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Keep the Fire
Keep the Fire
Studio album by Kenny Loggins
Released	September 28, 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California; Santa Barbara Sound Recording, Santa Barbara, California
Genre	Soft rock, jazz, pop
Length	40:48
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tom Dowd
Kenny Loggins chronology

Keep the Fire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1979.^[1] It is perhaps best known for the hit single "This Is It". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[3]
Record Collector	^[4]
Record Mirror	^[5]

Rolling Stone described the album as "the new sound of Southern California: a sophisticated, diffuse, jazz-inflected pop rock performed by an augmented rock band in which guitar and keyboards share equal prominence" and "churning romantic atmosphere constructed around a matinee idol's voice".^[6] The Globe and Mail noted that, "occasionally, he stumbles into some of the good-time hokey rockin' fun that made such Loggins and Messina numbers as 'Your Mama Can't Dance' so nauseating."^[7]

Film

The award-winning short film "Keep the Fire", by Jake Rice, is a fictionalized "Behind the Album Cover" story.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Guest	Length
1.	"Love Has Come of Age"	Kenny Loggins		3:51
2.	"Mr. Night"	Loggins, Richard Stekol		3:20
3.	"This Is It"	Loggins, Michael McDonald	McDonald: backing vocals	3:57
4.	"Junkanoo Holiday (Fallin'-Flyin')"	Loggins		4:30
5.	"Now and Then"	Jeff Bouchard, Loggins		3:52
6.	"Who's Right, Who's Wrong"	Loggins, Richard Page	Michael Jackson, Richard Page: backing vocals	5:38
7.	"Keep the Fire"	Eva Ein, Loggins		4:34
8.	"Give It Half a Chance"	Stephen Bishop, Loggins		4:57
9.	"Will It Last"	Ein, Loggins		5:50

Personnel

Kenny Loggins – lead and backing vocals, guitars, Sennheiser Vocoder (7)
Brian Mann – keyboards, horn arrangements (1, 3–6, 8, 9), accordion solo (5)
Michael McDonald – acoustic piano (3), harmony vocals (3)
Max Gronenthal – ARP synthesizer programming
Mike Hamilton – guitars, backing vocals, harmony vocals (3, 8)
Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (8, 9)
George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals (2, 3, 8)
Tris Imboden – drums, percussion
Milt Holland – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3)
Jon Clarke – tambourine, English horn, flute, oboe, recorder, saxophone, horn arrangements (2, 7)
Vince Denham – cabasa, saxophone, flute
Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (6)
Richard Stekol – harmony vocals (2)
Michael Jackson – harmony vocals (6)
Richard Page – harmony vocals (6)
Jeff Bouchard – harmony vocals (8)

Production

Producer – Tom Dowd
Engineer – Steve Gersky
Second Engineer – Michael Carnavale
Recorded at Filmways/Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California, and Santa Barbara Sound Recording (Santa Barbara, California).
Mastering – Mike Fuller at Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida).
Guitar Synthesizer Technician – Wayne Williams
Visual Coordinator – Tony Lane
Design Concept – Kenny Loggins and Scott Thom
Cover Painting – Scott Thom
Cover Photography – Ed Caraeff
Sleeve Photography – Eva Ein Loggins

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[9]	95
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Albums^{[citation needed]}	16

References

^ ^a ^b Keep the Fire at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 417.
^ Pinfold, William (September 2012). "Kenny Loggins-Keep the Fire". Record Collector. No. 405. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ Sexton, Paul (16 February 1980). "Kenny Loggins: Keep The Fire / Jimmy Messina: Oasis". Record Mirror. p. 17.
^ Holden, Stephen (February 7, 1980). "Album reviews: Keep the Fire". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Niester, Alan (29 Dec 1979). "Keep the Fire Kenny Loggins". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
^ Rice, Jake. Keep the Fire (A/V stream). Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.