This Fire (album)

This Fire is Paula Cole's second album. It was written, produced and performed by the artist herself. According to the RIAA, the album has gone double platinum selling over 2 million copies in US and peaked at #20 on the Billboard 200 chart [1].

It produced the hit singles "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" and "I Don't Want to Wait" (this track is widely known for being the theme song for the hit series Dawson's Creek). Paula's third single was, "Me". Though the song "Feelin' Love" was never released as a single, it did become one of the albums most popular songs. This song was included on the multiplatinum selling soundtrack "City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture".

According to the booklet, the album is dedicated to "the inner fire of all life. May our seeds of light open, brighten, and sow peace on earth".

On the 1997 Grammy Awards, "This Fire" received three nominations: Album of the Year (losing to Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind), Best Pop Vocal Album (losing to James Taylor's Hourglass), and Producer of the Year for Paula Cole (losing to Babyface).

1 Track listing
2 Released singles
3 Musicians
4 Personnel
5 Audio sample

[edit] Track listing

"Tiger" — 4:18
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" — 4:26
"Throwing Stones" — 3:47
"Carmen" — 3:42
"Mississippi" — 5:06
"Nietzsche's Eyes" — 5:31
"Road to Dead" — 3:41
"Me" — 5:00
"Feelin' Love" — 5:38
"Hush, Hush, Hush" (feat. Peter Gabriel) — 4:22
"I Don't Want to Wait" — 5:19

All songs written by Paula Cole.

[edit] Released singles

"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" [Radio Edit] - 3:47
"I Don't Want to Wait" [Radio Edit] - 4:07
"Me" [Radio Edit] - 3:36

[edit] Musicians

Drums and percussion: Jay Bellerose
Bass and chapman stick: Tony Levin
Guitar, pedal and lap steel: Greg Leisz
Uillean pipes and whistle: Seamus Egan
Guitar on "Carmen" and "Hush, Hush, Hush": Gerry Leonard
Strings on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Wenyi Shih, Elizabeth Knowles, Judith Insell (violins) and Chase Morrison (cello).
String arrangement: Seyi Sonuga
Shimmer on "Hush, Hush, Hush": Kevin Killen
Vocals, piano, juno, tube, wirlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu and clarinet: Paula Cole.

[edit] Personnel

Produced by: Paula Cole
Recorded and mixed by: Roger Mountenot
Recorded at the Magic Shop, NYC, assistant: Joe Warda
Mixed at Room With a View, NYC, assistant: Jack Hersca
"Hush, Hush, Hush" basic track recorded and co-produced by: Kevin Killen at Bearsville Studio, Bearsville, NY, assistant: Paul Marconi
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.
Art direction: Paula Cole
Photographs: Jodie Olson
Stock photographs: David Skernick, W.S. Edwards, P.E. Penn and D. Schiefelbein
Design: Dirk Walter