Freedom | ||||
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Studio album by Neil Young | ||||
Released | October 2, 1989 | |||
Recorded | July 25, 1988 The Barn-Redwood Digital, Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California; Jones Beach, New York (track 1); The Hit Factory, New York (tracks 3 5 8) |
–July 10, 1989|||
Genre | Heartland rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 61:11 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Neil Young, Niko Bolas | |||
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Freedom is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1989.
Freedom effectively relaunched Neil Young's career, after a largely unsuccessful decade. After many arguments (and a lawsuit), Young left Geffen Records and returned to his original label, Reprise, in 1988 with This Note's for You. Freedom, however, brought about a new, critical and commercially successful album in the mold of his 1979 classic album, Rust Never Sleeps. Freedom contains one song, "Rockin' in the Free World", bookending the album in acoustic and electric variants, a stylistic choice previously featured on Rust Never Sleeps. "Rockin' in the Free World", despite lyrics critical of the then-new George H. W. Bush administration ("we got a thousand points of light"; "kinder, gentler machine gun hand"), became the de facto anthem of the collapse of communism (specifically the Fall of the Berlin Wall which occurred a month into the album's release) because of its repeated chorus of 'Keep on Rockin' in the Free World'.[citation needed]
An edited cut of the electric version of "Rockin' in The Free World" was also used over the final credits of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, and the song was rereleased as a single at the time of the film's release.
Stylistically the album was one of Young's most diverse records, ranging from acoustic love songs to raging rockers. Three of the songs on Freedom ("Don't Cry," "Eldorado" and "On Broadway") had previously been released on the Japan and Australia-only EP Eldorado, and in a way represented Young's prediction of the grunge movement, featuring heavy waves of thundering distortion and feedback (often strangely juxtaposed with quieter sections). Two songs featured a brass section, an unusual stylistic departure for Young, but one he had embraced fully on his previous album This Note's For You.
This album was published in US as an LP record and a CD in 1989.
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Robert Christgau | A [2] |
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Freedom has received mainly positive reviews. Allmusic's William Ruhlmann rated the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, explaining that it "was the album Neil Young fans knew he was capable of making, but feared he would never make again." He also stated that "there were tracks that harked back to [his] acoustic-based, country-tinged albums." Robert Christgau, writing for The Village Voice, rated it an A. He declared that it contains a combination of "the folk ditties and rock galumph that made him famous" and "the Nashvillisms and horn charts that made him infamous." He also stated that "it features a bunch of good stuff about a subject almost no rocker white or black has done much with". David Fricke of Rolling Stone rated it five out of five stars. He called it "the sound of Neil Young, another decade on, looking back again in anger and dread." He also explained that it is about "the illusion of freedom" and "Young's refusal to accept that as the last word on the subject." He summed up the review by calling it "a harsh reminder that everything still comes with a price."
Allmusic reviewer Matthew Greenwald had particular praise for the second track, "Crime in the City", calling it "undoubtedly the centerpiece of the album", "cinematic in scope", and "one of Neil Young's most accomplished works".[4]
All songs written by Neil Young, except as noted. [5]
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1989 | The Billboard 200 (U.S.) | 35 |
Single
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1989 | "No More" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
"Rockin' in the Free World" (Electric) | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 | |
1990 | "Crime in the City" (Electric version) | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 34 |
Organization | Level | Date |
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BPI – UK | Silver | December 2, 1989 |
CRIA – Canada | Gold | February 19, 1990 |
RIAA – U.S. | Gold | February 21, 1990 |
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There's no answer
Only silence
Emptiness spreading out
The calm before the storm
Birds don't fly
We know why
Do you realize the writtings on the wall?
A million visions let us believe in a better future world
Daring thoughts of genious minds let our hope still burn
Opinions were bought
To dispell our thoughts
Money is oue idol
Our greed for more
And I see the childrens dancing and I llok in to their eyes
How could they know today that their future is a lie
Singing ah... - wings of freedom fight - singing ah...
Singing ah... - wings of freedom fight
Singing ah... - Spreading out their might
Singing ah...
The voice of reason
Dies away
Is there anybody there
Who takes heart
Busy living
No misgiving
Will our world colapse like a house of cards?
Singing ah... - the wings of freedom fight
Singing ah... - spreading out their might
Singing ah... - sow the wind and reap the storm
Let a fire burn - there's no return
And don't give up at all
Let a fire burn - there's no return