3

3 is a work on which FIREHOUSE steadily polished their solid hard-rock feel and C.J. Snare’s soaring vocals. The guitar, based in the blues, adds the necessary intensity to each song. On the third album, it is a record on which the band deepened toward a more mellow direction. On “Love Is a Dangerous Thing,” “I Live My Life for You” and “Here for You,” even the ballads have a characteristically band-like honest strength. In particular, “I Live My Life for You” is a fine ballad that gained great popularity centered on Asia. Songs like “What's Wrong” and “Temptation” breathe the band’s full playing too. Rather than a flashy change of direction, they carefully deepened their character. It is a flavorful record that showed signs of maturity.