# A Fire Inside EP

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| name         = A Fire Inside EP
| type         = ep
| artist       = [AFI](/source/AFI_(band))
| cover        = AFI - A Fire Inside EP cover.jpg
| released     = {{Start date|1998|08|14}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030207092815/http://www.afireinside.net:80/music/index_2.php</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmqtKO6ZZjw&t=1020s</ref>
| studio       = Art of Ears, [Hayward, California](/source/Hayward%2C_California)
| genre        = [Hardcore punk](/source/Hardcore_punk),<ref name="Punknews"/> [horror punk](/source/horror_punk)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=AFI album guide - the essentials, the underrated & more |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/afi-album-guide-the-essentials-the-underrated-more/ |website=[Brooklyn Vegan](/source/Brooklyn_Vegan) |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
| length       = 9:32
| label        = [Adeline](/source/Adeline_Records)
| producer     = AFI
| prev_title   = [Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes](/source/Shut_Your_Mouth_and_Open_Your_Eyes)
| prev_year    = 1997
| next_title   = [Black Sails EP](/source/Black_Sails_EP)
| next_year    = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev2 = Punknews.org
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Punknews">{{cite web|author=Shortychord|title=A Fire Inside (1998)|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/1248/afi-a-fire-inside|publisher=Punknews.org|date=September 20, 2002|accessdate=July 31, 2017}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev3score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first1=Nathan |editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian |editor-link2=Christian Hoard |title=[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_New_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide) |year=2004 |location=New York |publisher=Fireside Books |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |edition=4th |page=10}}</ref>
}}

'''''A Fire Inside EP''''' is an [extended play](/source/extended_play) by American [rock](/source/rock_music) band [AFI](/source/AFI_(band)). It was released on August 14, 1998, through [Adeline Records](/source/Adeline_Records). The EP is titled after the band's full moniker, first revealed with their previous album, ''[Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes](/source/Shut_Your_Mouth_and_Open_Your_Eyes)''. The release includes two original songs and two covers.<ref name="Punknews" /> It is the first release to mention [Hunter Burgan](/source/Hunter_Burgan) as a permanent member, and the last to feature founding guitarist Mark Stopholese.

In November 2010, Adeline Records released a special-edition pressing on purple vinyl, limited to 500 copies.

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing     = [AFI](/source/AFI_(band)), except where noted
| title1          = 3½
| length1         = 2:22
| title2          = Over Exposure
| length2         = 2:03
| title3          = [The Hanging Garden](/source/The_Hanging_Garden_(song))
| note3           = [The Cure](/source/The_Cure) cover
| writer3         = {{hlist|[R. Smith](/source/Robert_Smith_(musician))|[Gallup](/source/Simon_Gallup)|[Tolhurst](/source/Lol_Tolhurst)}}
| length3         = 4:21
| title4          = [Demonomania](/source/Earth_A.D.%2FWolfs_Blood)
| note4           = [Misfits](/source/Misfits_(band)) cover
| writer4         = [Glenn Danzig](/source/Glenn_Danzig)
| length4         = 0:46
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=A Fire Inside EP|others=AFI|year=1998|type=Liner notes|publisher=[Adeline Records](/source/Adeline_Records)|id=AR002}}</ref>

* AFI – producer
* Joe Brook – band photos
* [Hunter Burgan](/source/Hunter_Burgan) – bass
* [Adam Carson](/source/Adam_Carson) – drums
* Andy Earnst – recording, mixing
* Tedd Francis – lyric art
* [Davey Havok](/source/Davey_Havok) – vocals
* John Joh – re-design {{small|(2003 re-release)}}
* Markus Stopholese – guitar
* Luke Ogden – fire photo
* Jamie Reilly – layout
* Jim Thiebaud – layout

;Studios
* Recorded at The Art of Ears, Hayward, CA
* Mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering, LA, CA

==References==
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Category:AFI (band) EPs
Category:Adeline Records EPs

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