Free Life

Dan Wilson - Free Life

Free Life
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Artist: Dan Wilson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Music Label: American
Soundtracks:
  1. All Kinds
  2. Free Life
  3. Breathless
  4. Baby Doll
  5. Come Home Angel
  6. Sugar
  7. Cry
  8. Golden Girl
  9. Against History
  10. Honey Please
  11. She Can't Help Me
  12. Hand On My Heart
  13. Easy Silence

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Free Music Review: Beautiful and Catchy
Hit: 5 Stars

I bought this album on impulse after hearing the artist interviewed on Bob Edwards Weekend. I wasn't familiar with Dan or Semisonic before then, but the snippets they played on air and Dan's discussion of not multi-tracking and allowing the vocals to carry the melody sold me.

It was a great buy and is a great addition to my collection. I think Dan has a terrific voice, I love the melodies here, I appreciate the spare arrangements he used, and I think the lyrics are interesting and noteworthy. Put this all together, and you end up with a compelling and unusual combination: pretty deep music that is still really catchy.

It's not that often that I find music I think is intelligent and so easy to sing along with, too. Free Life is the total package and is easily my favorite new album from 2007.

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Say the name Dan Wilson, and it might not inspire the immediate recognition deserved by a celebrated songwriter who has lent his fertile pen to the likes of the Dixie Chicks (who won the 2006 Song of the Year Grammy with Wilson's co-written "Not Ready to Make Nice"), Jason Mraz, and Mike Doughty, and who gets liner-note kudos from none other than authentic musical guru Rick Rubin. Yet Dan Wilson has definitely logged some miles that warrant respect, first laboring with Minneapolis's neo-psychedelic Trip Shakespeare, then leading rock trio Semisonic to a huge hit and Grammy nomination ("Closing Time"). Free Life marks his solo debut, and it's easy to see that despite admirable collaborations with other artists (guests like Sheryl Crow and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris pop up here and there on Free Life, further testament to Wilson's standing with peer rockers), he saved some of his best ideas for himself. In truth, there are nothing but love stories here, and Wilson's gift for rich and haunting melodies and open, direct lyrics make each song unique, each an intimate peek into the travails of modern infatuation and the occasional heartache. "Sugar," "All Kinds," and the exquisite "Honey Please" express an honest longing too often missing from post-millennium pop music, and the up-tempo title track is a beautiful construction, building from a quiet wisp of acoustic guitar to a lush conclusion. Dan Wilson's Free Life is a rocking and romantic set, and if you didn't know his name before, this record is a great way to get introduced. --Ben Heege

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