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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = This Fire
| name = This Fire
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Paula Cole]]
| artist = [[Paula Cole]]
| Cover = PaulaCole-ThisFire.jpg
| cover = PaulaCole-ThisFire.jpg
| alt = Cole on a swing set with fire around her
| Released = October 15, 1996
| released = {{start date|1996|10|15|mf=yes}}
| Recorded = N/A
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Experimental music|experimental]]
| Length = 50:40
| venue =
| Label = Imago / [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| studio = *[[Bearsville Studios]] (Bearsville, NY)
*[[Magic Shop (recording studio)|Magic Shop]] (New York City)
| Producer = [[Paula Cole]]
*Shelter Island (New York City)
| Reviews =*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:e98uak8khm3c link]
*Paula Cole's apartment (New York City)
*[[Entertainment Weekly]] (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295418,00.html link]
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<br>[[Soft rock]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&dq=this+fire+paula+cole+genre&pg=PA236 | title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul | isbn=978-0-87930-653-3 | last1=Bogdanov | first1=Vladimir | last2=Woodstra | first2=Chris | last3=Erlewine | first3=Stephen Thomas | date=2002 | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref>
*[[Robert Christgau]] (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Paula+Cole link]
| length = {{duration|m=50|s=59}}
| Last album = ''[[Harbinger (Paula Cole album)|Harbinger]]'' <br /> (1994)
| label = {{flatlist|
| This album = '''''This Fire''''' <br /> (1996)
*[[Imago Records|Imago]]
| Next album = ''[[Amen (Paula Cole album)|Amen]]'' <br /> (1999)
*[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
| producer = [[Paula Cole]] <br> [[Kevin Killen]] (on Hush, Hush, Hush)
| prev_title = [[Harbinger (Paula Cole album)|Harbinger]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = [[Amen (Paula Cole album)|Amen]]
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Fire
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?]]
| single1date = March 25, 1997
| single2 = [[I Don't Want to Wait]]
| single2date = October 14, 1997
| single3 = [[Me (Paula Cole song)|Me]]
| single3date = February 2, 1998<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Be on the Lookout|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2189|page=20|date=January 23, 1997}}</ref>
}}
}}
}}
'''''This Fire''''' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Paula Cole]], released on October 15, 1996. According to the [[RIAA]], the album has gone double platinum, selling over two million copies in United States<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=paula%20cole&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Search]</ref> and peaked at number 20 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=paula cole|chart=all}} This Fire – Paula Cole | Billboard.com]</ref> According to the booklet, the album is dedicated to "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth".


Writing and producing the album herself, she recorded all of it in roughly two weeks. Cole released three official singles from the album. The lead single, "[[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?]]" (1997), peaked at number eight on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number four on the [[Adult Top 40]]. The second single, "[[I Don't Want to Wait]]" (1997), peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was later used as the theme song for [[The WB]] teen drama series ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', which ran from 1998 to 2003. The third and final single, "[[Me (Paula Cole song)|Me]]", was released in mid-1998 and peaked at number 35 on the [[Hot 100 Airplay]]. The song "Feelin' Love" was featured on the original motion picture soundtrack to the film ''[[City of Angels (film)|City of Angels]]'' (1998).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120632/soundtrack City of Angels (1998) – Soundtracks]</ref>
'''''This Fire''''' is [[Paula Cole|Paula Cole's]] second album and was a commercial success. Writing and producing the album herself, she recorded the record in roughly 2 weeks. According to the [[RIAA]], the album has gone double platinum, selling over 2 million copies in [[US]]<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=paula%20cole&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Search]</ref> and peaked at #20 on the [[Billboard]] 200 chart. <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/album/paula-cole/this-fire/191507#/album/paula-cole/this-fire/191507 This Fire - Paula Cole | Billboard.com]</ref>


