''Heart Full of Fire'' is the second full-length album by the Finnish rock band

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. It was released by

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in 2008. It was produced and co-engineered by Vuorinen with the whole group having written all the songs except for "Chasing the Angels" which was written by John Lewis Parker (originally written for

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's Eduardo Rivadavia gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "A throwback in every sense of the word." He went on to say that "The album's 11 tracks pulse with the same familiar combination of catchy choruses, muscular guitar riffs, anthemic

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melodies, and sparkling clean production values that original genre purveyors like

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's early-'90s attempts." The song "I Am Rock" was originally recorded for a Finnish TV series called ''Pelkkää lihaa''.

Track listing

*All songs written by Brother Firetribe, except where noted. #Who Will You Run to Now? 4:30 #Wildest Dreams 3:57 #Runaways 3:57 #Game They Call Love 3:45 #Play It from the Heart 4:21 #Heart Full of Fire 4:10 #Heard It on My Radio 3:23 #Going Out with a Bang 3:57 #Out of My Head 4:18 #Chasing the Angels 4:13 (John Lewis Parker) #I Am Rock 3:44

Personnel

Pekka Ansio Heino Pekka Ansio Heino (born 6 January 1976) is a Finnish singer. He is currently the lead vocalist in AOR band Brother Firetribe. Prior to this, he played in melodic metal band Leverage (band), Leverage and a Finnish rock band called Cashmir, last o ...

: Lead Vocals *

Emppu Vuorinen Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nev ...

: Electric & Acoustic Guitars *Tomppa Nikulainen: Keyboards, Synthesizers *Jason Flinck: Bass, Backing Vocals *Kalle Torniainen: Drums, Percussion

Additional personnel

Anette Olzon Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish class ...

: Vocals on "Heart Full of Fire" *Sammy Salminen, Juice Wahlsten and Sanuel Hjelt: Vocals on "I Am Rock" *Timo Silvast: Additional keyboards

Production

*Arranged by Brother Firetribe *Produced by Tomppa Nikulainen & Emppu Vuorinen *Recorded by Tomppa Nikulainen & Emppu Vuorinen at Nitro/Legendary E-Major Studios *Drums Recorded by Tero Kinnunen, at Sonic Pump Studios/Legendary E-Major Studios *Mixed by Torsti Spoof & Jesse Vainio at Studio Audio except 'I Am Rock' mixed by Jesse Vainio at Sonic Pump Studios *Mastered by Svante Forsback at Chartmakers *Artwork and design by Hugh Gilmour *Photography by Carda/Metalphotos *Additional photo retouching by Janne Peltonen

External links

"Heart Full Of Fire" at discogs
* "Heart Full Of Fire" at allmusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Heart Full Of Fire 2008 albums Brother Firetribe albums Spinefarm Records albums