All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
FIRECRACKER was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
You remember, don't you? The impossibly winsome girl with the tortoise-shell specs who staged a bloodless coup on MTV thanks to a strategically-placed cut on the REALITY BITES soundtrack? The one who shamelessly pledged allegiance to Olivia Newton John and endeared herself to every teenage girl with a diary full of subversive secrets? She's back for a second round of radio-friendly alterna-pop on FIRECRACKER. Loeb earned a Grammy nomination for her last effort, and a legion of fans who will find this album full of the same sparkly pop-rock confections they gobbled up so avidly on the gold-certified TAILS.
Recorded at 52nd St. Digital, Clinton Recording Studios, Avatar Studios and Juan's Apartment, New York, New York; Dreamland, Woodstock, New York; Groovemasters Studio, Santa Monica, California.
Personnel: Lisa Loeb (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Mark Spencer, Tony Berg (electric guitar); Tom Chiu, Ann Kim, Helen Kim, Anne Chalez, Janet Sung, Joseph Lin, Sang-Mi Lee, Naomi Katz, Nurit Bar-Josef, Jennifer Frautschi, Yosuke Kawaski, Colin Jacobsen, Pauline Kim (violin); Leo Suzuki, Martin Sher, Conway Kuo (viola); Eric Gaenslen, Pitnarry Shin, Matthew Herren, Nina Lee (cello); David Gresham (clarinet); Juan Patino (piano, vibraphone, drums, bongos, shaker, tambourine, triangle, loops); John "J.R." Robinson , Ronny Crawford (drums).
Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain.
Recording information: 52nd St. Digital, New York, NY; Clinton Recording Studios, New Yor; Dreamland, Woodstock, NY; Juan's Apartment.
Photographers: Christy Bush; Eduardo Patiño.
Personnel includes: Lisa Loeb (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Tony Berg, Mark Spencer (guitar); David Gresham (clarinet); Juan Patino (piano, vibraphone, drums, tambourine, bongos, shaker, triangle, loops, background vocals); Leland Sklar, Joe Quigley, Trent Hellerstein (bass); John Robinson, Ronny Crawford (drums); Shawn Colvin (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (11/27/97, p.110) - 2.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...disappointing....staid arrangements and lackluster riffs. Loeb's songwriting and delivery haven't aged as much as she apparently thinks they have, either..."
Spin (2/98, p.103) - 5 (out of 10) - "...Record companies don't know what to do with talented, smart indie girls with guitars....Problem is, Loeb was a bit of a pale indie-imitation from the start: like her debut TAILS, FIRECRACKER is underwhelming and middlebrow, overproduced and pointlessly moody..."
Entertainment Weekly (11/14/97, p.92) - "...Loeb's earnest confessionals are melodically attractive, but the album's chilly, relentlessly polite musical approach is at odds with the artist's soul-baring lyrical stance..."
- Rating: C
Lisa Loeb - Firecracker Songs
| 1 | I Do | 3:41 | $1.29 | |
| 2 | Falling In Love | 4:07 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Truthfully | 2:57 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Let's Forget About It | 2:45 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | How | 3:49 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Furious Rose | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Wishing Heart | 2:53 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Dance With the Angels | 3:38 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Jake | 3:01 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | This | 3:28 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Split Second | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | Firecracker | 5:43 | $0.99 | |
Firecracker Music Review
Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)    love it I do!
lots of fun memories solid CD.
Submitted by Ann (Yutan,NE,USA)
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Very enjoyable, melodic folk-pop. Good to sing along or relax to.
Submitted by Liz (Indiana)
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Direct and Moving Songs
Firecracker is simply an honest, stark, yet moving piece of work. This young woman is capable of some great musical moments I DO, and SPLIT SECOND are high points you don't want to miss!
Submitted by leo.rex (London, England)
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At first, I thought nothing could beat Lisa's CD "tails" so when I got this I wasn't ready for her putting in the same magic. It took me a while, but I can't leave this one out of my stereo for more than a few days
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