Fire (Ohio Players album)

Fire is the sixth studio album by the Ohio Players and the second released through the Mercury label.

History
Fire is the third of five Ohio Players albums that were also available in quadraphonic (4-channel stereo), released as an 8-track tape in the U.S. and on vinyl in Japan. DTS Entertainment released the quad mix as a DTS Audio CD in 2001.

The album's lead single "Fire" was serving in the mid-2010s as the theme song to the US television series Hell's Kitchen. Fire topped both the Billboard Pop Albums chart and the Billboard R&B Albums chart (where it held for five weeks) in early 1975.

Personnel

 * James "Diamond" Williams – drums, chimes, percussion, lead & background vocals
 * Billy Beck – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, ARP, percussion, lead & background vocals
 * Marvin "Merv" Pierce – trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone & background vocals
 * Marshall "Rock" Jones – Fender bass
 * Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitar, percussion, lead & background vocals
 * Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks – trumpet, trombone & background vocals
 * Clarence "Satch" Satchell – baritone sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion, lead & background vocals

Production

 * Ohio Players – producers
 * Barry Mraz, Lee Hulko – engineers
 * Jim Ladwig – art director
 * Len Willis – designer
 * Stan Malinowski – photography

Charts

 * Singles