Open Fire (Y&T album)

Open Fire would prove to be a success, spending 17 weeks on the Billboard 200, and peaking at Number 70.[4] The album introduced the song "Summertime Girls" which would go on to become the band's biggest hit, peaking at Number 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart.[5] The song also appeared on the band's next proper studio album, Down for the Count, which was released in November 1985.

Despite this, Open Fire would go on to become on the hardest albums to find by the band until Hip-O Records (a subsidiary of Universal that specializes in reissuing previously out-of-print albums and themed music compilations) reissued it with two bonus tracks in 2005.[6] The bonus material consisted of live renditions of "Black Tiger" (which was previously unreleased) and "Summertime Girls." The live version of "Summertime Girls" also appeared as the B-side of the studio cut when it was released as a single. In the same year, Majestic Rock Records also released the album on CD using the track list of the vinyl release.[7] It featured a different front cover, but the back cover was the same as the original A&M release, as well as the Hip-O reissue.

• Dave Meniketti – vocals, guitar
• Joey Alves – guitar, vocals
• Phil Kennemore – bass, vocals
• Leonard Haze – drums, percussion

Additional personal

• John Nymann, Bill Costa – backing vocals

Production

• Scott Boorey, Y&T – producers
• Adam Day, Pete Deanda – technicians
• Nigel James – production management
• Kevin Beamish – producer on track 5
• Niko Bolas – remixing at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California, US
• Bill Traut, Scott Boorey, Quadrangle management – management
• Chuck Beeson – art direction