Fireball Zone
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ProductionEdit
The album was produced by Nile Rodgers and Ric Ocasek.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Its title is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "Over and Over" and "The Way You Look Tonight" are ballads.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In contrast to his Cars days, Ocasek recorded the album live, with his band, rather than part by part.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Critical receptionEdit
Template:Album ratings The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "the main thrust of Fireball Zone is to emphasize a funk element within what has always been Ocasek's music style—cold, lean, electronic pop with a tortured bottom end."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Chicago Tribune opined that Fireball Zone "may not be a masterpiece, but it's better than any album by the repetitive Cars, easily one of the most overrated bands of the '80s."<ref name=CT/> The St. Petersburg Times determined that the album finds Ocasek's "rubber-band voice crawling over indistinguishable over-synthesized tunes set to a maddeningly tedious beat."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Track listingEdit
PersonnelEdit
- Ric Ocasek - vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Nile Rodgers - guitar
- Larry Mitchell - lead guitar
- Dann Huff - guitar on "Balance" and "Mister Meaner"
- Steve Elson - horns
- Stan Harrison - horns
- Matt Collehon - horns
- Richard Hilton - keyboards
- Al Berry - bass guitar
- Larry Aberman - drums
- Mickey Curry - drums on "Balance" and "Mister Meaner"
- Tawatha Agee - backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton - backing vocals
- Curtis King Jr. - backing vocals
- Dennis Collins - backing vocals
- Katherine Miller - engineer
- Hiro Ishihara - engineer
- Dave Schiffman - engineer
- Justin Luchter - engineer
- Jon Goldberger - engineer
ChartsEdit
| Chart (1991) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)<ref >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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119 |