prev_year = 2008
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*''[[Rock Sound]]'' {{rating|7|10}} [http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/blood-red-shoes link]
| next_title = [[In Time to Voices]]
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*''[[NME]]'' {{rating|8|10}} [http://www.nme.com/reviews/blood-red-shoes/11087 link]
| next_year = 2012
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*[[musicOMH]] {{rating|2|5}} [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/blood-red-shoes-2_0210.htm link]
| misc = {{Singles
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*[[The Music Fix]] {{rating|8|10}} [http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/9172/blood-red-shoes.html link]
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| name = Fire like This
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*[[This Is Fake DIY]] {{rating|9|10}} [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/blood-red-shoes-fire-like-this link]
| type = album
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| Last album = ''[[Box of Secrets (Blood Red Shoes album)|Box of Secrets]]''<br />(2008)
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| single1 = Colours Fade
| This album = '''''Fire Like This'''''<br />(2010)
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| single1date = 25 November 2009
| Next album =
| Misc = {{Singles
| single2 = Light It Up
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| single2date = 22 February 2010
| Name = Fire Like This
| Type = album
| single3 = Don't Ask
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| single3date = 10 May 2010
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| Single 1 = Colours Fade
| single4 = Heartsink
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| Single 1 date = 25 November 2009
| single4date = 16 August 2010
| Single 2 = Light It Up
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| Single 2 date = 22 February 2010
| Single 3 = Don't Ask
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| Single 3 date = 10 May 2010
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'''''Fire Like This''''' is the second album by Brighton based [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blood Red Shoes]], released on 1 March 2010 through [[V2 Records]]. The album was recorded throughout 2009 with Mike Crossey and was preceded by the free download single "Colours Fade", which was released on their website on 25 November 2009, and "Light It Up", which was released on 7" vinyl and via download on 22 February 2010. In January 2010, Blood Red Shoes started putting songs on their website for streaming one by one. By 26 February, the entire album was available to listen to on the site.
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|MC = 70/100<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/music/fire-like-this/blood-red-shoes Metacritic]</ref>
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|rev1score = (favourable)<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qx28 BBC review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[Clash (magazine)]]
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|rev2score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref>[http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/blood-red-shoes-fire-like-this Clash (magazine) review]</ref>
|rev3 = [[Drowned in Sound]]
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|rev3score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref>[http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15145/reviews/4139202 Drowned in Sound review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
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|rev4score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/blood-red-shoes/11087 NME review]</ref>
|rev5 = [[Gigwise]]
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|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/albums/54925/Blood-Red-Shoes---%27Fire-Like-This%27 Gigwise review]</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Rock Sound]]''
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|rev6score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref>[http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/blood-red-shoes Rock Sound review]</ref>
|rev7 = [[Artrocker]]
|rev7score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://www.artrocker.com Artrocker review]</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''
|rev8score = (7.4/10)<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14932-fire-like-this/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
|rev9 = Punktastic
|rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/3587 Punktastic review]</ref>
|rev10 = [[musicOMH]]
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|rev10score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/blood-red-shoes-2_0210.htm musicOMH review]</ref>
|rev11 = [[The Music Fix]]
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|rev11score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref>[http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/9172/blood-red-shoes.html The Music Fix review]</ref>
|rev12 = [[This Is Fake DIY]]
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'''''Fire like This''''' is the second album by Brighton-based [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blood Red Shoes]], released on 1 March 2010 in the UK and Europe through [[V2 Records]]. The album was recorded and mixed in late summer 2009 as a co-production with Mike Crossey, and was preceded by the free download single "Colours Fade", which was released on their website on 25 November 2009, and "Light It Up", which was released on 7" vinyl and via download on 22 February 2010. In January 2010, Blood Red Shoes started putting songs on their website for streaming one by one. By 26 February, the entire album was available to listen to on the site. The album was released in the USA and Canada on 12 October 2010.


On two tracks of the recording, "When We Wake" and "Colours Fade", the [[Springtime (guitar)|Springtime]] is used, a custom guitar with multiple outputs especially built for Carter in 2008.
On two tracks of the recording, "When We Wake" and "Colours Fade", the [[Springtime (guitar)|Springtime]] is used, a custom guitar with multiple outputs especially built for Carter in 2008.


