Free Yourself Up

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Free Yourself Up
Free Yourself Up cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)
Recorded2018
StudioGoosehead Palace (Nashville)
Genre Pop, Indie
Length43:02
Label Nonesuch
Producer
  • Dan Knobler
  • Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive chronology
Side Pony
(2016)
Free Yourself Up
(2018)
Obviously
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Free Yourself Up is the sixth studio album by Lake Street Dive. It was released through Nonesuch Records on May 4, 2018 both as a CD and on vinyl and various electronic formats. [5] The album was produced by Lake Street Dive and Dan Knobler.

Contents

Critical reception

Free Yourself Up was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 66, based on 7 reviews. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baby, Don't Leave Me Alone with My Thoughts" Bridget Kearney 3:34
2."Good Kisser"Kearney3:38
3."Shame, Shame, Shame"Kearney4:20
4."I Can Change"
3:12
5."Dude"
  • Kearney
  • Mike Olson
5:34
6."Red Light Kisses"
  • Michael Calabrese
  • Olson
4:12
7."Doesn't Even Matter Now"
  • Calabrese
  • Olson
4:22
8."You Are Free"
  • Calabrese
  • Olson
3:47
9."Musta Been Something"Kearney5:46
10."Hang On"
  • Kearney
  • Olson
4:43
Total length:43:02

Personnel

Technical personnel
Design

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [6] 64
US Billboard 200 [7] 8
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [8] 10
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [9] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 2

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