FIONA - IN THE STUDIO
Ultra Rare. Awesome Female Melodic Rock/ AOR USA, Amazing 1982-2003 Compilation, Inc.Amazing Studio Demos, Rare & Unreleased !!!
TRACKLIST
1.Searching (w/Dixie Dregs'82)
2.I want you (w/Dixie Dregs'82)
3.Heaven on my mind (w/Dixie Dregs'82)
4.Call it love (w/Dixie Dregs'82)
5.Love makes you blind ('84 Version)
6.Rumours of you (w/Aldo Nova'85)
7.Tender is the heart (Demo'86)
8.Casual thing ('86)
9.Hearts Of Fire ('87)
10.I'm In It For Love ('87)
11.Hair Of The Dog (That Bit You) ('87)
12.The Nights We Spent On Earth ('87)
13.Let The Good Times Roll ('87)
14.Carry On ('87)
15.Lose the night ('87)
16.Comfort of strangers (w/Dweezil Zappa'88)
17.If There's Any Justice ('88)
18.I am the fire ('88)
19.Callin' on you (Demo Version'88)
20.Calling On You ('89)
21.Lights (w/Evolution'03)
CREDITS
Fiona Eileen Flanagan, Bob Messano, Joe Franco, Benjy King, Donnie Kisselbach, Beau Hill, Mike Slammer, Reb Beach, Nile Rodgers, Kip Winger, David Rosenberg, Rick Bell, Schuyler Deale, Aaron Hurwitz, Gregory Tebbitt, Peter Zale, Peppi Marchello, Louie Merlino, Sandy Stewart, Jimmy Wilcox, The Mob, Tara O'Boyle, Elena Aazan, Tom Flanagan, Bobby Messano, Stephen Benben, Nate Winger, Tim Pierce, Brad Gillis, Jamie Hunting, Kim Bullard, Claude Gaudette, David-Glen Eisley, Victoria Seeger, Rod Morgenstein, Laura McDonald, Dweezil Zappa, Jack Ponti, Rachel Bolan, Dave (The Snake) Sabo, Scotti Hill, Tico Torres, Paulinho Da Costa, Phil Brown, Jerry Hey Horns, Simon Climie, Billy Steinberg, Bob Halligan, Ina Wolfe, Peter Wolf, Ernie Gold, James House, Al Greenwood, Bob Held, Mark Mangold, Aldo Nova, Michael Bolton, Chuck Burgi, Anton Fig, Billy Carmassi, Martin Page, Van Stephenson, Tony Rey, Eddy Offord, Steve Morse, Steve Diamond, Alice Wills, Peter Rodgers Melnick, Greg Mathieson, Keith olsen, Steve Perry, Neal Schon, ...
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Fiona (singer)
Fiona Eileen Flanagan
Born
September 13, 1961
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Glam metal, hard rock
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress
Instruments
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1985–present
Labels
Atlantic, Geffen, Wounded Bird, Life On The Moon Records
Associated acts
Warrant, Winger, Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein, Beau Hill
Fiona Eileen Flanagan (born September 13, 1961), known by the stage name Fiona, is an American rock music singer-songwriter and actress best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle, Hearts of Fire.
Career
Of Irish origin, Fiona was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey after her parents moved from Dublin to the United States.[1]
At the age of 18, she moved to New York City where she began her career as a singer in several bands.[2] In the mid-1980s, she was signed to Atlantic Records. Her self titled debut album was released in 1985. The album peaked at #71 on that year's Billboard 200 chart and remained charted for a week.[3] The album's sole single, "Talk to Me", reached #12[4] and #64[5] on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot 100 charts respectively. That same year, she also guested on Aldo Nova's Twitch. Around this time, Fiona made her acting debut in the Jan 31, 1986 Miami Vice second season episode "Little Miss Dangerous".[6]
Her second album, Beyond the Pale, was released in 1986. That album spawned two singles: "Hopelessly Love You" and "Living In a Boy's World". In 1987, Fiona starred opposite Bob Dylan in the musical drama Hearts of Fire. Fiona sings the film's title track which appears on the film's soundtrack, along with four previously unreleased songs by Fiona. Her third album, Heart Like a Gun, was released in 1989. That album also yielded two singles, "Where the Cowboys Go" and "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)", a duet with Kip Winger. She has since released two additional albums, 1992's Squeeze and 2011's Unbroken.