The song "When We Wake" was used in late 2010 on the TV Show ''[[Huge (TV series)|Huge]]''; "Colours Fade" appears in an episode of ''[[CSI: NY]]'' season 8.
==Tracklisting==

==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by Blood Red Shoes.
All songs written and composed by Blood Red Shoes.


#"Don't Ask" — 3:17
#"Don't Ask" — 3:07
#"Light It Up" — 3:59
#"Light It Up" — 3:59
#"It Is Happening Again" - 3:40
#"It Is Happening Again" - 3:40
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#"One More Empty Chair" — 4:23
#"One More Empty Chair" — 4:23
#"Colours Fade" — 7:08
#"Colours Fade" — 7:08

===Bonus tracks===
===Bonus tracks===
#<li value=11> "We Get Bored" ([[Japan]]-only Bonus Track)
#<li value=11> "We Get Bored" — 3:44 ([[Japan]]-only Bonus Track)
# "Sulphites" ([[iTunes]] Exclusive)
# "Sulphites" — 3:18 ([[iTunes]] Exclusive)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (2010)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" | [[UK Albums Chart]]
| 95
|}


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.bloodredshoes.co.uk/ Official Blood Red Shoes website]
*[http://www.bloodredshoes.co.uk/ Official Blood Red Shoes website]


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Latest revision as of 02:04, 29 September 2024

This article is about the Blood Red Shoes album. For the Hardknox song, see Fire Like This (song).

Fire like This
Studio album by
Blood Red Shoes
Released1 March 2010
Recorded2009
StudioMotor Museum, Liverpool
GenreAlternative rock
Length41:06
LabelV2
ProducerMike Crossey & Blood Red Shoes
Blood Red Shoes chronology
Box of Secrets
(2008) 		Fire like This
(2010) 		In Time to Voices
(2012)
Singles from Fire like This
  1. "Colours Fade"
    Released: 25 November 2009
  2. "Light It Up"
    Released: 22 February 2010
  3. "Don't Ask"
    Released: 10 May 2010
  4. "Heartsink"
    Released: 16 August 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC(favourable)[2]
Clash (magazine)[3]
Drowned in Sound[4]
NME[5]
Gigwise[6]
Rock Sound[7]
Artrocker[8]
Pitchfork Media(7.4/10)[9]
Punktastic[10]
musicOMH[11]
The Music Fix[12]
This Is Fake DIY[13]

Fire like This is the second album by Brighton-based rock band Blood Red Shoes, released on 1 March 2010 in the UK and Europe through V2 Records. The album was recorded and mixed in late summer 2009 as a co-production with Mike Crossey, and was preceded by the free download single "Colours Fade", which was released on their website on 25 November 2009, and "Light It Up", which was released on 7" vinyl and via download on 22 February 2010. In January 2010, Blood Red Shoes started putting songs on their website for streaming one by one. By 26 February, the entire album was available to listen to on the site. The album was released in the USA and Canada on 12 October 2010.

On two tracks of the recording, "When We Wake" and "Colours Fade", the Springtime is used, a custom guitar with multiple outputs especially built for Carter in 2008.

The song "When We Wake" was used in late 2010 on the TV Show Huge; "Colours Fade" appears in an episode of CSI: NY season 8.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written and composed by Blood Red Shoes.

  1. "Don't Ask" — 3:07
  2. "Light It Up" — 3:59
  3. "It Is Happening Again" - 3:40
  4. "When We Wake" — 4:33
  5. "Keeping It Close" — 3:21
  6. "Count Me Out" — 3:39
  7. "Heartsink" — 3:39
  8. "Follow the Lines" — 3:35
  9. "One More Empty Chair" — 4:23
  10. "Colours Fade" — 7:08

Bonus tracks

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  2. "We Get Bored" — 3:44 (Japan-only Bonus Track)
  3. "Sulphites" — 3:18 (iTunes Exclusive)

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 95

References

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  1. ^ Metacritic
  2. ^ BBC review
  3. ^ Clash (magazine) review
  4. ^ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ^ NME review
  6. ^ Gigwise review
  7. ^ Rock Sound review
  8. ^ Artrocker review
  9. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  10. ^ Punktastic review
  11. ^ musicOMH review
  12. ^ The Music Fix review
  13. ^ This Is Fake DIY review
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