Side A

1. Baby Now I
2. Blame It On The Moon
3. Mix It Up
4. The Heat
5. Let It Go
6. Love Don't Work That Way
7. Money
8. Chill Out

Side B

9.   Life Is Sex
10. The Salt Of Joy
11. Take My Hand
12. The Lonely Sun
13. Thy Will Be Done
14. Wake Up
15. Long Way To Go

Produced by:

Bruce Fairbairn and Dan Reed (except Money produced by Nile Rodgers and Dan Reed)

Engineered and FRASED by:

Mike Fraser

Release Date : July 1991

Label : Mercury

Catalog Number

848 855-1 (LP)
848 855-2 (CD)
848 855-4 (Cassette)

USA Billboard Top 40

Did Not Chart

UK Top 40

#15

Notes:

Written during the time of the Gulf War on the road in Europe, The Heat is a melting pot of political and sexual tensions.

Unlike the previous two albums, The Heat is more of a grower, not quite as immediate. 'Baby Now I' kicks down the doors and is followed by a rollercoaster of emotions, with DRN signing off with 'Long Way To Go'.

Dan wrote 'Long Way To Go' way back in 1989 and played it acoustically just after having written it on MTV Europe - Dan was presenting an hour long show as guest VJ - The Dan Reed Network Show. See the TV page of the video section for more details.

The then President of the USA, George Bush, is sampled on 'Mix It Up'

Then there's the other sample - Homer Simpson at the beginning of "Thy Will Be Done" Doh !

'Money' is of course, a cover of the Pink Floyd song

The Heat was a career-best chart showing in the UK with the album crashing into the Top 20 at #15

Mix It Up
1991

Baby Now I
1991

Long Way To Go
1991