Keep the Fire is soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 album, released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins

During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...

. It was his third solo album after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best-known for the hit single "This is It

This Is It (Kenny Loggins song)

"This Is It" is a song by Kenny Loggins, from his 1979 album Keep the Fire. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "This Is It" was also successful on the soul chart, reaching number 19....

". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald

Michael McDonald (singer)

Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...

, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 is also heard singing back-up vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong."

Track listing

1. "Love Has Come of Age" (Kenny Loggins
   Kenny Loggins
   During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...
   
   ) – 3:51
2. "Mr. Night" (Loggins, Richard Stekol) – 3:20
3. "This Is It
   This Is It (Kenny Loggins song)
   "This Is It" is a song by Kenny Loggins, from his 1979 album Keep the Fire. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "This Is It" was also successful on the soul chart, reaching number 19....
   
   " (Loggins, Michael McDonald
   Michael McDonald (singer)
   Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
   
   ) – 4:06
4. "Junkanoo Holiday (Fallin'-Flyin')" (Loggins) – 4:30
5. "Now and Then" (Jeff Bouchard, Loggins) – 3:52
6. "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" (Loggins, Richard Page) – 5:38
7. "Keep the Fire
   Keep the Fire (song)
   "Keep The Fire" was the follow-up to "This Is It" for Kenny Loggins in 1980. This track reached #36 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April that year. The song was written by Kenny Loggins and Eva Ein Loggins. It was the title track from Loggin's Keep the Fire album....
   
   " (Eva Ein, Loggins) – 4:34
8. "Give It Half a Chance" (Stephen Bishop
   Stephen Bishop (musician)
   Stephen Bishop is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist.-History:Bishop was born in San Diego, California, and attended Will C. Crawford High School...
   
   , Loggins) – 4:57
9. "Will It Last" (Ein, Loggins) – 5:50

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
• Geoff Bouchard, Richard Page
  Richard Page
  Richard Lewis Page is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and from December 1979 to 2005.-Early life:He is the son of Victor Charles Page...
  
  , Richard Stekol: Vocal Backing
• Michael Hamilton: Guitars
• Fred Tackett: Guitars
• Michael McDonald, Brian Mann: Keyboards, Vocal Backing
• Michael Brecker
  Michael Brecker
  Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
  
  : Saxophone
• Vince Denham: Wind Instruments, Vocal Backing
• George Hawkins: Bass, Vocal Backing
• Tris Imbodden: Drums, Percussion, Harmonica
• Paulinho da Costa
  Paulinho Da Costa
  Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
  
  : Percussion
• Jon Clarke: Percussion, Wind Instruments

Works sampling this

"We Will Survive" by Nas

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

 from the album I Am... sampled the song "This Is It".