In addition to her own solo work, Fiona has also done backing vocals for other artists including Warrant (on the Cherry Pie album).
Personal life
Fiona was once married to producer Beau Hill, who produced, played some instruments on and sang backing vocals on some of her albums. She was also in a relationship with guitarist Reb Beach of Winger who likewise performed on her album Beyond the Pale.[7]
Since taking a break from music, Fiona has married for a second time and graduated from UCLA. She briefly worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers but resigned to have children, of which she has two, her daughter Owen and son Aidan.[6]
Discography
Studio albums
Fiona (1985)
New Jersey's darker and more urgent response to the quirky pop of Cyndi Lauper, Fiona found herself plucked from near obscurity into the MTV spotlight with her minor hit "Talk to Me." A cross between the pop-metal of Heart and the throaty hysterics of Lita Ford, Joan Jett and Vixen, there are moments of unapologetic, polished rock that were designed for the pop charts, complete with bafflingly insipid lyrics. The only relief from the pop-metal onslaught comes in the form of the rock ballad "Love Makes You Blind," which easily could be an outtake from the Carnie and Wendy Wilson sisters and the "Na Na Song." Quite simply, it's good clean fun for people who liked to get dirty in the '80s. This was the also the first in a series of Fiona reissues rescued from obscurity courtesy of the Wounded Bird imprint, assuring the material available for generations to come.
Fiona Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals
Fiona Flanagan Musician, Vocals
Joe Franco Drums, Main Personnel, Musician
Beau Hill Composer
Benjy King Keyboards, Main Personnel, Musician, Vocals (Background)
Donnie Kisselbach Bass, Composer, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel, Musician
Peppi Marchello Audio Production, Producer
Bobby Messano Guitar, Main Personnel, Musician
Bob Pfeifer Composer
Beyond the Pale (1986)
The second album from this sweetly histrionic singer, featuring '80s pop, gated drums, and synthesizer stabs punctuated with '80s metal guitar. With Fiona out front and then-lover Beau Hill twiddling knobs, most every cut transcends the cookie cutter even in small ways, as when "Tragedy" mocks itself with electronic basso profundo backing vocals or "Hopelessly Love You" opens with a keyboard stammer and an intro twisting the fair maiden's pitches into helium giggles. Side two offers her first sustained suite, including "Running out of Night," a warning to an aging miscreant to either stay in bed or keep running; "He's on My Side" is the record's most pristine melody over heartfelt, embarrassed goop that's perfect for the newlyweds' first dance, and "Keeper of the Flame" is a jilted lover's vow that, like the mole in the ground, she will root her ex's mountain down. Fiona co-wrote all three of the latter; it's evident she's gearing up for her high-water mark, Heart Like a Gun.
Sunny Bak Photography
Berbesm Stephen Engineer
Marc Blatte Composer
Simon Climie Composer
Bob Defin Art Direction
Elizabeth Disbiski Make-Up
Brian Downey Composer
Marty Druckman Composer
Fiona Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals
Fiona Flanagan Composer
Joe Franco Drums, Main Personnel
Ernie Gold Composer
Beau Hill Audio Production, Composer, Producer
James House Composer
Ted Jensen Mastering
Benjy King Keyboards, Main Personnel
Fiona Misa King Concept
Donnie Kisselbach Composer, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel
Phil Lynott Composer
Ira McLaughlin Assistant
Bobby Messano Guitar, Main Personnel
Rick Neigher Composer
Billy Steinberg Composer
Melvin Stewart Composer
Sandy Stewart Composer
Andrew Unangst Cover Photo
Dan Williams Composer
Kip Winger Composer
Ina Wolfe Composer
Peter Wolfe Composer
Heart Like a Gun (1989)
At her boiling-point pinnacle, Fiona's soaring, occasionally corrosive voice finally gets the fine-tuned material it deserves -- and she co-wrote nine of the ten tunes. Listeners learn over the power chords that "Mariel" is in deep trouble, though they don't learn how or why. "Victoria Cross" is getting put to bed after a long night on a turning point; "If it wasn't all so sexual," the protagonist admits, "well, we might have stayed friends." "Where the Cowboys Go" pleads for a lover to leave town, "while we still can/While we're young," but the pleader lacks the independence of Fine Young Cannibals' similar "Don't Look Back," and her resolve slips as the bass synth oscillates. The material is consistently strong, but also all of a piece, and this friend on a ledge, or that bit of lesbian intrigue, form settings in an overarching mythology; these songs embody the train-crash-intense emotions of the young (or the emotionally intense of any age). In their exhilarating and harrowing street-opera encounters over greasy pizza and sticky Coke, at a house party with the folks out of town, or in an upstairs bedroom real or imagined, they pack the thick misery and release of the "Gotterdammerung." Like anything with intensity, it's tempting to laugh; when Fiona and Kip Winger moan, "you're sexing me," at each other, someone with farm experience could imagine them sedately side by side, determining the maleness or femaleness of newly hatched chicks. Against that, though, you might be well-advised to ask yourself the last time you felt this much blood in your veins.
