Free Peace Sweet

It was released on 17 June 1996^[1] through A&M.^[2] The vinyl version has two extra songs: "Is It Me" and "Grateful Moon". The album's title is a pun on three-piece suite. Mercury was planning on releasing the album in the US in March 1997, before being pushed back to May to eventually being shelved.^[2] Dodgy's co-manager Dave Crompton commented that Mercury planned on releasing a single first but the band was against it.^[2] "We think their attitude was, 'We'll put it out and see what happens,' and we said, 'We want to have a career. We've got one in England and Europe, and we want one in the U.S. as well.' "^[2] The band eventually parted ways with Mercury.^[2] Crompton and partner Andrew Winters were aiming to find a new label to release the album in the summer.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Free Peace Sweet charted at number 7 in the UK.^[4] By March 1997, the album had sold 400,000 copies in the UK.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Nigel Clark, Mathew Priest and Andy Miller.^[5]

"Intro" – 0:47
"In a Room" – 4:15
"Trust in Time" – 2:41
"You've Gotta Look Up" – 5:29
"If You're Thinking of Me" – 5:53
"Good Enough" – 4:01
"Ain't No Longer Asking" – 6:04
"Found You" – 4:54
"One of Those Rivers" – 7:43
"Prey for Drinking" – 3:07
"Jack the Lad" – 3:40
"Long Life" – 4:47
"U.K.R.I.P." – 5:08
"Homegrown" – 5:52

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.^[5]

Dodgy

Nigel Clark – lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Mathew Priest – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Andy Miller – lead guitar, slide guitar, sitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Richard Payne – keyboards
Jerome de Pietro – additional programming and remixing on interludes and track 1
Janet Ramus – additional vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 10
Michele Douglas – additional vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 10
The Kick Horns:
- Tim Sanders – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14
- Neil Sidwell – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14
- Roddy Lorimer – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14
- Simon Clarke – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14
Nick Ingman – string arranger on tracks 5, 9 and 12
Tim Kent – banjo on track 9
Teena Lyle – vibraphone on track 4

Production

Hugh Jones – producer, mixing
Robin Evans – engineer
Helen Woodward – mix engineer
Ian Cooper – mastering
Crispin Murray – digital editing
Chris 'Namaste' Priest – design
Derrick 'Coolio' Santini – photography

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[4]	7

References

Citations

↑ Select Magazine July 1996
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Newman 1997, p. 16
↑ Free Peace Sweet at AllMusic
1 2 "DODGY | full Official Chart History". officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
1 2 Free Peace Sweet (Booklet). Dodgy. A&M. 1996. 540 573 - 2 [11]/540 573 - 2.

Sources

Newman, Melinda (29 March 2007). "Mercury Dodges Releasing Dodgy Album; Compilation Lands On 'Mars'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 109 (13). ISSN 0006-2510.

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