Performer: Galaxie 500
Title: On Fire
Country: UK
Catalog Number: ROUGH 146
Label: Rough Trade
Released: 1989
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Rating: 4.2
Votes: 758
1 | Decomposing TreesTenor Saxophone – Ralph Carney |
2 | When Will You Come Home |
3 | Tell Me |
4 | Isn't It A PityOrgan [Cheap Organ] – Kramer Written-By – G.Harrison |
5 | Strange |
6 | Another DayVocals – Naomi Yang |
7 | Snowstorm |
8 | Blue Thunder |
9 | Plastic Bird |
10 | Leave The Planet |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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ROUGH US 74 | Galaxie 500 | On Fire (LP, Album) | Rough Trade | ROUGH US 74 | US | 1989 |
RCD 10357 | Galaxie 500 | On Fire (CD, Album, Enh, RE) | Rykodisc | RCD 10357 | US | 1997 |
L 30280, ROUGH 146 | Galaxie 500 | On Fire (LP, Album) | Rough Trade, Rough Trade, Festival Records | L 30280, ROUGH 146 | Australia | 1990 |
RCD 10357 | Galaxie 500 | On Fire (CD, Album, Enh, RE, RP) | Rykodisc | RCD 10357 | Europe | 2001 |
ROUGH US 74 | Galaxie 500 | On Fire (CD, Album) | Rough Trade | ROUGH US 74 | Australia | 1990 |
Produced and engineered at Noise New York 1989
A1 to B4 © 1989 Zebulon Music BMI
B5 © 1970 Harrisongs Music BMI
℗ 1989 Rough Trade Records
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On Fire is the second studio album by American indie rock band Galaxie 500, released in 1989 on Rough Trade Records. The Rolling Stone Album Guide called it Galaxie 500's best album by far. In 2002, Pitchfork placed it at number 16 on its Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list. In 2013, Fact placed it at number 51 on its 100 Best Albums of the 1980s list. In 2018, Pitchfork ranked it fourth on its The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums list. Galaxie 500. On Fire. Blue Thunder 2. Tell Me 3. Snowstorm 4. Strange 5. When Will You Come Home 6. Decomposing Trees 7. Another Day 8. Leave the Planet 9. Plastic Bird 10. Isn't it a Pity 11. Victory Garden 12. Ceremony 13. Cold Night. Listen free to Galaxie 500 On Fire Blue Thunder, Tell Me and more. 13 tracks 52:35. On Fire was the second studio album by American indie band Galaxie 500, released in 1989 on Rough Trade Records. Produced by Mark Kramer and recorded at Noise New York. Released October 20, 1989. On Fire Tracklist. Blue Thunder Lyrics. Fire and the whole place cleared out in no time. The maid of honor even broke her ankle in two places after being shoved down the altar by the always overly zealous justice of the peace. Well, the ankle was pretty bad and the maid of honor had to be shot, and exactly one week later the entire block burned to the ground. Album 1989 13 Songs. On Fire Galaxie 500. Listen on Apple 500 - On Fire 1989. To favorites 3 Download album. Listen album. Alternative Indie Rock Shoegaze. As with all the band's work, Kramer once again handles the production, the perfect person to bring out Galaxie 500's particular approach. The combination of his continued use of reverb and the sudden, dramatic shifts in the music - never exploding, just delivering enough of a. Galaxie 500 formed in 1987, when grunge was becoming a major factor in the US music scene. But the sound these three Harvard graduates produced was completely at odds with the fuzzed-up power of their peers. Even on their finest hour, On Fire, Galaxie 500s music is subtle and slow burning. It doesnt reveal its secrets immediately. The groups stripped-down sound invites inevitable comparisons with The Velvet Underground, particularly their self-titled third album. Released in 1989, On Fire is the groups second album. With the help of producer Kramer, the songs sound slightly distanced, which has the effect of drawing in the listener to meet them halfway. Galaxie 500 didn't last long. They formed in Boston in 1986, released three albums between 1988 and 1990, got great notices in the press especially the UK, and then dissolved. Following their breakup, after which lead singer and guitarist Dean Wareham went on to Luna and the rhythm section of Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang formed Magic Hour and Damon and Naomi, Galaxie 500 albums went out of print. Krukowski bought the master tapes in an auction, the albums were gathered with bonus material in a box set by Rykodisc in 1996 and then reissued separately. Today might be the best song-by-song album of Galaxie 500's three