Feel the Fire (Jermaine Jackson album)

Feel the Fire
Studio album by Jermaine Jackson
Released	June 29, 1977
Recorded	1977
Studio	Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Funk soul
Label	Motown
Producer	Jermaine Jackson, Michael McGloiry, Greg Wright, Michael L. Smith
Jermaine Jackson chronology
My Name Is Jermaine (1976) Feel the Fire (1977) Frontiers (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

Feel the Fire is the fourth solo album by Jermaine Jackson, and his second post-Jackson 5 solo album. It was dedicated: "to Jai, born January 27, 1977".

Production

Feel the Fire is the first album for which Jackson did some producing and writing for himself. The album includes Tower of Power's horn section, and Stevie Wonder's ex-wife Syreeta. Its only single release was the Earth, Wind & Fire-inspired "You Need To Be Loved", which has a saxophone solo by Lenny Pickett.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Feel the Fire (Burning from Me to You)" (Jermaine Jackson, Michael McGloiry, Kathy Wakefield) - 4:34
2. "You Need to Be Loved" (Jackson, McGloiry, Wakefield) - 5:50
3. "Strong Love" (Greg Wright, Syreeta Wright) - 3:14
4. "Git Up and Dance" (Jackson, McGloiry) - 3:15

Side B

1. "I Love You More" (McGloiry) - 3:34
2. "Happiness Is" (G. Wright, Karin Patterson) - 4:20
3. "Some Kind of Woman" (Michael L. Smith, Eddie Holland, Jr., Brian Holland) - 4:10
4. "Got to Get to You Girl" (Jackson) - 3:26
5. "Take Time" (McGloiry) - 3:50

• Executive producer: Berry Gordy
• Arrangers: Greg Adams, Greg Wright, Clay Drayton, Don Peake, Benjamin Wright, Gil Askey, H.B. Barnum, Greg Poree

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1977	Feel The Fire	174	36

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US R&B
1977	"You Need To Be Loved"	75

External links

• Jermaine Jackson: Feel The Fire at Discogs