Set Your Body Free

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Set Your Body Free
Danny Set Your Body Free.jpg
Studio album by
Released24 December 2008 (2008-12-24)
Recorded2008
Genre Pop, dance, europop
Length45:37
Label Ariola Records/Sony Music
Producer Michel Zitron, Tobias Gustavsson, The Attic, Oscar Gorres
Danny chronology
Heart Beats
(2007)
Set Your Body Free
(2008)
In The Club
(2011)
Singles from Set Your Body Free
  1. "Radio"
    Released: 8 December 2008
  2. "Need To Know"
    Released: 2008
  3. "All On You"
    Released: 2009
  4. "Emely"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftonbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Gefle DagbladStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Set Your Body Free is the second solo album by Swedish pop/dance singer Danny Saucedo. It was released on 24 December 2008. The first single "Radio" reached number one on the Swedish Single Chart, [3] where it remained for two weeks. The album was released by Sony Music. The single "Need to Know" peaked att number 39 on the chart, while "All on you" peaked at number 17. The single "Emely" did not enter the chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Credits adapted from Spotify. [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Radio"
3:00
2."Kiss You All over"
  • Carl Falk
  • T. Ottoh
  • H. Bell
3:37
3."Emely (With Sasha Strunin)"
  • A. Aly
  • Henrik Wilkström
3:03
4."Utopia"
  • Andreas Carlsson
  • Kalle Engström
3:47
5."All On You"
  • Michael Feiner
  • Eric Amarillo
3:08
6."Unite This Heart"
  • Gustavsson
  • Michael Zitron
  • Saucedo
3:30
7."Need To Know"
  • J. Tornqvist
  • T. Skyldeberg
  • Saucedo
2:52
8."Set Your Body Free"
  • M. Wallo
  • Taio Cruz
  • A. James
3:54
9."Running Away"
  • Oscar Goress
  • Saucedo
3:48
10."Schitzofrenia"
  • H. Andersson- Tervald
  • M. Clauss
3:06
11."Turn Off The Sound"
  • Goress
  • Saucedo
3:51
12."Just Like That (feat. Lazee)"
  • Alexander Jonsson
  • C. Vikberg
  • Saucedo
  • Lazee
3:08
13."If Only You (feat. Therese)" (Bonus Track)
  • Zitron
  • S. Somajo
  • V. Pontare
3:30
14."Tokyo" (Bonus Track)
  • J. Von der Burg
  • A. Bhagavan
  • N. Von der Burg
3:16
Total length:45:37

Critical reception

The album received generally mixed reviews from Swedish music critics. [6] Jenny Seth of Aftonbladet gave the album a positive review, calling it one of the best albums of the year (2008). She praised the production as well as the energy that Saucedo expresses on the album. [1] Writing for Gefle Dagblad, Mikael Forsell praised Saucedo for his interpretation of the Disco genre on the album, although saying that some songs didn't have the same "high class" as other songs on the record. [2]

Release history

The album was released on Christmas Eve 2008 in Sweden both digitally and physically.

RegionDateLabelFormatVersion
SwedenDecember 24, 2008 Ariola/Sony BMG Sweden CD Original
December 24, 2008Sony BMG Sweden Digital download Original

Chart performance

The album debuted at number two on the Swedish Albums Chart upon release. After its entering, it remained for 4 more weeks charting at 36, 50, 51 & 52, respectively.

ChartCountryProvider(s)Peak
position
Certification
Swedish Albums Chart [4] Sweden IFPI 2Gold

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