This Fire
by Paula Cole

Album
This Fire by Paula Cole
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 17,410th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (328th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (2,698th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,410th)

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This Fire is ranked as the best album by Paula Cole.

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This Fire track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tiger
Average Rating: 70 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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2.
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Average Rating: 81 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
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3.
Throwing Stones
Average Rating: 72 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Carmen
Average Rating: 74 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Mississippi
Average Rating: 73 (4 votes)Comments: View 0
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Nietzsche's Eyes
Average Rating: 73 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Road To Dead
Average Rating: 75 (4 votes)Comments: View 0
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Me
Average Rating: 71 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
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Feelin' Love
Average Rating: 74 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hush, Hush, Hush.
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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11.
I Don't Want To Wait
Average Rating: 79 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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This Fire rankings

This Fire rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,410th | 1990s rank: 2,698th | 1996 rank: 328th  Overall chart history
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This Fire ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 33 votes)
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55/100
 !		03/07/2026 22:26 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76651/100
 
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 !		12/07/2023 15:53 fabm0  Ratings distribution  7,00958/100
 
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 !		11/02/2023 00:58 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,50267/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 67.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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This Fire forum mentions

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From neilgee 07/13/2026 13:46 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From CharlieBarley 06/14/2020 00:35 in What album are you listening to right now?
“first listen not too bad a few good tracks”
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From Romanelli 04/03/2018 14:13 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Unplugged
“793 PAULA COLE THIS FIRE 1996-IMAGO Produced by PAULA COLE 1. Tiger 2. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? 3. Throwing Stones 4. Carmen 5. Mississippi 6. Nietxche’s Eyes 7. Road To Dead 8. Me 9. Feelin’ Love 10. Hush, Hush, Hush 11. I Don’t Want To Wait Paula Cole first surfaced as a backup singer on…”
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This Fire comments

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From 01/05/2012 19:12 | #34561
Helped along by Peter Gabriel, she has his sense of drama and delicate approach to tragic lyrics. She has a nice voice and sense of melody, charging most songs with a delicate passion, especially hits "i don't want to wait" and "where have all the cowboys gone?"
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From 04/23/2025 09:00 | #308683
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1998 Grammys. The winner was Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan
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