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Give Me Fire is the fifth studio album by Swedish band Mando Diao, produced by Salla Salazar of hip hop group group The Latin Kings and his brother Masse.

One of Mando Diao?s roadies knew the hip hop producing brothers and introduced Gustaf Norén to them. Norén says he originally approached The Salazar Brothers as he is a massive Latin Kings fan and wanted to get an autograph, but the visit ended with a recorded song. After sitting on the song for a while he played it for the other members of the band and they decided to record more tracks with Salle & Masse.

Björn Dixgård says that the band has been very inspired by movies and television with this album and cites Quentin Tarantino and Twin Peaks. He also says that the producers record collection has been a source of inspiration as well.

This album is a danceable album with a strong focus on drums, bass and percussion. The final mix of the album was done in Los Angeles. It reached number one on the Swiss, the Austrian and the German album charts, while reaching number 2 in Sweden, only beaten by Bruce Springsteen's Working on a Dream.

The Band played a special version of the albums first single entitled "Fight with Somebody" live at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen for Vladimir Klitschko's fight versus Ruslan Chagaev on June 20 2009.

Ahead of it's UK release on November 6th 2009, 'Give Me Fire!' was available in full on the UK music site ClashMusic.com alongside a photo gallery of the band on tour.


Studio album by Mando Diao
Released Sweden February 13, 2009
Genre Alternative Rock
Label Universal Records

Track listing

   1. "Blue Lining White Trenchcoat" - 4:02
   2. "Dance with Somebody" - 5:18
   3. "Gloria" - 4:17
   4. "High Heels" - 3:48
   5. "Mean Street" - 4:32
   6. "Maybe Just Sad" - 4:05
   7. "A Decent Life" - 1:45
   8. "Give Me Fire" - 4:01
   9. "Crystal" - 6:11
  10. "Come on Come On" - 4:13
  11. "Go Out Tonight" - 4:53
  12. "You Got Nothing on Me" - 5:07
  13. "The Shining" - 19:22


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