Running Free (album) explained
Running Free is the fourth studio album by New Zealand rock band Dragon. It was produced by Peter Dawkins and was originally released in November 1977 on vinyl and re-released on CD in 1989.[1] The album peaked at number 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report. The album was certified triple platinum in Australia.[2]
Reception
Skip Jansen from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 saying commented on the change of sound from previous records from the "verbose progressive rock sound into an equally lurid pub rock sound" adding "the album remain [a] timepieces of a dark and decadent era for New Zealand rock."[3]
Track listing
- "April Sun in Cuba (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) - 3:26
- "Rose (M. Hunter, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) - 3:36
- "Any Fool Can Tell You (P. Hewson) - 4:42
- "Shooting Stars (P. Hewson) - 3:30
- "Man Gone West (R. Taylor) - " 4:30
- "Bob's Budgie Boogie (R. Taylor) - " 3:53
- "Some Strange Dream" (T. Hunter) - 3:15
- "Mr Thunder (M. Hunter) - " 3:50
- "Since You Changed Your Mind (P. Hewson) - " 3:41
- "Running Free" (M. Hunter, R. Taylor, T. Hunter) - 4:16
Personnel
Notes and References
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131022062925/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/dragon.html . Dragon . Holmgren . Magnus . Chuck . Miller . Passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . 22 October 2013 . 5 May 2014.
- Book: A Little Bull Goes a Long Way: Business Notes from the Music Man. Barry Bull, Ritchie Yorke. Pennon Publishing. 1 September 2005 . 42. 1877029017 .
- Web site: Running Free by Dragon. AllMusic. 23 June 2017.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 94. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
