''Fire and Ice'' is a contemporary Christian music album by

Steve Camp Steven J. Camp (born April 13, 1955) is an American contemporary Christian music artist and pastor. In the tradition of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, Camp sent out his own 107 theses on Reformation Day (October 31), 1998, calling for a re ...

and was released by

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by Thorn EMI in ...

in late 1983. This was Camp's first studio album since switching from

Word A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no conse ...

earlier that year (though his final Word album, '' It's a Dying World'', had already been recorded and would eventually be released in 1984). ''

CCM Magazine ''CCM Magazine'' is a twice-monthly online magazine focusing on contemporary Christian music, published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications. History ''CCM'' was first published in July 1978, as a printed magazine. It has be ...

'' has ranked ''Fire and Ice'' at number 96 in their 2001 book ''The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music''.The album peaked at number 14 on the '' Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Camp, except where noted. #"Upon This Rock" (Steve Camp,

Rob Frazier Rob Frazier (born October 31, 1953) is an American Christian artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker. Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. Like his three siblings, his ...

) – 3:37 #"It Is Good" (Camp, Frazier, John Rosasco) – 3:37 #"Love's Not a Feeling" (duet with

Michele Pillar Michele Diane Pillar (born July 26, 1955) is a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and occasional actress. Despite recording only a handful of studio albums, her music has made a lasting influence in the genre having earned three Gr ...

) (Camp, Frazier) – 4:17 #"Heart of Stone" (Camp, Frazier) – 4:10 #"Living in Laodicea" – 4:04 #"Squeeze" (Camp, Frazier) – 4:57 #"Fire and Ice" (Camp, Frazier) – 2:55 #"Light Your Candle" – 3:48 #"What Would the Devil Say?" (Camp, Frazier) – 2:59 #"Where Are the Heroes" – 4:52

Personnel

* Steve Camp – lead and backing vocals, keyboards * Smitty Price – keyboards * John Rosasco – keyboards *

Rhett Lawrence James Everett "Rhett" Lawrence is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced, mentored, and helped launch the career of 5 artists amongst the top 200 artists to be featured on Billboard magazine's top charts from 1955-2012, who ...

– synthesizer programming *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– guitars *

Marty Walsh Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and former union official. He has been the 29th United States Secretary of Labor since March 23, 2021. A Democrat, he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014, ...

– guitars * Gary Lunn – bass *

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...

– bass * Keith Edwards – drums * Joe English – drums, backing vocals * Alex MacDougal – percussion *

Brandon Fields Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. He ...

– saxophone * Joan Anderson – backing vocals * Carol Frazier – backing vocals *

– backing vocals * Howard McCrary – backing vocals * Linda McCrary – backing vocals * Charity McCrary – backing vocals * Diane Thiel – backing vocals * Kevin Thiel – backing vocals *

– lead vocals (3) Production * Steve Wyer – executive producer * Steve Camp – producer, arrangements * John Rosasco – producer, arrangements * Wally Grant – engineer * Greg Butler – assistant engineer * Mike Ross – assistant engineer *

Brent Maher Brent Maher is a producer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy-winning records and received awards from the CMA, ACM, CCMA, ASCAP, SOCAN and NSAI. Maher engineered ...

– additional engineer * Hank Neuberger – additional engineer * Weddington Studios, North Hollywood, California – recording location * Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc, Hollywood, California * Stan Evenson – art direction for Stan Evenson Design, Inc. * B. Charlyne Hinesley – cover coordination * Marlene Bergmann – design * John Taylor – design * Craig Barnes – photography

Notes

*The song, "Light Your Candle", was recorded for with Camp's 1984 album, '' It's a Dying World'', which was recorded before ''Fire and Ice'', but released after. For this album, Camp added the line "Let it burn bright in the face of the devil" in the chorus.

Charts

Radio singles

References

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