Two Fires

Two Fires is the fourth studio album for Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first United States release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No. 1 album, peaking on release on 9 September 1990 and remaining at the position for 4 weeks.^[1] On 16 June 1991, Two Fires again hit #1, making it the only Barnes album to achieve such a feat. The title track, 'Between Two Fires' was cowritten with hit songwriter, Holly Knight (Love Is A Battlefield,The Best).

Track listing

"Lay Down Your Guns" (Barnes/Nowels)
"Let's Make It Last All Night" (Barnes/Warren/Child)
"Little Darling" (Barnes)
"Love Is Enough" (Barnes/Etzioni/Sandford/Thomas/Froggatt)
"Hardline" (Barnes/Brock/Williams/Savigar)
"One of a Kind" (Barnes/Brock/Williams/Savigar)
"Sister Mercy" (Barnes/Wilson/Neill)
"When Your Love Is Gone" (Barnes/Brock/Savigar)
"Between Two Fires" (Barnes/Knight)
"Fade to Black" (Barnes/Bailey)
"Hold On" (Barnes/Brock/Williams)

Credits

Jimmy Barnes – vocals
Jeff Neill, Mark Lizotte, Brian Setzer, Todd Sharp, Wally Stocker – guitar
Jimmy Haslip – bass
Tony Brock – drums
Kevin Savigar – keyboards
Backing vocals – Jimmy Barnes, Tony Brock, Jeff Neill, Brian Setzer, Todd Sharp, Wendy Fraser, Jane Barnes, Mahalia Barnes, Jackie Barnes, Elly-May Barnes, Eliza-Jane Barnes, Marcy Levy, Portia Griffin, Sue Thacker, Leanne D'Hudson, Grace Gehman, Nicholas Thacker, Tyler Thacker, Jade Thacker, Spencer Brock, Taylor Brock

Mastering engineer Rick O'Neil

Chart positions

Weekly Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
1991	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
ARIA Albums Chart^[2]	4

Chart (1991)	Position
ARIA Albums Chart^[3]	5

Sales and certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	6× Platinum	420,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by The Best of Van Morrison by Van Morrison	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 9 September – 6 October 1990	Succeeded by Chain Reaction by John Farnham

Preceded by Blind Love by Ratcat	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 16–22 June 1991	Succeeded by Blind Love by Ratcat

References

↑ "Jimmy Barns Two Fires". Australian Charts. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 October 2014.

Jimmy Barnes

Studio albums	Bodyswerve For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart Two Fires Soul Deep Heat Flesh and Wood Psyclone Love and Fear Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South Double Happiness Out in the Blue The Rhythm and the Blues Rage and Ruin 30:30 Hindsight Soul Searchin'

Live albums	Barnestorming Raw

Compilations	Barnes Hits Anthology Best of the Soul Years

Singles	"Working Class Man" "Good Times" (with INXS) "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Lay Down Your Guns" "Let's Make It Last All Night" "I Gotcha" (Joe Tex cover) "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (with John Farnham) "River Deep Mountain High" "(Simply) The Best" (with Tina Turner) "Stone Cold" "The Weight" (with The Badloves) "Still Got a Long Way to Go" (with Diesel) "Sit On My Knee" (with Dallas Crane)

Related articles	Discography Cold Chisel INXS Fraternity Living Loud Jonathan Cain Swanee Johnny Diesel Tin Lids Australian Made

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