Stealing Fire

by Bruce Cockburn

Stealing Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: True North
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 42:00
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily inspired by the singer's travels through war-torn Central America, the record marks a shift from acoustic folk toward a polished, politically charged world-beat sound. The inclusion of synthesizers and prominent rhythm sections bolstered protest anthems like 'If I Had a Rocket Launcher' and 'Lovers in a Dangerous Time'. The project brought Cockburn his greatest international commercial success while maintaining his fierce commitment to human rights advocacy.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, political, rhythmic, conscious, protest, male-vocals, guitars, acoustic, personal

Tracklist

  1. Lovers In A Dangerous Time (4:06)
  2. Maybe The Poet (4:53)
  3. Sahara Gold (4:31)
  4. Making Contact (3:46)
  5. Peggy's Kitchen Wall (3:42)
  6. To Raise The Morning Star (5:52)
  7. Nicaragua (4:47)
  8. If I Had A Rocket Launcher (4:59)
  9. Dust And Diesel (5:24)

Credits

  • Bruce Cockburn - primary artist, guitar, voice, words by, music by
  • Fergus Jemison Marsh - bass, chapman stick [stick], music by
  • Miche Pouliot - drums
  • Blair Dawson - painting [cover]
  • Chi Sharpe - percussion
  • Joel Feeney - backing vocals
  • Paul Henderson - backing vocals
  • Carole Pope - backing vocals

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