Set Me Free (Marion Raven album)

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Set Me Free
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Studio album by
Released Flag of Germany.svg 8 June 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 18 June 2007
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 25 June 2007
Flag of the United States.svg 24 July 2007
Recorded2005–2007
Genre
Length45:00
40:33 (iTunes version)
Label Eleven Seven Music/Trans Former Records/Interscope Records/Townsend Records [1]
Producer Dr. Luke, Marion Raven, Max Martin, James Michael
Marion Raven chronology
Here I Am
(2005)
Set Me Free
(2007)
Songs from a Blackbird
(2013)
Singles from Set Me Free
  1. "Falling Away"
    Released: 11 April 2007

Set Me Free is Marion Raven's North American and European debut album released under indie label Eleven Seven Music. The album incorporates a mixture of fresh tracks and previously released tracks, with some revised versions, from her Asian and Scandinavian debut album, Here I Am . She also played the piano, acoustic and electric guitars on the record. Set Me Free headlines Raven's inclination to harder rocking songs and a darker lyrical scope. The album has been released in Germany and the U.K. with a digital release on the Dutch and US versions of iTunes. Interscope released the album in Canada, where Raven performed in ten Canadian cities as the opening act on Meat Loaf's March 2007 Arena tour.

Contents

Singles

Composition

Reception

Professional ratings
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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Set Me Free" Marion Raven, Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba3:52
2."Falling Away"Raven, Freddy Wexler, Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, Harris Doran3:31
3."Crawl"Raven, Danielle Brisebois, Jimmy Harry3:49
4."Here I Am"Raven, Max Martin, Rami 3:52
5."Thank You for Loving Me"Raven, DJ Ashba4:12
6."13 Days"Raven, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida 3:07
7."Break You"Martin, Dr. Luke 3:12
8."Heads Will Roll (EP)"Raven, Siam Kamli Shnurov, Nikki Sixx, James Michael 3:19
9."For You I'll Die"Raven4:53
10."At the End of the Day"Raven, Art Alexakis 4:04
11."All I Wanna Do is You"Raven, Keith Nelson, Siam Kamli Shnurov3:10
European bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Let Me Introduce Myself" (acoustic)Raven3:12
Notes

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