Love Is Free (EP)

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Love Is Free
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique, Love Is Free.jpg
EP (Mini-album)by
Released7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
Genre
Length20:50
Label
Producer
Robyn chronology
Do It Again
(2014)
Love Is Free
(2015)
Honey
(2018)
Singles from Robyn
  1. "Love Is Free"
    Released: 19 June 2015
  2. "Set Me Free"
    Released: 24 July 2015

Love Is Free is a "mini-album" by Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique, released on 7 August 2015 by the record labels Konichiwa, Cherrytree, and Interscope. [1]

Contents

"Tell You (Today)" was originally released in September 2014 and is a cover of the 1983 disco song "Tell You Today" by Loose Joints, written by that group's founding member Arthur Russell. It originally appeared on the Red Hot tribute album to him, Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, in October 2014. [2]

Primarily a dance, electropop, and house record, Love Is Free features influences of disco, Italo disco, and acid house. [3] [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound C+ [6]
Entertainment Weekly B [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
NME 7/10 [9]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Spin 6/10 [13]

Love Is Free received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 12 reviews. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Lose Control"
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique3:03
2."Love Is Free" (featuring Maluca)
5:07
3."Got to Work It Out"
  • Robyn
  • Falk
  • Jägerstedt
  • Herby E. Azor
  • Toi Crystal Jackson
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique4:29
4."Set Me Free"
  • Robyn
  • Falk
  • Jägerstedt
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique4:23
5."Tell You (Today)" Arthur Russell Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique3:46
Total length:20:50

Notes

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 111
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [15] 1

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various7 August 2015 [16] [17]
Japan8 August 2015Digital download [18]

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