Heart Like a Gun is the third studio album by singer Fiona, released on October 2, 1989 through Atlantic Records. It reached #150 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1990 and remained charted for sixteen weeks.[2] The album features singer/bassist Kip Winger and drummer Rod Morgenstein from the band Winger, with Kip dueting with Fiona on "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)".
1. "Little Jeannie (Got the Look of Love)" Fiona, Jack Griffith 3:23
2. "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)" Fiona, Beau Hill, Lance Cosgrove 4:14
3. "Where the Cowboys Go" Fiona, Phil Brown 4:46
4. "Mariel" Fiona, Mark Mangold 4:33
5. "Draw the Line" Fiona, Mike Slamer 3:29
6. "Here It Comes Again" Fiona, Martin Page 4:11
7. "Bringing In the Beast" Fiona, Phil Brown 4:35
8. "Victoria Cross" Fiona, Bob Held, Al Greenwood, Tony Rey 4:08
9. "Look at Me Now" Fiona, Mark Mangold, Aldo Nova 4:14
10. "When Pink Turns to Blue" Phil Brown, Van Stephenson, Madeleine Stowe, Giles Reaves 4:16
Personne
Fiona – vocals
Kip Winger – vocals (track 2), bass
Brad Gillis – guitar
Rod Morgenstein – drums
Beau Hill – engineering, mixing, production
Keith Olsen – engineering, mixing, production
Gordon Fordyce – mixing
Mark Segal – engineering
Joel Stoner – engineering
Jeff DeMorris – engineering
George Counnas – engineering
Fred Kelly – engineering
Matt Freeman – engineering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Squeeze (1992)
Released in 1992, Squeeze came at a time when the rock world was experiencing a major upheaval. Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten had gone through the roof commercially, and alternative rock was becoming rock's primary direction, something that many A&R people and music industry professionals would have thought impossible a few years earlier. But sure enough, rock tastes were changing, and by 1993 and 1994, ‘80s-style arena rockers like Fiona Flanagan were being accused of sounding dated. Not that dated is necessarily a terrible thing; it can actually be a plus if you worship a particular era. And on Squeeze, Flanagan's sound is firmly planted in the ‘80s. Produced by Marc Tanner (with John Kalodner doing some of the engineering), this slick, high-gloss collection of arena rock, hard rock, and pop/rock shows no awareness of the grunge/alt-rock upheaval that took place in 1992. Flanagan was a product of the ‘80s, and Squeeze never strays from that big ‘80s sound: big drums, big guitars, big melodies, big choruses, big harmonies. Squeeze, which was Flanagan's first album for Geffen and fourth overall, found the New Jersey native fronting a real band instead of simply using a bunch of studio players (a move that Kalodner had recommended). But once you get past the fact that there are four people on the front cover instead of one, it becomes apparent that Squeeze isn't a radical departure from the three albums Flanagan had recorded for Atlantic in the ‘80s. And like much of her Atlantic output, Squeeze falls short of remarkable but is generally decent. Squeeze is never mind-blowing, although it's a pleasant, likable effort that is worth hearing if you're a die-hard fan of ‘80s-style arena rock.
Squeeze is the fourth studio album by singer Fiona, released in 1992 through Geffen Records.
