Through the Fire (album)

Through the Fire
Studio album by HSAS
Released	May 1984
Recorded	9–21 November 1983, December 1983
Studio	Westwood Mobile, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	36:39
Label	Geffen
Producer	Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon
Sammy Hagar chronology
Live 1980 (1983) Live 19801983 Through the Fire (1984) Through the Fire1984 VOA (1984) VOA1984

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	D+[2]

Through the Fire is the first and only recording by the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve, also known as HSAS. The album was recorded live with guitar overdubs added later. The only single, a cover of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale", reached No. 94 at the Billboard Hot 100 charts.^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Sammy Hagar and Neal Schon, except "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher and Keith Reid

Side one

1. "Top of the Rock" – 4:21
2. "Missing You" – 4:28
3. "Animation" – 4:55
4. "Valley of the Kings" – 3:30
5. "Giza" – 1:22

Side two

6. "Whiter Shade of Pale" – 4:49 (Procol Harum cover)
7. "Hot and Dirty" – 4:19
8. "He Will Understand" – 4:49
9. "My Home Town" – 4:06

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, producer
• Neal Schon – lead guitar, producer
• Kenny Aaronson – bass
• Michael Shrieve – drums

Production

• Don Smith – engineer, mixing
• Greg Ladanyi – mixing
• Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering

Singles

• "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w "Hot And Dirty" – US (Geffen 29280-7)
• "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w "Hot And Dirty" – Japan (Geffen 07SP 804)
• "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w "Whiter Shade of Pale (edit)" – US Promo (Geffen 7-29280)
• "Whiter Shade of Pale" b/w etched signatures in wax – US Promo (Geffen PRO-A-2142)

Releases

• Geffen (US) : GHS 4023
• Geffen (Japan) : 23AP 2825
• Geffen (Netherlands) : GEF 25893
• Geffen (US) : CD 050059.2

References