Fire Works [Import]

Bonfire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000006ZKY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,758 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ready 4 Reaction

2. Never Mind

3. Sleeping All Alone

4. Champion

5. Don't Get Me Wrong

6. Sweet Obsession

7. Rock Me Know

8. American Nights

9. Give It a Try

10. Cold Days

Editorial Reviews

1987 debut disc considered a milestone in German rock history.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic German Metal, April 14, 2003

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Avon B7 (Barcelona, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire Works (Audio CD)

This is one of those albums where all the right ingredients came together at the right time.

It positively jumps out you, huge choruses, magnificent production, good track balance. Heavy but extremely melodic. A pleasure to listen to.

These people were heavily tipped to go on to Scorpions-like mega stardom but somehow they just couldn't get up onto that rung of the ladder. It wasn't for lacking musical talent though. I had the pleasure of seeing them live on several occasions and they gave it everything (their London Astoria show is one of my all-time faves).

There isn't a weak track on the album. Heavy and commercial at the same time but without being a blatant sell out. Claus Lessman's voice shines in its own special way proving once again all German Heavy Rock/Metal singers have the knack of never sounding alike.

A unique record by anyone's reckoning.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Bonfire album....., May 29, 2003

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Luis (Lima, Perú) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire Works (Audio CD)

This is one of the albums that should be in your collection with no objection....great songs like Fantasy, American nights, Don't get me wrong.......all songs are perfect...this is a good example of how hard rock have to be. Clauss Lessmann is a great vocalist sorrounded by a great guitarrist like Hans Ziller, awesome production...definitely this album earns 5 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic album - finally remastered, September 18, 2009

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireworks (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1987, Fireworks is the second album by the long-running German melodic hard rock band Bonfire. As good as the band's debut album was, Fireworks was where everything seemed to come together, the result of which is arguably Bonfire's best album.

If you look at European AOR and melodic rock today, the different styles are quite noticeable, with British, Swiss, Swedish, and German being the major sounds. The German melodic rock sound pretty much comes back to Bonfire (and later Fair Warning). Bonfire's brand of melodic rock merged the radio-friendly approach of Bon Jovi with the hard hitting yet always melodic style of their countrymen the Scorpions.

20 years later, Fireworks remains the best example of Bonfire's sound. The album features a great assortment of hard rockers ("Ready 4 Reaction", "Never Mind") and catchy party anthems ("American Nights" and the cover of Surgin's "Sleeping All Alone"), and as ballads go, "Give It a Try" isn't half bad. Great guitar work, great vocals, great melodies...great album!

Fireworks is an important album in AOR/melodic rock, but it is also an album that most 80's rock fans should check out. They don't make `em like this anymore!

Edition Notes: Fireworks - along with 1986's Don't Touch the Light and 1989's Point Blank - were reissued by Yesterrock in 2009. The reissues feature digitally remastered sound, which is a big plus, but the liner notes and overall presentation is a bit lackluster. The Fireworks reissue features a hefty 8 live songs added as bonus tracks. They're decent enough additions, but only half of them are Fireworks songs, and I have to wonder if adding separate bass and drum solo tracks was really worthwhile.