Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love

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Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1970
Genre Pop
Label Project 3 Total Sound
Producer Chris Dedrick
The Free Design chronology
Heaven/Earth
(1969)
Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love
(1970)
...Sing for Very Important People
(1970)
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Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love is the fourth album from The Free Design. It was released in May 1970. In 2004, it was named "The Free Design's best album to date" by Dominique Leone on Pitchfork. [1]

Track listing

All songs are by Chris Dedrick except where otherwise noted.

  1. "Bubbles"
  2. "Tomorrow Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life" (C. C. Courtney)
  3. "Kije's Ouija"
  4. "Butterflies Are Free" (Stephen Schwartz)
  5. "Stay Off Your Frown"
  6. "Starlight"
  7. "Time and Love" (Laura Nyro)
  8. "I'm a Yogi"
  9. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Bacharach/David)
  10. "Howdjadoo" (Carole Bayer Sager/George Fischoff)
  11. "That's All People"

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References

  1. 1 2 Dominique Leone (June 28, 2004). "The Free Design". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2011.