Freedom of Sound explained

Freedom of Sound
Type:Studio
Artist:Bret Michaels
Cover:Freedomofsound.jpg
Released:January 1, 2005[1]
Recorded:1997 - 2004
Genre:Country rock
Length:66:10
Label:Poor Boy
Producer:Bret Michaels, Jamie Laritz
Prev Title:Songs of Life
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Rock My World
Next Year:2008

Freedom of Sound is the second solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison.It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the country music reality TV show Nashville Star.[2]

Content

The album features fourteen new tracks and four previously released songs (bonus tracks) from his first two studio albums.

The lead-off single from the album, "All I Ever Needed" featuring Jessica Andrews appeared on Billboard's "Hot Country Songs" chart, with its best position being number 45.[3] [4] All I Ever Needed also features a music video which appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008.[5]

"Right Now, Right Here"[6] and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star were also released as singles.[7]

The album also includes a new country version of the #1 smash hit Poison song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn",[8] a duet version of "Raine" (feat. Edwin Mccain) and two unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "The One You Get".

"Walk Away" and a solo version of the Poison song "Something to Believe In" were recorded earlier on the unique storytellers CD Ballads, Blues & Stories, but never released on a full music studio album until now.

Track listing

  1. "Rock 'n My Country"
  2. "Driven"
  3. "Open Road"
  4. "All I Ever Needed" (feat. Jessica Andrews)
  5. "New Breed of American Cowboy"
  6. "Right Now, Right Here"
  7. "Lookin' for a Good Time"
  8. "It's All Good"
  9. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (country version featuring Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down, Chris Cagle, Mark Wills)
  10. "Bittersweet" (Originally on Songs of Life)
  11. "Raine" (feat. Edwin Mccain)
  12. "Menace to Society" (Originally on Songs of Life)
  13. "Walk Away"
  14. "Something to Believe In" (solo version)
  15. "Future Ex Wife"
  16. "The One You Get"
  17. "Human Zoo" (Originally on A Letter from Death Row)
  18. "The Last Breath" (Originally on A Letter from Death Row)

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Singles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Bret Michaels Website . 2014-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226163528/http://www.bretmichaels.com/site-news/news2/ . 2014-02-26 . dead .
  2. Web site: Bret Michaels Nashville Star . ACountry. 2005 .
  3. Web site: Bret Michaels Hot Country Songs. August 20, 2021.
  4. Web site: Bret Michaels charts. Allmusic.
  5. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=bret michaels|chart=Hot Videoclip Tracks}} Hot Videoclip Tracks - All I Ever Needed - Bret Michaels With Jessica Andrews]. Billboard. 2008-10-24.
  6. Web site: Bret Michaels posts new single . https://archive.today/20120713190311/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20012 . dead . 2012-07-13 . Blabbermouth.net . 2004 .
  7. Web site: BRET MICHAELS To Debut New Single On 'Nashville Star' . https://archive.today/20120715053221/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=35651 . dead . 2012-07-15 . Blabbermouth.net . 2005 .
  8. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5162/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles]. Allmusic.

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