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Fire In the Sky is an album by the rock group Half Japanese, released in 1993.[1]

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Fire In the Sky
Studio album by Half Japanese
Released	1993
Genre	Indie rock, punk, post-punk, experimental rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
Length	62:06
Label	Safe House
Producer	Don Fleming[1] Maureen Tucker
Half Japanese chronology
We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love (1990) Fire In the Sky (1993) Hot (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[5]

Critical reception

Dean McFarlane of AllMusic called Fire in the Sky "the album that pushed the group from the obscure fringe of the U.S. post-punk underground into a full-blown indie rock legend." Trouser Press wrote that "Jad [Fair] works up a head of punk-rock steam that allows him to zoom manically through hi-energy blasts like 'U.F.O. Expert' and 'Tears Stupid Tears.'”[1]

Track listing

Personnel

• Jad Fair - vocals, megaphone
• Don Fleming - guitar, vocals, organ
• Hank Beckmeyer - guitar, bas backing vocal
• John Sluggett - drums, guitar bass, backing vocal
• Maureen Tucker - drums
• Ira Kaplan - guitar
• David Doris - saxophone

References

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