The Freed Man

The Freed Man
Studio album by Sebadoh
Released September 1989
Recorded 1988
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:55
Label Homestead (original release)
Domino (2007 reissue)
Producer None
Sebadoh chronology

The Freed Man
(1989)		 Weed Forestin'
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Drowned in Sound 7/10[2]
Pitchfork 8.6/10[3]
Stylus Magazine A−[4]

The Freed Man was the debut album by Sebadoh (Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney). The title refers to the Friedman Complex apartments at Smith College where Lou Barlow was living with his then-girlfriend Kathleen Billus. As Barlow says in the liner notes, "... we named our first co-headlining tape after the Friedman dormitory where we both were living against regulations, with our girlfriends on the Smith (all women's) College campus .."

Domino Records re-released this album as they did with III in 2005. The re-release contains 52 tracks instead of the original 31.

Track listing

  1. "Bridge Was You"
  2. "Soulmate"
  3. "I Love Me"
  4. "Careless Mind Hands"
  5. "True Hardcore"
  6. "Close Enough"
  7. "Loosened Screw"
  8. "Solid Brown"
  9. "Made Real"
  10. "Crumbs"
  11. "Narrow Stories"
  12. "Drifts on Through"
  13. "Wall of Doubt"
  14. "Lou Rap"
  15. "Growin' Up with You"
  16. "Healthy Sick"
  17. "Land of the Lords"
  18. "Ladybugs"
  19. "Moldy Bread"
  20. "Squirrel Freedom Overdrive"
  21. "Burning Out"
  22. "Bolder"
  23. "Why Do You Cut Off Your Sleeves"
  24. "Wrists"
  25. "Last Day of School"
  26. "Punch in the Nose"
  27. "Deny"
  28. "Level Anything"
  29. "Jealous Evil"
  30. "K-sensa my I"
  31. "Mothra"

Reissue

  1. "Healthy Sick"
  2. "Level Anything"
  3. "Soulmate"
  4. "Ladybugs"
  5. "Close Enough"
  6. "True Hardcore"
  7. "Julienne"
  8. "Wrists"
  9. "Amherst Hanging House"
  10. "McKinley's Lament"
  11. "Solid Brown"
  12. "Narrow Stories"
  13. "Bridge Was You"
  14. "Drifts on Thru"
  15. "Overturns"
  16. "Yellow Submarine" (Beatles cover)
  17. "Squirrel Freedom Overdrive"
  18. "Little Man"
  19. "Land of the Lords"
  20. "Bolder"
  21. "Believe"
  22. "Deny"
  23. "Wall of Doubt"
  24. "Crumbs"
  25. "I Love Me"
  26. "K-Sensa-My"
  27. "Lou Rap"
  28. "Punch in the Nose"
  29. "Resistance to Flo"
  30. "Stop the Wheel" (aka "Mothra")
  31. "Loose n Screw"
  32. "Oak Street Raga"
  33. "Last Day of School"
  34. "Jealous Evil"
  35. "Moldy Bread"
  36. "Made Real"
  37. "Cindy"
  38. "Nest"
  39. "My Decision"
  40. "Fire of July"
  41. "Jaundice"
  42. "Design"
  43. "Dance"
  44. "Cyster"
  45. "Powerbroker"
  46. "The Lorax"
  47. "Pig"
  48. "Hung Up"
  49. "Slow to Learn"
  50. "Elements"
  51. "Attention (live)"
  52. "Your Long Journey"

References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "The Freed Man - Sebadoh : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Edwards, Tom (17 July 2007). "Sebadoh - The Freed Man (deluxe edition) / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Stusoy, Brandon (20 July 2007). "Sebadoh: The Freed Man". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Voegtlin, Stuart (24 July 2007). "Sebadoh - The Freed Man - Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 13 August 2012.