''Wing of Fire'' is the first full-length album by American musician

Robert Hazard Robert Hazard (né Rimato, August 21, 1948 – August 5, 2008) was an American musician. He wrote, composed, and recorded the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" in 1979, which was covered in 1983 by Cyndi Lauper, who turned it into a b ...

, released in 1984 by

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. It was released two years after his successful EP ''

''. "Hard Hearted" was the only single from the album, and was released only in Canada. The album's sales and performance suffered due to too much management involvement, and after only selling 89,000 copies of the album, RCA dropped Hazard.

Critical reception

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'' called ''Wing of Fire'' "a passable album, kind of

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-meets-

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar * Amelia Marie Jessie, Ziva Hertziliah Serkin – backing vocals * David Woodford –

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tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

and

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(tracks 3 and 7) * Michael Radcliffe – bass guitar * Michael Pilla – guitar * Ken Bernard – drums,

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s * Jerry Weindel – keyboards * Peter Smith – guitar * Kae Williams Jr. – keyboards,

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– synthesizer * Paulinho da Costa – percussion Technical * David Bianco – engineer *

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– assistant engineer * Robert Hakalski – cover photography * J.J. Stelmach – cover art * Karen McKelvie, Steve Julty – inner sleeve photography * Recorded and mixed at

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, Los Angeles * Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

References

{{Authority control 1984 debut albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by David Kershenbaum