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90
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.
11y
75
In spite of such open self-acknowledgement, the record isn’t mired in the swamps of despair and inner turmoil.
11y
70
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.
11y
70
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.
11y
70
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.
11y
65
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.
11y
Mannn I really wish I liked this more as it’s the closest thing we have to a Ween record in the last decade, but it just feels like half the magic of Ween- probably bc it quite literally is. Gene Ween does the best he can against some pretty stale production but it just isn’t the same
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.
Aaron Freeman, Cousin of Gordan Freeman. I really do love me some soft rock I guess.
[Moderate 8]
Favs: Covert Discretion, (For a While) I Couldn't Play My Guitar Like a Man, Gimme One More, All the Way to China, Golden Monkey, There Is A Form
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Track List
| 1 | Covert Discretion 4:54 | 93 |
| 2 | The English and Western Stallion 3:18 | 87 |
| 3 | (For a While) I Couldn't Play My Guitar Like a Man 4:46 | 93 |
| 4 | El Shaddai 4:23 | 84 |
| 5 | Black Bush 2:52 | 84 |
| 6 | Gimme One More 4:54 | 82 |
| 7 | More Than the World 3:02 | 81 |
| 8 | All the Way to China 3:57 | 83 |
| 9 | Golden Monkey 5:12 | 85 |
| 10 | Delicate Green 4:24 | 80 |
| 11 | There Is A Form 3:09 | 81 |
| 12 | I Know a Girl 2:08 | 72 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
