Free Reign

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Free Reign
Free Reign.album.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 November 2012 (2012-11-13)
Genre Pop, Rock
Length39:30
Label Domino
Clinic chronology
Bubblegum
(2010)
Free Reign
(2012)
Wheeltappers and Shunters
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
This Is Fake DIY 8/10 [3]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Clash Magazine 8/10 [5]
Filter Magazine 83% [6]
Pitchfork Media 7.1/10 [7]
PopMatters 7/10 [8]
Paste Magazine 7/10 [9]
Under the Radar 6.5/10 [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
No Ripcord6/10 [13]

Free Reign is the seventh studio album by English rock band Clinic. It was released in November 2012 under Domino Records.

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Misty"5:08
2."See Saw"5:27
3."Seamless Boogie Woogie"3:36
4."Cosmic Radiation"2:54
5."Miss You"5:39
6."For the Season"3:48
7."King Kong"3:14
8."You"5:36
9."Sun and the Moon"4:08

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