Inside the Fire (album)

Inside the Fire is a 1984 album by Rita Coolidge and was released on the A&M Records label. This would prove to be Rita's last studio album with her longtime label, A&M Records. The album features the top 15 adult contemporary hit "Something Said Love" and the Richard Kerr/Will Jennings ballad "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore". The album has yet to be released on CD.

Side one

 * 1) "Hit Me on the Loveside" (J.C. Crowley, Marcy Levy) – 4:07
 * 2) "Do You Believe in Love" (Graham Lyle) – 3:34
 * 3) "I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore" (Richard Kerr, Will Jennings) – 3:49
 * 4) "Games" (Vince Melamed, Andrea Farber) – 3:30
 * 5) "Wishing Star" (Vince Melamed, Chris Thompson) – 3:40

Side two

 * 1) "I'm Comin' Home" (Charlie Williams, Danny Chauncey, David Brown) – 3:55
 * 2) "Something Said Love" (Wood Newton, Jerry Michael) – 3:36
 * 3) "Love From Tokyo" (Kenji Sawada, Yoshiko Miura, Ralph F. McCarthy) – 3:42
 * 4) "Survivor" (Priscilla Coolidge, Mary Unobsky, Danny Ironstone) – 3:29
 * 5) "Love Is Muddy Water" (Jim Hunt, Arnold Goldstein) – 3:46

Personnel

 * Rita Coolidge – vocals
 * Michael Utley – Yamaha DX7 (1), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 4, 5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (3), organ (6), keyboards (8, 10)
 * Bill Payne – synthesizers (2), pipe organ (10)
 * Mitchell Froom – electric flute (4), synthesizers (5)
 * Vince Melamed – synthesizers (8)
 * Rick Vito – electric guitars (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitars (5)
 * Snuffy Walden – electric guitars (1)
 * Steve Farris – guitar solo (1)
 * Josh Leo – electric guitars (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (3, 5, 9)
 * Kurtis Teel – bass (1-6, 8, 10), guitars (10)
 * George Wesly Perry – bass (7, 9)
 * Thom Mooney – drums (1-6, 8-10)
 * Chet McCracken – drums (7)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 7, 9)
 * Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica (6)
 * Albhy Galuten – string arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
 * Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
 * David Lasley – backing vocals (1, 2, 4-10)
 * Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (1)
 * Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6-10)
 * Judy Brown – backing vocals (2)
 * Ce Ce Bullard – backing vocals (2, 8-10)
 * Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals (4, 6)
 * Carmen Grillo – backing vocals (9, 10)
 * Bernie Harris – backing vocals (10)

Production

 * Tom Dowd – producer
 * Jim Nipar – recording, mixing
 * David Bianco – recording assistant, mix assistant
 * Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
 * Chuck Beeson – art direction
 * Melanie Niessen – design
 * Philip Dixon – photography
 * Bert Block and Ron Rainey – management