Freeman

Freeman - Freeman
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2014 Ratings: #387 / 1042
User Score
Based on 16 ratings
Liked by 3 people
July 22, 2014 / Release Date
LP / Format
Partisan / Label
Pop Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic

Freeman is a tighter record than McCartney -- it's not homemade, it's all complete songs -- but there's no denying it shares the same spirit; that it is the sound of breaking dawn of a new day.

75
Consequence of Sound

In spite of such open self-acknowledgement, the record isn’t mired in the swamps of despair and inner turmoil.

70
SPIN

Aaron leans heavily toward the post-Beatles work of both Lennon and McCartney, combining the former’s emotional honesty with the latter’s unstoppably melodic sentimentality.

70
Paste

FREEMAN won’t be remembered for its individual tracks or even for its lack of musical cohesion. It’s a recovery record that serves as an profound artistic statement of individuality, redemption and freedom.

70
Exclaim!

On FREEMAN ... Aaron (assuming the titular FREEMAN moniker) has attempted to regain some of his goofball charm while retaining some of his more recent emotive sensibilities.

65
Pitchfork

FREEMAN is a thoroughly mellow—one might say anesthetized—recording, but throughout, Freeman’s gentle absurdity combines with the crack studio musicianship to make an eerily soothing form of psychedelia bent on exploring the other side of getting fucked up.

ExplodingDukeX
50

It's missing that boognish behavior we all love. There isn't anything particularly wrong with this album, just that the first 3 songs are the best and after that it feels really boring.

BOMBFLORIDA
85

im surprised i didnt have to add this tbh

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Track List

  1. Covert Discretion
  2. The English And Western Stallion
  3. (For A While I Couldn t) Play My Guitar Like a Man
  4. El Shaddai
  5. Black Bush
  6. Gimme One More
  7. More Than the World
  8. All The Way To China
  9. Golden Monkey
  10. Delicate Green
  11. There Is A Form
  12. I Know A Girl

Year End Lists

#2/MAGNET
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Added on: June 21, 2014