''Fireworks'' is the second album by the German

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. It was released in 1987 on the label BMG International with two different covers, the worldwide one had a patterned similar to a decorated vault door while the North American version was simply four pictures of each band member in each corner of the cover. This album was recorded with a guest drummer,

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, because the band's drummer was fired during the writing sessions. A new drummer was hired just before the band toured in support of ''Fireworks''. In 2003, the album was certified a Gold seller. Originally the band had recorded 25 songs, settling on 11 tracks.

Track listing

Band members

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- lead & backing vocals *

Hans Ziller Hans Ziller (born 18 May 1959) is a German musician, known as the founder, lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band Cacumen (a predecessor of Bonfire) as a teenager ...

- lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, backing vocals *Horst Maier - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jörg Deisinger - bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

- drums, percussion *Martin Ernst - keyboards

Remastered Edition

In 2009 ''Fireworks'' was remastered by Toni Ubler for the company Yesterrock. This edition of the album now featured 8 additional songs, all live performances by Bonfire from circa 1988 with Claus, Hans, Jörg playing in addition to new members Angel Schleifer and Edgar Patrik. The track listing is as follows:

Charts

References

Billboard's listing of ''Fireworks''
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