Forever Free (Saxon album)

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Forever Free
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Studio album by
Saxon
ReleasedMay 1992
Recorded1992
StudioHey You Studios, Vienna, Austria, Gems Studios Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Genre Heavy metal
Length44:11
Label CBH/Virgin
Producer Biff Byford, Herwig Ursin
Saxon chronology
Solid Ball of Rock
(1991)		Forever Free
(1992)		 Dogs of War
(1995)
Alternative cover
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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forever Free" Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Paul Quinn4:57
2."Hole in the Sky"Byford, Oliver, Quinn, Nibbs Carter4:42
3."Just Wanna Make Love to You" Willie Dixon 3:54
4."Get Down and Dirty"Byford, Oliver, Nigel Glockler5:05
5."Iron Wheels"Byford, Glockler4:12
6."One Step Away"Byford, Oliver, Glockler4:57
7."Can't Stop Rockin'"Byford, Quinn4:03
8."Nighthunter"Byford, Quinn, Carter3:22
9."Grind"Byford, Oliver, Quinn4:23
10."Cloud Nine"Byford, Glockler, Carter4:36
Bonus tracks (2013 reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Princess of the Night" (Live in Germany - December 1995)Saxon5:15
12."Forever Free" (Live in Germany - December 1995)Byford, Oliver, Quinn4:48

Personnel

Saxon
Additional musicians
Production
 Austrian producer and engineer, in the late 1980s employed at Powersound Factory, Achau.

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [3] 58

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Forever Free". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 384. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Forever Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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