The album was nominated for seven awards at the [[40th Grammy Awards]], including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Best Pop Album]], "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. Cole was also nominated for [[Producer of the Year]] and [[Best New Artist]], winning the latter.
Cole released a total of three (official) singles from the album. The first single ''[[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone]]'' (1997) became an instant hit for the artists, and peaked at number 8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] (number 4 on the [[Adult Top 40]]). Cole later released the single ''[[I Don't Want to Wait]]'' (1997) as the albums follow up single.<ref name="Chart">[http://www.billboard.com/artist/paula-cole/36739#/artist/paula-cole/chart-history/36739 Paula Cole Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com]</ref> The single peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100<ref name="Chart"/> and was later made more popular when it was used as the opening theme song for the teen drama ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' in 1998. Cole released the third and final single ''[[Me]]'' in mid 1998. The single however underperformed and did not fair as well as her previous two singles. This had to do with lack of promotion and the fact that a physical single of the song was not released. The song ''Feelin' Love'' was later featured on the original motion picture soundtrack to the movie ''[[City of Angels]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120632/soundtrack City of Angels (1998) - Soundtracks]</ref> The song was never released as a single but became a well known popular hit for Cole.


== Critical reception ==
According to the booklet, the album is dedicated to "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth".
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-fire-mw0000037642|title=This Fire – Paula Cole|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = A−<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Beth|date=December 13, 1996|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/12/13/this-fire/|title=This Fire|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev3score = C+<ref name="VV">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=December 2, 1997|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts97-97.php|title=Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>
}}


With the album, Cole was hailed by critics. Reviewing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in December 1996, Beth Johnson regarded ''This Fire'' as a departure from the "sweet safeness" of Cole's debut album ''[[Harbinger (Paula Cole album)|Harbinger]]'', while calling her "a feisty poet with a soaring voice and a funky groove, [who] seems to be nipping at [[Tori Amos]]' heels".<ref name="EW"/> Critic Glenn McDonald "presciently declared Cole the new queenpin of a female tradition he traced from [[Kate Bush]] through [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Melissa Etheridge]], and [[Sarah McLachlan]]."<ref name="VV"/> McDonald found Cole's genre of music to be a counterpart of the masculinity of [[heavy metal music]], while [[Robert Christgau]] said both genres appear "beholden to 'classical' precepts of musical dexterity and genitalia-to-the-wall expression."<ref name="VV"/> Appraising the album as merely a "subpeak" of the female-identified genre, Christgau wrote in ''[[The Village Voice]]'': "Where Kate Bush overwhelms petty biases as inexorably as [[Led Zeppelin|Led Zep]], Cole is just a romantic egotist who can't resist turning ordinary human problems into three-act dramas. Kate Bush fans will love her."<ref name="VV"/>
The album was also a critical success. It was nominated for seven awards at the [[40th Grammy Awards]], [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Best Pop Album]]; "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" for [[Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], and [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]; and Paula Cole for [[Producer of the Year]] and [[Best New Artist]]. She won Best New Artist.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklisting
All lyrics and music by [[Paula Cole]]
| headline = CD
#"Tiger"&nbsp;– 4:18
| all_writing = Paula Cole
#"[[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone]]?"&nbsp;– 4:26
| title1 = Tiger
#"Throwing Stones"&nbsp;– 3:47
| length1 = 4:18
#"Carmen"&nbsp;– 3:42
| title2 = [[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?]]
#"Mississippi"&nbsp;– 5:06
| length2 = 4:26
#"Nietzsche's Eyes"&nbsp;– 5:31
| title3 = Throwing Stones
#"Road to Dead"&nbsp;– 3:41
| length3 = 3:46
#"[[Me (Paula Cole song)|Me]]"&nbsp;– 5:00
| title4 = Carmen
#"Feelin' Love"&nbsp;– 5:38
| length4 = 3:45
#"Hush, Hush, Hush" (featuring [[Peter Gabriel]])&nbsp;– 4:22
| title5 = Mississippi
#"[[I Don't Want to Wait]]"&nbsp;– 5:19
| length5 = 5:07

