Freedom (Andy Griggs album)

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Freedom
FreedomAndyGriggs.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2002
Recorded2001-2 at Emerald Studios and Starstruck Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length49:28
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
  1. "How Cool Is That"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"
    Released: January 21, 2002
  3. "Practice Life"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Freedom is the second studio album by 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.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Andy Griggs American country music artist

Andrew Tyler Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group. These four albums have accounted for 13 singles and 6 Top Tens on the Billboard country chart, the highest being "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" and "She's More", which peaked at #2. He also charted "Grow Young With You", a cut from the soundtrack to the film Where the Heart Is.

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records, Arista Records, and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. Its name is derived from the initials of its defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). It was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1986, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); however, RCA Records became a part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a merger between BMG and Sony Music, in 2004, and was acquired by the latter in 2008, after the dissolution of Sony BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music. It is the second oldest record label in American history, after sister label Columbia Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedom"Zack Turner, Lonnie Wilson, Andy Griggs3:42
2."The Road to Lasting Love"Michael Lunn, Kent Agee3:39
3."Practice Life" (with guest vocalist Martina McBride)A. Griggs, Brett James 4:13
4."Always"Kris Bergsnes, Jess Leary4:15
5."Custom Made"David Malloy, David Lee Murphy, A. Griggs3:30
6."A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" (with Tom Keifer) Tom Keifer, A. Griggs, Savannah Snow3:36
7."How Cool Is That" Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley, A. Griggs3:12
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 Sullivan3:46
11."Brand New Something Going On" Don Cook, Jamie Hartford3:12
12."Where's a Train"Allison Mellon, A. Griggs6:11
13."Someone Like Me" (hidden track)Mason Griggs2:56

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Kenny Aronoff American drummer

Kenny Aronoff is an American drummer who has been the sideman for many bands both live and in the studio. He is most recognized as being the longtime drummer for John Mellencamp, with whom he worked from 1980 to 1996. He is also known for his recorded drums and percussion with many recording artists.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Ron Block American musician

Ronald Franklin Block is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music Awards, a Country Music Association Award, and a Gospel Music Association Dove Award.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2002)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums7
U.S. Billboard 20077

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country US
2001"How Cool Is That"22119
2002"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"752
"Practice Life" (with Martina McBride)33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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References

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