Fire And Water
by Free
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Fire And Water is ranked as the best album by Free.
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Fire And Water track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Fire And Water rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | 70's Rock | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1970 | 22/42 | 3 |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 9/100 | 89 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 84 Music Albums of 1970 | 47/84 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 75/87 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 31/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 165 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 749 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 22:25 | ecocruzr | 241 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 22:16 |  serpico | 912 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 21:43 |  skelter54 | 4,551 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Fire And Water forum mentions
pedro1976 06/05/2024 10:48 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 10/09/2022 21:18 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Greatest HitsFire And Water comments
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Can't help wondering what could've happened if this band stayed together. This record is a classic - great band that flat out jams. And Paul Rodgers has one of those one-of-a kind, soul-filled voices.
This plays as much as they have to. The bass is working, the drums come in when they have to and the guitars... can't fault them. There is no massive blast of noise or anything earth shattering. 'Mr. Big' comes and goes like a digger full of love and doesn't feel like it hovers around too long despite being nearing on 6 minutes. 'Remember' a song in the vein of Sgt Pepper's nostalgia which still lingered in the air a few years later, is a smooth guitar on the ice cream track. 'Fire and Water' and 'Oh I Wept' a two part ode to love gone with the wind and leaving bitter cold and hairs on edge with its pain do what they do well. What is that you ask? Well create great guitar music for the budding guitar player or seasoned veteran of the stage. And that all comes to a finale with the brilliant riffage of 'All Right Now' A genius album that seems so simple! Great stuff!
slurpdurp 01/31/2017 23:18 | #184676 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a great classic rock album. "All Right Now" is an essential, but the rest of album is consistently good. It's short, but there isn't a bad song.
not a fan of the "Radio Hit" track but if you look at other gems on this record..."don't say you love me" is a great start..
Very solid, blues-rock album that makes good work of Paul Rodgers' soulful voice and Paul Kossoff's show-stealing guitar. I like Bad Company's early stuff, so I figured I would like this, and I did, though maybe not as much as I would have wanted to. I honestly think the album starts with the three weakest tracks before picking up with the last four—Heavy Load and Mr. Big in particular are really good slow blues burners that heat up and quicken up with the guitar taking the forefront. And of course All Right Now is a classic, even if overplayed. Good, not great, record. (Edited)
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