Live Your Life Be Free

Live Your Life Be Free
Live Your Life Be Free
Studio album by Belinda Carlisle
Released	October 14, 1991
Recorded	January–June 1991
Genre	Pop
Length	51:11
Label	MCA, Virgin
Producer	Rick Nowels, Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, David Munday
Belinda Carlisle chronology
Singles from Live Your Life Be Free
	"Live Your Life Be Free"; Released: September 16, 1991; "Do You Feel Like I Feel?"; Released: November 1991; "Half the World"; Released: December 1991; "Little Black Book"; Released: August 1992;

Last updated March 09, 2024

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 in the United States and the last album 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.

Reception and chart performance

Professional ratings
Review scores
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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

2013 Remastered Deluxe version

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Disc three DVD
No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

Belinda Carlisle – lead vocals
Charles Judge – keyboards (1, 2, 4–9), drum programming (2, 5, 7, 9)
Rick Nowels – arrangements (1, 2, 4–7, 9), keyboards (1, 2, 7), 12-string acoustic guitar (1), backing vocals (4, 6, 9), surf guitars (7), acoustic guitar (8), 6-string guitar (8), 12-string guitar (8)
Kevin Savigar – keyboards (3, 8)
David Munday – arrangements (4, 6), keyboards (4, 6), drum programming (4, 6), backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
Kim Bullard – keyboards (10, 11)
Michael Landau – guitars (1–3, 5–8, 10, 11), sitar solo (2)
Ben Schultz – guitars (1, 4), drum programming (1)
Rusty Anderson – guitars (3, 8)
Eric Bazilian – mandolin (3)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (4)
Dave Alvin – guitars (8)
Jon Ingoldsby – additional guitars (10)
T.J. Parker – guitar solo (11)
John Pierce – bass (1, 7)
Eric Pressly – bass (3, 8, 10, 11)
Denny Fongheiser – drums (3, 10, 11), drum samples (10)
Stan Lynch – drums (3), percussion (8)
Kenny Aronoff – percussion (3), drums (8)
Luis Conte – percussion (4)
Michael Kamen – oboe (3)
Patrick Seymour – orchestration (3), string arrangements (8)
Sachi McHenry – cello (8)
Charlie Bisharat – violin (8)
Juliann French – violin (8)
Valerie Pinkston – backing vocals (1, 2, 5–7, 9)
Ellen Shipley – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10)
Maria Vidal – backing vocals (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10)
Gia Ciambotti – backing vocals (3, 8)
Sheryl Crow – backing vocals (3, 8, 10)
Debra Parson – backing vocals (3, 8, 11)
Edie Lehmann – backing vocals (4)
Diana Graselli – backing vocals (5, 6, 9)
Tom Kelly – backing vocals (6)
Nadirah Ali – backing vocals (8)
Marcy Levy – backing vocals (8)
Naomi Star – backing vocals (8, 11)

Production

Producers – Rick Nowels (Tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10 & 11); Richard Feldman (Tracks 3 & 8); David Munday (Tracks 4 & 6); Eric Pressly (Tracks 10 & 11).
Engineers – John Kovarek (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9); Greg Droman and Ross Hogarth (Tracks 3 & 8); Jon Ingoldsby (Tracks 3, 8, 10 & 11); Peter Arata (Tracks 4 & 6); Jim Reinhardt (Track 10); Steve Rinkoff (Track 11).
Additional Engineer on Track 5 – Peter Arata
Mixing – Steve MacMillan (Tracks 1 & 2); Mick Guzauski (Tracks 2 & 4); Peter Arata (Tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 & 11); Ken Kessie (Track 6); Mark DeSisto (Track 9).
Mix Assistant - Danny Alonso
Mixed at Cherokee Studios and Larrabee Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA); Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA).
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, CA).
Art Direction – Nick Egan
Design – Nick Egan and Eric Roinestad
Illustration – Kathryn Otoshi
Photography – Grant Matthews
Still Life Photo – Michele Laurita
Management – Larry Goldberg and Ron Stone
Hair – Katarina Erhardt
Make-up – Paul Starr
Stylist – Jeannine Braden

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Live Your Life Be Free*
Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	27
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM )^[9]	80
European Albums ( Music & Media )^[10]	23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	31
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[12]	32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[13]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14]	32
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	7

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Live Your Life Be Free*
Chart (1991)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[16]	78

Certifications

Certifications for *Live Your Life Be Free*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[17]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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↑ AllMusic review
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↑ Beattie, Rob (November 1991). "Review". Q.
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[1] AllMusic review

[2] Obee, Dave (27 October 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald .

[3] "Live Your Life Be Free". Entertainment Weekly . 25 October 1991. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[4] Beattie, Rob (November 1991). "Review". Q.

[5] "Rolling Stone : Belinda Carlisle: Live Your Life Be Free : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone . 25 February 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] Andrews, Marc (30 October 1991). "Review: LPs". Smash Hits .

[7] "She's Got The Beat: Belinda Carlisle's Deluxe 2-CD/1-DVD Reissues Due in August (UPDATED WITH TRACK LISTINGS)". 4 June 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[ac_Australia_Belinda_Carlisle-8] "Australiancharts.com – Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[group=-9] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7773". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[10] "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 45. November 9, 1991. p. 33. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.

[11] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[12] "愛になりたい" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

[ac_Sweden_Belinda_Carlisle-13] "Swedishcharts.com – Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[ac_Switzerland_Belinda_Carlisle-14] "Swisscharts.com – Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[ac_UK2_-15] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[16] "1991 Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music Week . January 11, 1992. p. 21. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.

[United_KingdomBelinda_CarlisleLive_Your_Life_Be_FreealbumCertRef-17] "British album certifications – Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free". British Phonographic Industry. October 1, 1991. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

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