| title6 = Nietzsche's Eyes
==Released singles==
| length6 = 5:32
# "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" [Radio Edit] - 3:47
| title7 = Road to Dead
# "I Don't Want to Wait" [Radio Edit] - 4:07
| length7 = 3:41
# "Me" [Radio Edit] - 3:36
| title8 = [[Me (Paula Cole song)|Me]]

| length8 = 5:02
== Musicians ==
| title9 = Feelin' Love
* Drums and percussion: Jay Bellerose
| length9 = 5:37
* Bass and chapman stick: [[Tony Levin]]
| title10 = Hush, Hush, Hush
* Guitar, pedal and lap steel: [[Greg Leisz]]
| length10 = 4:22
* Uillean pipes and whistle: Seamus Egan
| title11 = [[I Don't Want to Wait]]
* Guitar on "Carmen" and "Hush, Hush, Hush": Gerry Leonard
| length11 = 5:19
* Strings on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Wenyi Shih, Elizabeth Knowles, Judith Insell (violins) and Chase Morrison (cello).
| total_length = 50:59
* String arrangement: Seyi Sonuga
}}
* Shimmer on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Kevin Killen
* Vocals, piano, juno, tube, wirlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu and clarinet: Paula Cole.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===Musicians===
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* Paula Cole – vocals, [[piano]], juno, tube, Wurlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu, clarinet
* [[Jay Bellerose]] – drums, percussion
* [[Peter Gabriel]] – vocals on "Hush, Hush, Hush"
* [[Tony Levin]] – bass, Chapman stick
* [[Greg Leisz]] – guitar, pedal and lap steel
* Seamus Egan – Uilleann pipes, whistle
* [[Gerry Leonard]] – guitar on "Carmen" and "Hush, Hush, Hush"
* Wenyi Shih, Elizabeth Knowles, Judith Insell (violins) and Chase Morrison (cello) – strings on "Hush, Hush, Hush"
* Seyi Sonuga – string arrangements
* [[Kevin Killen]] – shimmer on "Hush, Hush, Hush"

==Technical personnel==
* Produced by: Paula Cole
* Produced by: Paula Cole
* Recorded and mixed by: Roger Mountenot
* Recorded and mixed by: Roger Mountenot
* Recorded at the Magic Shop, NYC, assistant: Joe Warda
* Recorded at [[Magic Shop (recording studio)|the Magic Shop]], NYC, assistant: Joe Warda
* Mixed at Room With a View, NYC, assistant: Jack Hersca
* Mixed at Room With a View, NYC, assistant: Jack Hersca
* "Hush, Hush, Hush" basic track recorded and co-produced by: Kevin Killen at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY, assistant: Paul Marconi
* "Hush, Hush, Hush" basic track recorded and co-produced by: Kevin Killen at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY, assistant: Paul Marconi
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* Stock photographs: David Skernick, W.S. Edwards, P.E. Penn and D. Schiefelbein
* Stock photographs: David Skernick, W.S. Edwards, P.E. Penn and D. Schiefelbein
* Design: Dirk Walter
* Design: Dirk Walter

==Charts==
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{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996–1998)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=63}}</ref>
| 96
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|26|artist=Paula Cole|album=This Fire|rowheader=true|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|60|date=19970720|rowheader=true|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|20|artist=Paula Cole|rowheader=true|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021090729/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 102
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Paula Cole|title=This Fire|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|certyear=1998|access-date=August 31, 2024|refname="us cert"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true }}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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This Fire
Cole on a swing set with fire around her
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996 (1996-10-15)
Studio
GenrePop
Soft rock[1]
Length50:59
Label
ProducerPaula Cole
Kevin Killen (on Hush, Hush, Hush)
Paula Cole chronology
Harbinger
(1994)
This Fire
(1996)
Amen
(1999)
Singles from This Fire
  1. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"
    Released: March 25, 1997
  2. "I Don't Want to Wait"
    Released: October 14, 1997
  3. "Me"
    Released: February 2, 1998[2]

This Fire is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole, released on October 15, 1996. According to the RIAA, the album has gone double platinum, selling over two million copies in United States[3] and peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200.[4] According to the booklet, the album is dedicated to "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth".