1. "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" Harry Paress, Curt Cuomo 3:45
2. "Ain't That Just Like Love" Fiona Flanagan, Jeff Neill, Marc Tanner 3:17
3. "Treat Me Right" Flanagan, Tanner, Mark Gable 3:41
4. "All Over Now" Flanagan, Tanner 3:43
5. "The Best Is Yet to Come" Paress, Cuomo 3:38
6. "Squeeze" Mikal Reid, Robin Hild 4:13
7. "Don't Come Cryin'" Diane Warren 4:08
8. "Nobody Dies of a Broken Heart" Bob Mitchell 3:56
9. "Mystery of Love" Tanner, Jeff Klaven, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander 3:55
10. "Life on the Moon" Jani Lane 3:56
Personnel
Fiona – lead vocals
Dave Marshall – guitar, background vocals
Tommy Girvin – guitar
Craig Stull – steel guitar
Kim Bullard – keyboard
Jimmy DeGrasso – drums, percussion, background vocals
Laura McDonald – bass, background vocals
Robert C. Ragland – strings arrangement, conducting
Scott Douglas MacLachlan – background vocals
Don Dokken – background vocals
Joey Tempest - background vocals
David Thoener – engineering, mixing
Paul Winger – engineering
Scott Ralston – engineering
Dale Kawashima – engineering
Marty Horenburg – engineering
Phil Kaffel – engineering
Dan Hersch – mastering
David Donnelly – mastering
Marc Tanner – production
Guy Roche – production (track 7)
Richie Zito – production (track 7)
Unbroken (2011)
Unbroken is the fifth studio album from Fiona. After being persuaded to rejoin the ranks of the music industry (following a two decade hiatus) by producer James Christian, singer Robin Beck and guitarist Tommy Denander, [1][2] Fiona released the album on October 17, 2011[3] via Life on the Moon Records.[2]
Personne
Robin Beck
James Christian
Tommy Denander
Holly Knight
Marc Tanner[2][4]
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits (2009)
Fiona Flanagan was born and raised in New Jersey, but she moved to New York at the age of 18 to play in bands. After playing in various groups, she signed a solo contract and released three albums, a self-titled debut in 1985, Beyond the Pale (1986), and Heart like a Gun (1989). Flanagan then switched to Geffen, added a band (and calling it Fiona), and released Squeeze in 1992. Accompanying her on the album are guitarist Dave Marshall, bassist Laura McDonald, and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso.
All Credits Additional Personnel Composer Concept Featured Artist Guest Artist Liner Notes Main Personnel Performer Primary Artist Vocal Harmony Vocals Vocals (Background)
2009 Park Lane Archives Liner Notes
2008 Best of Sweet Love Primary Artist
2007 On My Mind Da'Ville Main Personnel, Vocals (Background)
2007 Power Ballads [Madacy] Primary Artist
2007 Reggae Time Vocals
2007 Road Block Screwdriver Main Personnel, Vocals (Background)
2006 You Are the One Toni Anderson Primary Artist
2005 Lately Evette Main Personnel, Vocals (Background)
2005 Queens of Reggae Primary Artist
2005 The Rhythm Remains the Same: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Sly & Robbie Additional Personnel, Vocals (Background)
2005 Ultimate 16: Power Ballads Primary Artist
2005 Ultimate Reggae Party: Classic Hits Primary Artist
2003 Twice as Nice Wayne Wade Vocals (Background)
2002 Baby Why The Cables Primary Artist
2002 Cables & Friends Baby Why Primary Artist
2002 I'll Be Lonely George Nooks Primary Artist
2002 I'll Be Lonely Primary Artist
2001 That's Life Anthony B Vocals (Background)
2000 Down by the River Primary Artist
2000 Highway Performer, Primary Artist
2000 Number One Girl Glen Washington Featured Artist
2000 Wiss Vibes Israel Vibration Vocal Harmony
1999 Mix With a Blend Performer, Primary Artist
1999 Skunk Vs. Dog Primary Artist
1999 Sweeter Singing Melody Guest Artist, Featured Artist
1998 Independence Day Compilation Primary Artist
1997 18 Rock Hard Hits, Vol. 1 Performer, Primary Artist
1997 18 Rock Hard Hits, Vol. 2 Performer, Primary Artist
1997 The Christmas Album Performer, Primary Artist
1993 Indie Top 20, Vol. 6 Composer
1992 Demons Down House of Lords Guest Artist
1992 Don't Come Cryin' Fiona Primary Artist
1992 Squeeze Fiona Primary Artist, Vocals
1991 Prisoners in Paradise Europe Composer
1989 Atomic Playboys Steve Stevens' Atomic Playboys Guest Artist, Vocals
1989 Heart Like a Gun Fiona Primary Artist, Liner Notes, Vocals, Composer
