Freedom (Michael W. Smith album)

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Freedom
Freedom (cover) - Michael Smith.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2000
RecordedMay–September 2000
Studio
Genre Instrumental
Length40:57
Label Reunion
Producer Michael W. Smith, Bryan Lenox
Michael W. Smith chronology
This Is Your Time
(1999)
Freedom
(2000)
Worship
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording
MWS TheAcousticSet.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2000
RecordedJune 17, 2000
VenueLiving Word Church, Middletown, Ohio
Label Reunion
Michael W. Smith chronology
This Is Your Time
(1999)
The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording
(2000)
Freedom
(2000)

Freedom is Michael W. Smith's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length album consisting of only instrumentals. A promotional live EP, The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording, was available as a pre-order bonus. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedom"Michael W. Smith3:37
2."The Offering"Smith1:26
3."Carol Ann"Smith3:34
4."The Giving"Smith3:18
5."Hibernia"Smith4:47
6."Letter to Sarah"Smith1:45
7."Freedom Battle"Smith4:33
8."Cry of the Heart"Smith2:23
9."Prayer for Taylor"Smith3:01
10."The Call"Smith5:02
11."Thy Word"Smith, Amy Grant 3:30
12."Free Man"Smith3:56
The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording (Pre-order bonus EP)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Secret Ambition"Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Amy Grant 5:27
2."Intro to Love Me Good" 2:25
3."Love Me Good"Smith, Kirkpatrick4:08
4."Intro to Greatest Hits Medley" 1:03
5."Greatest Hits Medley
  1. Live the Life
  2. I'll Lead You Home
  3. Place in This World
  4. I WIll Be Here for You
  5. For You
  6. Rocketown"

Smith, Brent Bourgeois
Smith, Kirkpatrick
Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant
Smith, Diane Warren
Smith, Kirkpatrick, William Owsley

Smith, Kirkpatrick
11:06
6."Intro to This Is Your Time" 3:44
7."This Is Your Time"Smith, Wes King 5:14

Personnel

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 70
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 2

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References

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  2. "Michael W. Smith, "Freedom" Review". www.jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. Evans Price, Deborah (November 18, 2000), "Reunion's Smith Finds Instrumental 'Freedom'", Billboard, retrieved June 27, 2015
  4. "Michael W. Smith Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  5. "Michael W. Smith Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2014.