| Free-for-All | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Michael Penn |
| Cover: | Free-for-All (Michael Penn album).jpg |
| Released: | 15 September 1992 |
| Recorded: | 1991–1992 |
| Studio: | Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles; A&M Studios, Hollywood; Groove Masters, Santa Monica |
| Genre: | Rock, alternative rock, folk rock |
| Length: | 38:35 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Tony Berg, Michael Penn |
| Prev Title: | March |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Resigned |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Free-for-All is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Penn, released in 1992 on RCA Records.[1] [2] It contains two songs that reached the Top 20 on the Modern Rock charts: "Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)" peaked at number 14, while the second single, "Seen the Doctor", reached nine spots higher. The album led to a bitter battle between Penn and his record company, pushing a follow-up album to 1997.
The Chicago Tribune stated: "Penn is again working with producer Tony Berg, but this time they provide a rich, subtle blending of instruments, harmonies and textures to create an album that doesn't so much pop out as seep in."
In his review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason wrote that it was the record which proved to critics that Penn was no one-hit wonder, calling "Long Way Down" a "dark and pained opening to an album that was hardly pop-star material."
All tracks composed by Michael Penn.