Set Me Free (Jennifer Knapp album)

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Set Me Free
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Studio album by
Jennifer Knapp
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
Genre Folk rock, [1] [2] pop rock [3]
Length40:39
LanguageEnglish
Label Righteous Babe
Producer Jacob Lawson
Jennifer Knapp chronology
The Hymns of Christmas
(2012)		Set Me Free
(2014)		Love Comes Back Around
(2017)

Set Me Free is a 2014 album by Jennifer Knapp, released on Righteous Babe Records. [4] The folk rock album is the second full length released by Knapp after a public declaration that she is a lesbian and choosing to market her music outside of the Christian music industry. [5] The album has received positive reviews.

Contents

Production

She initially came out in 2010 and released Letting Go . [6] The album was created at the same time as Knapp's memoir Facing the Music and the creation of the non-profit Inside Out Faith, which seeks to bridge the gap between sexual minorities and religious communities. [4] The album includes semi-autobiographical material about Knapp's coming out [6] as well as her life growing up in Kansas [7] and some of the material written on the record dates back to 2007. [5]

Reception

The editorial staff of AllMusic gave the album a 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Timothy Monger calling the album "rustic [and] introspective", praising the diversity of the songwriting as "a mix of dark, introspective ballads awash with country and blues tones as well a couple of flat-out barnburners". [3] Metro Weekly writer Chris Gerard compares the music favorably to Emmylou Harris, Sarah McLachlan, and Lucinda Williams, characterizing it as "an engaging collection of melodic folk-rock". [8]

Track listing

All songs written by Jennifer Knapp, except where noted

  1. "Remedy" – 3:35
  2. "Set Me Free" – 3:04
  3. "Why Wait" – 3:13
  4. "Neosho" – 3:37
  5. "What Might Have Been" – 4:50
  6. "Mercy's Tree" – 2:57
  7. "The Tale" – 5:30
  8. "So Happy" – 3:38
  9. "The End" (Amy Courts and Knapp) – 2:44
  10. "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker, Gary Anthony Bias, and Louis A. Johnson) – 3:11
  11. "Come Back" – 4:20

Personnel

Jennifer Knapp – vocals, guitar

Additional musicians
Technical personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Martin, Cath (October 14, 2014). "Jennifer Knapp Says Her Girlfriend Has Given Her a 'Greater Understanding of the Gospel' but They Don't Go to Church Together". Christianity Today . Christianity Today International.
  2. ↑ Merritt, Jonathan (October 9, 2014). "Christian Musician Jennifer Knapp on Sexuality and Which Lyric She Wants to Take Back". Religion News Service.
  3. 1 2 Monger, Timothy. "Set Me Free – Jennifer Knapp". AllMusic.
  4. 1 2 Peeples, Jase (October 20, 2014). "Jennifer Knapp: Christian, Lesbian, and Free". The Advocate . Here Media.
  5. 1 2 Bendix, Trish (October 7, 2014). "Jennifer Knapp Is an Open Book". AfterEllen.com.
  6. 1 2 Ambrosino, Brandon (October 13, 2014). "Christian Rock Star Jennifer Knapp Came Out 4 Years Ago. Here's What She's Learned Since Then". Vox . Vox Media.
  7. ↑ "Daily Discovery: Jennifer Knapp, 'Neosho'". American Songwriter . ForASong Media, LLC. October 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Gerard, Chris (October 8, 2014). "Former Christian Music Star Jennifer Knapp Releases New Album and Memoir Detailing Her Coming Out as Gay". Metro Weekly . Jansi LLC.

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