By the Fire is the seventh solo album by Thurston Moore.

Any time you put out a record, a book, a fanzine, a blog, a cassette, a CD, whatever you're doing, that's a political move.

"[4] Ron Hart of Spin called the album "his most direct solo outing since his 1995 debut, Psychic Hearts.

was less effusive calling the album "boring and tedious" and said of it "much of the material sounds like Sonic Youth, even if the quality isn't there.

"[2] All tracks are written by Thurston Moore and Radieux Radio[5]