Freedom (1989 album) - Definition and Overview

Freedom
LP/CD by Neil Young
Released	October 10 1989
Recorded	1989 (?)
Genre	Rock
Length	61 min 11 s
Record label	Reprise Records
Producers	Neil Young, Niko Bolas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide review	4½/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0rkxikz6bbo9)
RollingStone review	NR	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=306863)
Neil Young Chronology
This Note's For You (1988)	Freedom (1989)	Ragged Glory 1990

Freedom is an album by Neil Young, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music).

The album contains one of Young's most important songs -- "Rockin' in the Free World". The lyrics became anthems for two historic events of 1989: 1) student protests in China's Tiananmen Square and 2) the fall of the Berlin Wall [1] (http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ritfw.htm).

Several of the songs on Freedom previously appeared on the Japan only EP Eldorado.

The song "Rockin' in The Free World" was also used over the final credits of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11.

Track listing

1. "Rockin' in the Free World" - 3:38
2. "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" - 8:45
3. "Don't Cry" - 4:14
4. "Hangin' on a Limb" - 4:18
5. "Eldorado" - 6:03
6. "The Ways of Love" - 4:29
7. "Someday" - 5:40
8. "On Broadway" - 4:57
9. "Wrecking Ball" - 5:08
10. "No More" - 6:03
11. "Too Far Gone" - 2:47
12. "Rockin' in the Free World" - 4:41

Personnel

• Neil Young - vocals, guitar, piano
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Rick Rosas - bass
• Frank Sampedro - guitars, keyboards, mandolin
• Ben Keith - pedal steel on "The Ways of Love", pedal steel and vocals on "Too Far Gone", keyboards on "No More" and "Rockin' In The Free World"
• Linda Ronstadt - vocals on "Hangin' On A Limb"
• Poncho Villa - acoustic guitar on "Eldorado"
• Tony Marsico - bass on "No More"

External links

• Analysis of "Rockin' in the Free World" lyrics (http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ritfw.htm)

For other albums named Freedom, see Freedom (album).