Can You Fly

Can You Fly
Studio album by Freedy Johnston
Released	April 14, 1992
Recorded	January 1991-December 1991
Genre	Alternative
Length	49:35
Label	Bar/None Records
Producer	Graham Maby, Knut Bohn
Freedy Johnston chronology
The Trouble Tree (1990) Can You Fly (1992) This Perfect World (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	(A+) link
Allmusic	link
Fast Folk	(favorable) [1]

Can You Fly is the singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's 1992 album. Some critics consider it Johnston's best work. Robert Christgau even called it "a perfect album".

In order to finance the recording of the album, Johnston sold some farmland that he inherited from his grandfather. This decision is mentioned in the opening lines of the first track, "Trying to Tell You I Don't Know".

The song "California Thing" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Heavy, starring Liv Tyler and Deborah Harry.

"The Lucky One" was covered by Mary Lou Lord on her 1998 album Got No Shadow.

Track listing

1. "Trying to Tell You I Don't Know"
2. "In the New Sunshine"
3. "Tearing Down This Place"
4. "Remember Me"
5. "Wheels"
6. "The Lucky One"
7. "Can You Fly"
8. "Responsible"
9. "The Mortician's Daughter"
10. "Sincere"
11. "Down in Love"
12. "California Thing"
13. "We Will Shine"

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