Freedom Highway (Rhiannon Giddens album)

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Freedom Highway
Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway.jpg
Studio album by
Rhiannon Giddens
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Genre Americana, Folk, Old-time
Length49:53
Label Nonesuch
Producer Dirk Powell
Rhiannon Giddens chronology
Tomorrow Is My Turn
(2015)		Freedom Highway
(2017)		 There Is No Other
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [1]
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]

Freedom Highway is the second solo studio album of Folk/Americana musician and Carolina Chocolate Drops front woman Rhiannon Giddens. It was released via Nonesuch Records on February 24, 2017. [13] Freedom Highway was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards. The title track "Freedom Highway" is a 1965 civil rights protest song written by Roebuck Staples and title track of The Staple Singers' album of the same name.

Contents

Track listing

Freedom Highway track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."At the Purchaser's Option"Rhiannon Giddens/Joey Ryan4:15
2."The Angels Laid Him Away" Mississippi John Hurt 2:32
3."Julie"Rhiannon Giddens4:29
4."Birmingham Sunday" Richard Fariña 6:15
5."Better Get It Right the First Time"Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell/Justin Harrington3:24
6."We Could Fly"Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell4:52
7."Hey Bébé"Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell3:19
8."Come Love Come"Rhiannon Giddens5:19
9."The Love We Almost Had"Rhiannon Giddens/Bhi Bhiman4:18
10."Baby Boy"Rhiannon Giddens/Lalenja Harrington4:28
11."Following the North Star"Rhiannon Giddens1:55
12."Freedom Highway" Roebuck Staples 4:47
Total length:49:53

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Freedom Highway
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 60
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 88
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 114
Irish Albums (IRMA) [18] 52
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 94
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 39
US Billboard 200 [22] 124
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [23] 8

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