Live Your Life Be Free | ||||
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Released | October 14, 1991 | |||
Recorded | January–June 1991 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 51:11 | |||
Label | MCA, Virgin | |||
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Singles from Live Your Life Be Free | ||||
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Live Your Life Be Free is the fourth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1991 by MCA Records in the United States and Virgin Records in the UK. This was the first of Carlisle's albums not to chart on the Billboard charts (although it did chart on the rival Cash Box charts in the U.S.) The album was also the last of hers to produce a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single ("Do You Feel Like I Feel?", number 73). The album fared better in the UK, where it peaked at number seven.
Carlisle co-wrote two of the tracks on the album: "Loneliness Game" and "Little Black Book" (which went to number 28 in the UK Singles Chart).
The song "You Came Out of Nowhere" begins with a sample from the opening of "Nobody Told Me", a song by John Lennon that was released in 1984.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Calgary Herald | C− [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | C− [3] |
Q | [4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Smash Hits | [6] |
The reception of Live Your Life Be Free was not as good as her previous albums. Rolling Stone wrote "Carlisle merely stirs up a nostalgia for carefree girl groups singing gooey love songs – giving Live Your Life a certain giddy, pointless coherence", while for AllMusic, "Live Your Life Be Free shows the singer to be capable in a variety of musical contexts, and is a pleasing listen throughout".
The album sold better outside the U.S. and managed to enter the top 10 in the UK, where it was certified gold. Outside the UK the album charted No. 21 in Sweden for 10 weeks and No. 27 in Australia.
The first single release outside the United States was the album title track, which peaked at No. 11 in Italy, No. 12 in the UK, No. 16 in Sweden and No. 13 in Australia. In the U.S. the first single to be released was "Do You Feel Like I Feel?", which was the last Carlisle single to enter the U.S. top 100.
Live Your Life Be Free was re-released on August 26, 2013, in a 2CD+DVD casebook edition from Edsel Recording, featuring the original album remastered, the single versions, remixes and B-sides. The DVD features the videos from the album and an exclusive interview with Carlisle discussing the album. [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 5:14 |
2. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | 5:09 |
3. | "Half the World" | Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley | 4:23 |
4. | "You Came Out of Nowhere" | Nowels, David Munday | 4:10 |
5. | "You're Nothing Without Me" | Nowels | 3:55 |
6. | "I Plead Insanity" | Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad | 4:39 |
7. | "Emotional Highway" | Nowels, Shipley | 5:20 |
8. | "Little Black Book" | Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | 4:14 |
9. | "Love Revolution" | Nowels | 5:09 |
10. | "World of Love" | Charlotte Caffey, Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald | 4:13 |
11. | "Loneliness Game" | Pressly, Carlisle | 4:40 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 5:14 |
2. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | 5:09 |
3. | "Half the World" | Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley | 4:23 |
4. | "You Came Out of Nowhere" | Nowels, David Munday | 4:10 |
5. | "You're Nothing Without Me" | Nowels | 3:55 |
6. | "I Plead Insanity" | Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad | 4:39 |
7. | "Emotional Highway" | Nowels, Shipley | 5:20 |
8. | "Little Black Book" | Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | 4:14 |
9. | "Love Revolution" | Nowels | 5:09 |
10. | "World of Love" | Charlotte Caffey, Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald | 4:13 |
11. | "Loneliness Game" | Pressly, Carlisle | 4:40 |
12. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Single Edit) | Nowels, Shipley | 4:22 |
13. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Single Edit) | Nowels, Shipley | 4:14 |
14. | "I Plead Insanity" (Single Mix) | Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad | 4:11 |
15. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Radio Edit) | Nowels, Shipley | 4:20 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Club Mix) | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 5:31 |
2. | "Little Black Book" (Little Black Mix) | Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | 5:16 |
3. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Dance Mix) | Nowels, Shipley | 5:33 |
4. | "I Plead Insanity" (Extended 12″) | Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad | 6:12 |
5. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Extended) | Nowels, Shipley | 5:47 |
6. | "Little Black Book" (Belinda’s in the House Mix) | Feldman, Detroit, Carlisle | 4:56 |
7. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (House Mix) | Nowels, Shipley | 6:09 |
8. | "I Plead Insanity" (Remix/Dub Mix) | Nowels, Munday, Prasad | 4:51 |
9. | "Only a Dream" (B-side) | Caffey, Carlisle, Feldman | 3:10 |
10. | "The Air You Breathe" (B-side) | Donna Weiss, David White | 4:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Video) | 4:28 |
2. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Video) | 4:10 |
3. | "Half The World" (Video) | 4:15 |
4. | "I Plead Insanity" (Video) | 4:07 |
5. | "Little Black Book" (Video) | 4:16 |
6. | "Interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier" | 8:11 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [19] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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