The Candle and the Flame is the eighth solo album by Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster, released by Tapete Records on 3 February 2023.

[2] In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Forster's wife, Karin Bäumler, was diagnosed the stage four inoperable ovarian cancer.

[3] They were joined on the recording by their children, Loretta and Louis Forster (a former member of the Goon Sax).

Others to appear on the album included Adele Pickvance, a former member of the Go-Betweens, and Luke McDonald and Scott Bromiley of the John Steel Singers.

With Bäumler unable to play her usual instrument, her violin teacher, Christine Dunaway, filled her role.

"[7] Uncut called the album a "freewheeling folk-pop wonder", noting Forster was "jettisoning ornamentation in pursuit of the raw fundaments".