[6] Adams and his backing band, which consisted of Keith Scott, Mickey Curry, Dave Taylor and Tommy Mandel, used the dining room, bathroom and bedroom to isolate the different instruments.

[citation needed] The album was released on 30 March 1987 and featured the singles "Heat of the Night" and "Hearts on Fire".

Robert Christgau knocked Into The Fire for its "dumbness density", noting that he counted "an astonishing fifty-six full-fledged clichés on what's supposed to be a significance move.

"[11] Steve Hochman of Rolling Stone expressed similar sentiments: "Adams shows that he has a will to speak but nothing in particular to say....a scan of the song titles ("Heat of the Night," "Only the Strong Survive," "Into the Fire" and so on) shows that the best Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance could come up with was a series of clichés.

[14] A retrospective review from Eduardo Rivera at AllMusic characterized most of the album's songs as "lifeless and dull", with some even being called "depressing", "ugly" or "truly awful".

[15][16] "Heat of the Night" reached number 7 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top ten for five weeks.

In Canada, the compact disc release became the first by a Canadian artist to earn a Gold certification (sales of 50,000 units), and only the second overall following Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits.

[22] "Another Day", which was released as the B-side to "In the Heat of Night", peaked at number 33 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

[citation needed] "Native Son" was covered by Dan Ar Braz on his 1991 album Frontières de sel.