Free (Rick Astley album)

Free is Rick Astley's third album, released in 1991. It was his first album not to be produced by the noted production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. It gave Astley another hit single in the ballad "Cry for Help", which became a Top 10 in both the UK and the US. Further singles "Move Right Out" and "Never Knew Love" were less successful. Free reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 40 and marked the end of a successful four year period for the singer.

Track listing

1. "In the Name of Love" - 4:27 (MacDonald)
2. "Cry for Help" - 4:54 (Astley/Fisher)
3. "Move Right Out" - 3:50 (Astley/Fisher)
4. "Be With You" - 4:07 (Astley/King)
5. "Really Got A Problem" - 4:15 (Astley/King)
6. "Is This Really Love" - 3:26 (Astley)
7. "This Must Be Heaven" - 4:42 (Brown/Cohen/Lind)
8. "Never Knew Love" - 3:07 (Bordeaux/Paul)
9. "The Bottom Line" - 5:13 (Astley)
10. "Wonderful You" - 5:08 (Astley)
11. "Behind the Smile" - 4:33 (Astley)

Credits

Musicians

• Dave West - synthesizer, piano, organ, drum programming, rhodes piano (tracks 1-9)
• Rob Fisher - piano (track 3)
• Nichlas Medin - piano (tracks 4, 7, 9)
• Elton John - piano (tracks 10-11)
• Henrik Nilson - organ (tracks 4, 9)
• Paul Halberg - guitars (track 1)
• Hywell Maggs - guitars (tracks 2-5, 7-8)
• Robert Ahwai - guitars (tracks 3, 9-10)
• Gene Black - guitars (track 6)
• Lars Danielsson - bass guitar (tracks 3, 8)
• Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar (track 5)
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass (tracks 9-10)
• Jacob Andersen - Latin percussion (tracks 1-3, 5-8)
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums (tracks 2, 6)
• Per Lindval - drums, drum overdubs (tracks 3-5, 7-10)
• Anne Dudley - string arrangements (tracks 1-3, 8, 10-11)
• Jerry Hey - brass arrangements (tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9)
• Bill Reichenbach - brass (tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9)
• Larry Hall - brass (tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9)
• Larry Williams - brass (tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9)
• Dan Higgins - brass solo, saxophone solo (tracks 5, 8, 10)
• Kevin Dorsey - backing vocals (tracks 1, 8, 10)
• Phil Perry - backing vocals (tracks 1, 8, 10)
• The Andraé Crouch Choir - backing vocals (track 2)
• Carol Kenyon - backing vocals (tracks 3, 6-9)
• Dee Lewis - backing vocals (tracks 3, 5-9)

Production

• Anne Dudley - orchestra arranger, orchestra conductor
• Gary Stevenson - engineer
• Henrik Nilson - engineer
• Allan Krohn - assistant engineer
• Andy Baker - assistant engineer
• Craig Portells - assistant engineer
• Ren Swan - mixing
• Rick Astley - art direction
• Mike Orr and the Broughton Design Group - sleeve design
• Paul Cox - photography
• Tony Henderson - management