1989 Rough Trade: Music for the 90's Composer
1988 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Dweezil Zappa Vocals
1986 Beyond the Pale Fiona Primary Artist, Main Personnel, Vocals, Concept, Vocals (Background)
1985 Fiona Fiona Primary Artist, Main Personnel, Vocals
Atomic Playboys Steve Stevens Composer, Vocals
Greensleeves Rhythm Album #8: Highway Primary Artist
My World Your World Hopeton Lindo Vocals (Background), Featured Artist
Soul Acoustic Primary Artist
Stay With Me RROB Featured Artist, Vocals
Unbroken Fiona Primary Artist
Similar To
Heart & Soul Orchestra
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Poison
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Vixen
Whitesnake
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Hearts of Fire Soundtrack Score
Directed by Richard Marquand
Written by Scott Richardson and Joe Eszterhas
Produced by Doug Harris
Jennifer Miller
Iain Smith
Starring Bob Dylan
Rupert Everett
Fiona Flanagan
Suzanne Bertish
Cinematography Alan Hume
Edited by Sean Barton
Music by John Barry
Production
company
Phoenix Entertainment Group
Distributed by Lorimar Motion Pictures
Release date
1987 (U.S.)
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Hearts of Fire is a 1987 American musical drama film starring Bob Dylan, Fiona Flanagan (billed only as "Fiona") and Rupert Everett. The film was essentially a vehicle for Dylan based on his success as a rock musician. It received poor reviews, a limited theatrical release,[1] and was later written off by Dylan himself.
Origin and filming
Originally written by Scott Richardson, the screenplay was rewritten by Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas because Lorimar Productions felt that Richardson was a "baby writer" and not experienced enough to take on the responsibility of a starring vehicle for a rock icon of Dylan's stature. Hearts of Fire is also regarded as the film that "killed Richard Marquand", director of Return of the Jedi, who would die of a stroke later the same year.[2][3]
The film was shot in Canada (Hamilton and Toronto) at the defunct Davenport Works of the Canadian General Electric Company and the United Kingdom (Southerndown and Coney Beach at Porthcawl).[4][5] The film's concert scenes were shot at the Colston Hall in Bristol,[6] and Camden, North London (UK).[5] Concert scenes filmed at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.
Release
Hearts of Fire did poorly in theaters. It was first released in the UK in 1987 and was pulled from the theaters after approximately two weeks. As a result, the film was released to a very few theaters in the United States for one week only. All plans to set to release the film nationwide, which was planned for release by Lorimar Motion Pictures, but the film was set to limbo, citing the negative reviews of the feature film.[7]
Home media
In the United States, the film was released directly to video by Warner Home Video in 1990 after a very short theatrical run.[8] The film was re-released on VHS by Warner Brothers on December 6, 1993.[9]
The film was released digitally for purchase through iTunes and Vudu.
Reviews
Variety lamented that it was "unfortunate that the last film of helmer Richard Marquand, who died shortly after completing it, should be Hearts of Fire" and that the film failed "to fire on all cylinders despite a nimble performance by the enigmatic Bob Dylan typecast as a reclusive rock star."[10] Channel 4 deemed the film a "blunt instrument of 80s vacuity."[11] DVDLaser stated that it is "a really bad movie," but also that the viewer's opinion of Bob Dylan is "the key to liking or disliking the film."[12]
Time Out London said that Dylan "hovers enigmatically on the sidelines, offering jaundiced comments."[13]
Soundtrack
In 1987, Columbia Records released the soundtrack to the film. Dylan was apparently originally contracted to write and contribute four new original recordings to the album[14] but only turned in two original songs and one cover song. The tracks included a cover of John Hiatt's "The Usual", along with the Dylan originals "Night After Night" and "Had a Dream About You Baby". Dylan later released an alternate version of "Had a Dream About You Baby" on the 1988 album Down in the Groove.