Stealing Fire

STEALING FIRE
 
 
Stealing Fire  is an album by Bruce Cockburn released in 1984.  It featured the hit singles “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”, an angry political commentary on refugees under fire, and “Lovers in a Dangerous Time”.  John Naslen received a Juno Award for “Recording Engineer of the Year” for his work on this album, and producers Goldsmith and Crawford received a nomination for “Producer of the Year”.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
After a time, Bruce Cockburn became more political in his beliefs and more polemic in his performances, culminating in his excellent album Stealing Fire (1984).  The first single from the album, “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” was inspired by seeing children expressing romantic love in a school playground.  His next release from the album was the first overtly political Bruce Cockburn single, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”.  Cockburn wrote this song after visiting Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico following political unrest in that country. 
 
(November 2014)