On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)

On Fire is a record album by Galaxie 500 released in 1989 on the record label Rough Trade. It was recorded at Noise in New York City. Since its release, the album has yielded much critical acclaim, including being named as the 16th best album of the 1980's by Pitchfork Media.

In 1997, Rykodisc re-released the album with a three bonus tracks. The CD version of the re-issue also included the music video for the song "When Will You Come Home".

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Re-releases
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Galaxie 500 except where noted.

"Blue Thunder"
"Tell Me"
"Snowstorm"
"Strange"
"When Will You Come Home"
"Decomposing Trees"
"Another Day"
"Leave the Planet"
"Plastic Bird"
"Isn't It a Pity" (Harrison)
"Victory Garden" (Cunningham, Thompson) (only on CD release)
" Ceremony" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) (only on CD release)
"Cold Night" (only on CD release)

[edit] Personnel

Damon Krukowski – drums
Dean Wareham – guitar, vocals
Naomi Yang – bass
Mark Kramer – producer, engineer, "cheap organ" on "Isn't A Pity"
Ralph Carney – Tenor sax on "Decomposing Trees"

[edit] Re-releases

Rykodisc
- 1997
- Remastered by Mark Kramer and Alan Douches in 1996
- Includes "Victory Garden" by Red Crayola and "Ceremony" by Joy Division, and "Cold Night", an original, as bonus tracks
- Includes the music video for "When Will You Come Home", directed by Sergio Huidor in 1988