Writing and producing the album herself, she recorded all of it in roughly two weeks. Cole released three official singles from the album. The lead single, "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" (1997), peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Adult Top 40. The second single, "I Don't Want to Wait" (1997), peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later used as the theme song for The WB teen drama series Dawson's Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003. The third and final single, "Me", was released in mid-1998 and peaked at number 35 on the Hot 100 Airplay. The song "Feelin' Love" was featured on the original motion picture soundtrack to the film City of Angels (1998).[5]

The album was nominated for seven awards at the 40th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Album, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Cole was also nominated for Producer of the Year and Best New Artist, winning the latter.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
The Village VoiceC+[8]

With the album, Cole was hailed by critics. Reviewing for Entertainment Weekly in December 1996, Beth Johnson regarded This Fire as a departure from the "sweet safeness" of Cole's debut album Harbinger, while calling her "a feisty poet with a soaring voice and a funky groove, [who] seems to be nipping at Tori Amos' heels".[7] Critic Glenn McDonald "presciently declared Cole the new queenpin of a female tradition he traced from Kate Bush through Peter Gabriel, Melissa Etheridge, and Sarah McLachlan."[8] McDonald found Cole's genre of music to be a counterpart of the masculinity of heavy metal music, while Robert Christgau said both genres appear "beholden to 'classical' precepts of musical dexterity and genitalia-to-the-wall expression."[8] Appraising the album as merely a "subpeak" of the female-identified genre, Christgau wrote in The Village Voice: "Where Kate Bush overwhelms petty biases as inexorably as Led Zep, Cole is just a romantic egotist who can't resist turning ordinary human problems into three-act dramas. Kate Bush fans will love her."[8]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Paula Cole

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Tiger"4:18
2."Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"4:26
3."Throwing Stones"3:46
4."Carmen"3:45
5."Mississippi"5:07
6."Nietzsche's Eyes"5:32
7."Road to Dead"3:41
8."Me"5:02
9."Feelin' Love"5:37
10."Hush, Hush, Hush"4:22
11."I Don't Want to Wait"5:19
Total length:50:59

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

[edit]
  • Paula Cole – vocals, piano, juno, tube, Wurlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu, clarinet
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Peter Gabriel – vocals on "Hush, Hush, Hush"
  • Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, pedal and lap steel
  • Seamus Egan – Uilleann pipes, whistle
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar on "Carmen" and "Hush, Hush, Hush"
  • Wenyi Shih, Elizabeth Knowles, Judith Insell (violins) and Chase Morrison (cello) – strings on "Hush, Hush, Hush"
  • Seyi Sonuga – string arrangements
  • Kevin Killen – shimmer on "Hush, Hush, Hush"

Technical personnel

[edit]
  • Produced by: Paula Cole
  • Recorded and mixed by: Roger Mountenot
  • Recorded at the Magic Shop, NYC, assistant: Joe Warda
  • Mixed at Room With a View, NYC, assistant: Jack Hersca
  • "Hush, Hush, Hush" basic track recorded and co-produced by: Kevin Killen at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY, assistant: Paul Marconi
  • Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.
  • Art direction: Paula Cole
  • Photographs: Jodie Olson
  • Stock photographs: David Skernick, W.S. Edwards, P.E. Penn and D. Schiefelbein
  • Design: Dirk Walter

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87930-653-3.
  2. ^ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2189. January 23, 1997. p. 20.
  3. ^ RIAA Search
  4. ^ This Fire – Paula Cole | Billboard.com
  5. ^ City of Angels (1998) – Soundtracks
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "This Fire – Paula Cole". AllMusic. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Johnson, Beth (December 13, 1996). "This Fire". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d Christgau, Robert (December 2, 1997). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 63.
  10. ^ "Charts.nz – Paula Cole – This Fire". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  12. ^ "Paula Cole Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Paula Cole – This Fire". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 31, 2024.