Free Spirit (Bonnie Tyler album)
| Free Spirit | ||||
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| Studio album by Bonnie Tyler | ||||
| Released |
1995 (original) 26 March 1996 (re-release) | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 75:02 | |||
| Label | EastWest | |||
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| Singles from Free Spirit | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Free Spirit is the eleventh studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was first released in 1995 by EastWest Records in Europe, and by Atlantic Records in the U.S.
Background
Tyler's three previous albums, Bitterblue (1991), Angel Heart (1992) and Silhouette in Red (1993), were released in Europe by Hansa Records. She left Hansa Records in 1994 and travelled to Los Angeles to record Free Spirit with EastWest Records. Dieter Bohlen, Tyler's producer under Hansa, took her leave very personally, describing Free Spirit as "one of the most expensive flops in the history of EastWest."[2]
Release and promotion
Tyler first released the album in Europe through EastWest Records and in the U.S. through Atlantic Records. She recorded the Alan Parsons Project song "Limelight", which was used as the Official Olympic Games Song in 1996. The song appeared on a re-release of Free Spirit in March 1996.
The Free Spirit Tour began on 1 April 1996, where Tyler performed 22 shows in Germany.
Track listing
| Free Spirit — Standard edition[3] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Nothing to Do with Love" |
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4:53 | ||||||
| 2. | "You're the One" |
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3:59 | |||||||
| 3. | "Making Love out of Nothing at All" | Jim Steinman |
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7:47 | ||||||
| 4. | "Given It All" |
| Hill | 5:44 | ||||||
| 5. | "What You Got" | Williams | Christopher Neil | 5:32 | ||||||
| 6. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | David Foster | 4:59 | ||||||
| 7. | "Time Mends a Broken Heart" | Neil | 3:30 | |||||||
| 8. | "Driving Me Wild" | Stuart Emerson | Emerson | 5:12 | ||||||
| 9. | "Sexual Device" | Emerson | Emerson | 4:10 | ||||||
| 10. | "Make It Right Tonight" | Hill | Hill | 5:43 | ||||||
| 11. | "All Night to Know You" | Emerson | Emerson | 5:40 | ||||||
| 12. | "Forget Her" | Paul Millns | Neil | 4:13 | ||||||
| 13. | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | Steinman |
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8:40 | ||||||
| 14. | "Sexual Device" (Vari Mix) | Emerson | Emerson | 5:00 | ||||||
Total length: |
75:02 | |||||||||
| Free Spirit — Re-release[4] | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Limelight" (Overture Mix) | Stephen Power | 5:12 | |||||||
| 2. | "Nothing to Do with Love" |
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4:53 | ||||||
| 3. | "You're the One" |
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3:59 | |||||||
| 4. | "Making Love out of Nothing at All" | Jim Steinman |
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7:47 | ||||||
| 5. | "Given It All" |
| Hill | 5:44 | ||||||
| 6. | "What You Got" | Williams | Christopher Neil | 5:32 | ||||||
| 7. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | David Foster | 4:59 | ||||||
| 8. | "Time Mends a Broken Heart" | Neil | 3:30 | |||||||
| 9. | "Driving Me Wild" | Stuart Emerson | Emerson | 5:12 | ||||||
| 10. | "Sexual Device" | Emerson | Emerson | 4:10 | ||||||
| 11. | "Make It Right Tonight" | Hill | Hill | 5:43 | ||||||
| 12. | "All Night to Know You" | Emerson | Emerson | 5:40 | ||||||
| 13. | "Forget Her" | Paul Millns | Neil | 4:13 | ||||||
| 14. | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | Steinman |
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8:40 | ||||||
Total length: |
75:14 | |||||||||
- Notes
- ^a signifies a co-producer
Production credits
There were numerous producers involved with the Free Spirit album as well as a large production crew. Those involved with the production appear below:
Producers
Track numbers based on regular issue:
- Humberto Gatica and Simon Franglen (1, 2)
- Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff (3, 13)
- Andy Hill (4, 11)
- Christopher Neil (5, 12)
- Jeff Lynne (7)
- David Foster (6)
- Stuart Emerson (8, 9, 11, 14)
Also, Charles Vasoll served as an assistant producer for the album.
Other credits
- Engineers - Doug Cook, Felipe Elgueta, Stuart Emerson, Simon Franglen, Humberto Gatica, Dan Gellert, Daniel Priest, Steve Rinkoff, Brian Tench
- Assistant engineers - Scott Austin, Tony Black, Osie Bowe, James Saez, Robbes Stieglitz
- Arrangers - Jeff Bova, David Foster, Stuart Emerson, Simon Franglen, Andy Hill, Christopher Neil, Jim Steinman
- Mixing - Doug Cook, Stuart Emerson, Humberto Gatica, Tony Phillips
- Mastering - Ted Jensen
- Production coordination - Don Ketteler
- String arrangements - Steve Pigott
- Keyboard programming - Jeff Bova, Steve Pigott
- Drum programming - Jimmy Bralower
- Synclavier programming - Simon Franglen
- Keyboards - Jeff Bova, Stuart Emerson, David Foster, Andy Hill, Steve Pigott
- Drums - Graham Broad, Stuart Emerson, Gary Wallis
- Piano - Simon Brooks
- Electric piano - Paul Millns
- Guitar - Dave "Clem" Clempson, Alan Darby, Stuart Emerson, Andy Hill, Eddie Martinez, Michael Thompson, Jeff Lynne
- Bass guitar - Stuart Emerson
- Bass - Andy Hill, Chucho Merchán
- Percussion - Gary Wallis
- Background vocals - Tawatha Agee, Glen Burtnik, Alan Carvell, Robin Clark, Lorraine Crosby, Stuart Emerson, Curtis King, Gene Miller, David Morgan, Miriam Stockley, Kasim Sulton, Chris Thompson, Fonzi Thornton, Eric Troyer, Yvonne Williams
Charts
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 43 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 39 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Bohlen, p. 205.
- ↑ "Free Spirit". Amazon.com (UK) Amazon.com Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Free Spirit (New Version)". Amazon.com (UK) Amazon.com Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ↑ "Bonnie Tyler – Free Spirit" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bonnie Tyler – Free Spirit". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bonnie Tyler – Free Spirit". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
Bibliography
- Bohlen, Dieter; Kessler, Katja (2002). Nichts als die Wahrheit [Nothing But the Truth] (in German). Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 3-453-86143-4.
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