''Fire and Love'' is the second album of

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band

Guardian Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...

. It was released in 1991 and featured an arena rock sound, described by ''Cornerstone'' as "

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to the bone". This is the first album to feature

Jamie Rowe Jamie Rowe (born April 7, 1970 as Earl Wilson Rowe, Jr.) is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. He has also been vocalist for New York-based AdrianGale, power pop band, London Calling (which br ...

on vocals and Karl Ney on drums.

Track listing

All songs written by David Bach, Tony Palacios, Jamie Rowe and

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except where noted. # "Power of Love" - 4:33 # "Send a Message" - 4:00 # "Time Stands Still" (Palacios) - 4:26 # "Forever and a Day" - 5:11 # "Takin' on the World" (Guardian, J. Elefante) - 3:52 # "Fire and Love" - 3:25 # "Turnaround" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) - 4:18 # "Time and Time Again" - 4:52 # "The Rain" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) - 5:31 # "Never Say Goodbye" - 5:06

Personnel

Guardian *

– lead vocals, backing vocals *

Tony Palacios Tony Palacios is the lead guitarist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. Palacios joined the band in 1986 and has remained with them since, releasing nine studio albums, including three in Spanish. In 1998, Palacios released his first ins ...

– guitars, backing vocals * David Bach – bass, backing vocals * Karl Ney – drums Additional musicians *

– keyboards, backing vocals * Glen Hirami –

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* Ron Eglit –

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* David Raven – drums * Dino Elefante – backing vocals

Production

* John Elefante – producer, engineer * Dino Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing * MIke Mierau – engineer, mixing * Jeff Simmons – engineer * Gil Griffith – mix assistant * Terry DeGraff – art direction, design * Sandra Ney – cover consultant * Jeff Jones – photography * Recoeded and Mixed at Pakaderm Studios (Los Alamitos, California). * Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).

References

Guardian (band) albums 1991 albums {{Christian-album-stub