“Baptized By Fire” by Winger

"Baptized by Fire" comes off In the Heart of the Young, the second Winger album, which Atlantic released in 1990 just as the glam metal boom was starting to fade. Kip Winger wrote it with guitarist Reb Beach and wrote the words himself, and he sings lead and plays bass and keyboards. Beach and Paul Taylor play guitar and sing backup, Taylor adds keyboards as well, Rod Morgenstein handles drums and percussion, and Nate Winger and Paul Winger pile on extra background vocals.

Beau Hill produced it and mixed it with engineer Jimmy Hoyson, on a record that pushed harder toward progressive rock touches and power ballads than the band's debut. It went platinum all the same, and it was the last Winger album with Taylor until Seven in 2023.

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