''Fire and Ice'' is a

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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 r ...

that was released by

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

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

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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 contemporary Christian music artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker. Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. He was rais ...

) – 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 Gra ...

) (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 first became known for producing the 1990 single " Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey, which received a Grammy Award and peaked on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His prod ...

– synthesizer programming *

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– guitars *

Marty Walsh Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and trade union official who served as the 58th mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democr ...

– 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. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...

– bass * Keith Edwards – drums * Joe English – drums, backing vocals * Alex MacDougal – percussion * Brandon Fields – 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 record producer, producer, audio engineer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy Award-winning records and received awards from the Country Music Associati ...

– additional engineer * Hank Neuberger – additional engineer * 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

{{Authority control 1983 albums Steve Camp albums Sparrow Records albums