Fire It Up (Johnny Reid album) explained
Fire It Up is the seventh studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on March 12, 2012 by EMI Records.[1] The album features duets with Serena Ryder and Carolyn Dawn Johnson.[2]
Fire It Up won Country Album of the Year at the 2013 Juno Awards.[3]
Personnel
- Kevin Killen - Mixer
- ALIAS Chamber Ensemble - strings
- Chopper Anderson - electric bass
- Tom Bukovac - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Chad Cromwell - drums, percussion
- Chuck Fields - drums
- Jon-Paul Frappiér - trumpet
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Thom Hardwell - acoustic guitar
- Jon Jackson - tenor saxophone
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson - duet vocals on "Baby I Know It"
- Johnny Reid - lead vocals
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Mike Rojas - accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, grand piano, Wurlitzer
- Serena Ryder - duet vocals on "Walking on Water"
- Mark Selby - bouzouki, acoustic guitar, harmonica
- Crystal Taliafero - background vocals
- Toronto Police Pipe Band - bagpipes
- Oscar Utterström - trombone
- Chris West - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Jonathan Yudkin - cello, fiddle, mandolin
Chart performance
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
|---|
| CAN |
|---|
| 2012 | "Fire It Up" | 53 |
| "Baby I Know It" | 76 |
| "Dedicated to You" | 99 |
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Year-end charts
Notes and References
- News: Johnny Reid would be 'Dog Whisperer' in another lifetime. April 3, 2012. CTV. March 12, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414174758/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20120312/johnny-reid-Canada-AM-performance-120312. April 14, 2012.
- News: Stevenson. Jane. Reid fires it up -- literally. April 3, 2012. Toronto Sun. March 14, 2012.
- News: Ben Rayner. Rayner. Ben. Juno awards: Complete list of winners from weekend awards show. April 23, 2013. Toronto Star. April 21, 2013.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=johnny reid|chart=all}} Chart listing for ''Fire It Up'']. Billboard. April 3, 2012.
- Best of 2012: Top Canadian Albums . . . 2012 . January 7, 2013.
