Fire It Up (Rick James album)

Fire It Up
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 16, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioThe Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
GenreFunk, punk funk, funk rock
Length37:00
LabelGordy
ProducerRick James
Rick James chronology
Bustin' Out of L Seven
(1979)
Fire It Up
(1979)
Garden of Love
(1980)

Fire It Up is the third studio album by American musician Rick James.[1][2] It was released on October 16, 1979, on the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The first single was "Love Gun".[3] The album has sold under a million copies, according to Rolling Stone.[4]

  1. ^ Palmer, Robert (26 Oct 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C15.
  2. ^ du Lac, J. Freedom (19 Feb 1995). "Free Fall". The Sacramento Bee. p. EN16.
  3. ^ Hawthorne, Marc (10 Nov 1979). "James burns on his best disc". The Courier-News. p. B6.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Michael (Jun 24, 1982). "Rick James: Sex, street smarts and success". Rolling Stone. No. 372. p. 28.