Freedom (Andy Griggs album)

Freedom
Studio album by Andy Griggs
Released	May 28, 2002
Recorded	2001–2 at Emerald Studios and Starstruck Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	49:28
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	David Malloy
Andy Griggs chronology
You Won't Ever Be Lonely (1999) Freedom (2002) This I Gotta See (2004)
Singles from Freedom
"How Cool Is That" Released: 2001 "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" Released: January 21, 2002 "Practice Life" Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Freedom is the second studio album by American country music singer Andy Griggs. Released in 2002 on RCA Records Nashville, it features the singles "How Cool Is That", "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man", and "Practice Life", a duet with Martina McBride; respectively, these reached No. 22, No. 7, and No. 33 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2002.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedom"	Zack Turner, Lonnie Wilson, Andy Griggs	3:42
2.	"The Road to Lasting Love"	Michael Lunn, Kent Agee	3:39
3.	"Practice Life" (with guest vocalist Martina McBride)	A. Griggs, Brett James	4:13
4.	"Always"	Kris Bergsnes, Jess Leary	4:15
5.	"Custom Made"	David Malloy, David Lee Murphy, A. Griggs	3:30
6.	"A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" (with Tom Keifer)	Tom Keifer, A. Griggs, Savannah Snow	3:36
7.	"How Cool Is That"	Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley, A. Griggs	3:12
8.	"I've Learned"	Angela Lauer, Tom Douglas	4:11
9.	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	Rivers Rutherford, Troy Verges	2:58
10.	"Sweetheart of Beinja Bayou"	Jerry Sullivan	3:46
11.	"Brand New Something Going On"	Don Cook, Jamie Hartford	3:12
12.	"Where's a Train"	Allison Mellon, A. Griggs	6:11
13.	"Someone Like Me" (hidden track)	Mason Griggs	2:56

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Ron Block – banjo
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Charles Cushman – acoustic guitar, banjo
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, Dobro, electric guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Andy Griggs – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• David Grissom – electric guitar
• Aubrey Haynie – mandolin
• Wes Hightower – background vocals
• Tom Keifer – electric guitar and background vocals on "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road"
• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Martina McBride – background vocals on "Practice Life"
• David Lee Murphy – background vocals
• Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Melinda Norris – background vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Dave Roe – upright bass
• Neil Thrasher – background vocals
• Robby Turner – steel guitar
• C. J. Udeen – steel guitar
• Kenny Vaughan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	77

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
2001	"How Cool Is That"	22	119
2002	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	7	52
	"Practice Life" (with Martina McBride)	33	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Cohoon, Rick. "Freedom review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 4, 2011.