Customer Reviews

Fire to Fire

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I remember racing to Wherehouse Records the day this was released. I could not wait to get the cellophane off the CD and have NEW Tanya Tucker music blaring out of my car CD. What I first heard left me speechless.. but not in a good way.. try as I may.. I just did not like it... i had heard the song Between the Two of Them and seen the video. It was not one of my favorites by her. I remember the reviewer for Billboard magazine when reviewing country singles the week Between the Two of Them was released had also reviewed a Vince Gill single. He said something about Vince sounding like he had a cold.. on the Tanya Tucker review he said and the same bad cold must be hitting Nashville hard. Her voice is not at its best on that song. So anyway as a good fan. i kept playing the CD and kept thinking.. Dern.. I really wanna like this but I don't. But after maybe a y ear or more i returned to it and realized i really like it and it is a good CD. The problem is the singles released to radio were not the right ones so the CD kind of died. I think it sold like 157,000 copies. This was not good following 4 platinum and one gold CD. It was soon apparent that Capitol was trying to capitalize on the success of the Can't Run From Yourself platinum selling CD when it came to releasing singles. They released Between the Two of Them which was apparently an attempt to replicate the success of Two Sparrows In A Hurricane.. from the Can't Run From Yourself CD.."Between the two of them" stalled at #28 on the Country Charts. The second single released was "Find Out What's Happenin';" which is a fun song. Here Capitol Records appeared to be trying to mimic the phenomenal success of "It's A Little Too Late" from Can't Run From Yourself. Find Out What's Happenin' peaked at #40 on the Country charts. No more singles were released and Fire To Fire became Tanya's worst performing album for Capitol. My choices as singles from Fire To Fire.. would have been first off. "I'll Take Today" a slow ballad that Tanya does a great job on.. followed by "Nobody Dies From A Broken Heart" (I really love the harmony of the background singers on this Song_.. Third single I would have chosen would have been the jazzy, bluesy, danceable.. Love Will.. That song might be the best on the CD... I cannot help but wonder if the singles selection had been different.. would Tanya have added another Gold CD to her collection.. anyways.. if you want all of Tanya's music. this is one to get...
but my personal favorite track is the title track. the duet with Willie Nelson. FIRE TO FIRE... i think it sizzles.. I blast that one SO LOUD

FIRE TO FIRE is a most enjoyable album. Tanya Tucker is on her game here. The first three songs "Come In Out Of The World", "I'll Take The Memories" (this cut was also done by Lorrie Morgan), and "I Bet She Knows" are slow and tender love songs. But "Find Out What's Happin'" livens the album up nicely. It is followed by a very pleasantly executed duet with Willie Nelson on the album's title cut, "Fire To Fire". The next song is my favorite, "Between The Two Of Them" is a wonderful love song that tells the story of two life-long lovers as remembered through the recollections of their daughter. Ironically, it is followed by "Nobody Dies From A Broken Heart" and "I'll Take Today", both of which explores lost love. The album wraps with the tender "The Love You Gave Me" and "Love Will". This is probably one of Tanya's best albums. FIRE TO FIRE burns bright. Get close to the flame and feel its warmth. You'll be glad you did.

This is a great album by the "Texas Tornado". She is in fine voice here and puts that voice to good use on this album. Highlights on this album are "Come In Out Of The World", "I Bet She Knows", "I'll Take Today", and "The Love You Gave to Me". It's a shame that this album was not embraced when it was released. This is truly a professional piece of work that BURNS in excellence.

Having always enjoyed the music of Tanya Tucker, this is probably my least favorite album. There are a couple good tracks such as "Between the Two of Them", "Love Will", but as a whole this album is definitely not to be compared with her smash album "Can't Run From Yourself" or even the less commericalized "Soon" or "Complicated" albums. "Fire to Fire" is for only die-hard Tanya fans. If you want a GREAT Tanya album I would recommend the albums mentioned above or her "Tanya" album.

I am a huge Tanya fan. She is one of the finest female singers in the history of country music and has recorded a series of truly magical albums, especially for Capitol, where she started with Girls like me and ended with Complicated, two of my favorite amongst her many great albums, which also included What do I do with me, Can't run from yourself, Strong enough to bend, Love me like you used to and Tennessee woman. This album, while enjoyable to listen to in it's own way, is just not in the same class. Maybe a three star rating is a little harsh but the album lacks the usual Tanya magic. Play any of the seven other albums mentioned above, then play this and you'll understand what I mean.

The standout track here is Between The Two Of Them, about a couple's married life, remembered posthumously. It is the one song here that would sit comfortably on any of Tanya's classic albums.

There are plenty of nice ballads on this album, but they are not as strong as those on Love me like you used to (another album dominated by ballads, but which also contained the classic upbeat song, I won't take less than your love). Tanya picks up the tempo on Find out what's happening, but seems to lack the energy that she usually exudes when singing such material. The title track is a pleasant duet with Willie Nelson (who I'm also a huge fan of), but this pairing of two Texans didn't ignite my fire. I'm sure that Willie and Tanya could do a really great duet but this isn't it.

If you are interested in building a collection of Tanya's original albums on Capitol, work your way through the seven I mentioned earlier (note Girls like me is a rarity on CD so you may not find it at an affordable price). Leave this one till last. And leave Soon till second last. Even a singer of Tanya's quality has off-days.

I think Tanya is one of the best female country singer of her generation and I personally think this album is very underrated.

I happened to listen to it over Thanksgiving, while I was doing some cooking and a lot of these songs really hit home for me and more so than some of her more successful albums did.

I think "Come in out of the World," "I'll Take the Memories," and "Nobody Dies from a Broken Heart," are all great modern country ballads.

Unlike other reviewers, I don't really care for "Between the Two of Them." To me, that song just seemed like an attempt to recreate "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," which I also wasn't that fond of.

I won't say this is Tanya's best work on Capitol, Girls Like Me, Can't Run From Yourself and What Do I Do With Me? were all far better, but this is still a really good CD and especially so for the fire sale price.

Also, keep in mind what was happening at Capitol Nashville at the time.

Tanya was just one of many Capitol artists who got screwed over when Capitol turned into Garth Inc.

Not one of her best. There's one upbeat song in this circus of ballads. Tree stand-out tracks just isn't enough when you compare with her other CD's. Nothing much, nothing less.

1. I love this slow-number. Catchy melody Haunting and beautiful. 3/5
2. Heartbreaking ballad about splitting up and deciding who gets what. 5/5
3. About the woman in her ex' life. Slow song, but very deep and nice melody. 4/5
4. Up-tempo. Very catchy tune, but lyrics don't catch up. 4/5
5. Yuck. 1/5
6. Slow song dedicated to her parents. So beautiful and catchy. 5/5
7. Another heartbreak song. 4/5
8. About telling mr Right that then was then and this is now. Ballad. 5/5
9. What is this? 1/5
10. Another ballad. 2/5