Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald album) explained

Sweet Freedom
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Michael McDonald
Cover:	Michael_McDonald_Sweet_Freedom_album_cover.jpg
Genre:	Pop
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	No Lookin' Back
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Take It to Heart
Next Year:	1990

Sweet Freedom (also known as Sweet Freedom – The Best of Michael McDonald in some countries) is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. label.

Content

The album includes singles and album tracks from McDonald's first two solo albums, If That's What It Takes (1982) and No Lookin' Back (1985), along with duets with James Ingram ("Yah Mo B There"), Patti LaBelle ("On My Own") and one song from when McDonald was lead singer of the rock band The Doobie Brothers ("What a Fool Believes"). The album's title track, "Sweet Freedom", was a newly recorded song and featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 film Running Scared.

Commercial performance

The album reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart and is McDonald's most successful album in that country.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sweet Freedom" (Rod Temperton) – 4:04
2. "(I’ll Be Your) Angel" (Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino) – 3:48
3. "Yah Mo B There" – with James Ingram (James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton, Quincy Jones) – 4:29
4. "I Gotta Try" (Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins) – 3:49
5. "I Keep Forgettin’" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Adpt. Michael McDonald and Ed Sanford) – 3:39
6. "Our Love (Remix)" (Michael McDonald, David Pack) – 4:18
7. "On My Own" – with Patti LaBelle (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) - 4:39
8. "No Looking Back" (Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Ed Sanford) – 3:54
9. "Any Foolish Thing" (Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino) – 4:22
10. "That’s Why" (Michael McDonald, Randy Goodrum) – 4:22
11. "What a Fool Believes" – with The Doobie Brothers (Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins) – 3:40
12. "I Can Let Go Now" (Michael McDonald) – 2:53

Production

• Track 1 produced by Rod Temperton, Dick Rudolph and Bruce Swedien
• Tracks 2, 6, 8 & 9 produced by Michael McDonald and Ted Templeman; engineered and mixed by Ross Pallone
• Track 3 produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions
• Tracks 4, 5, 10 & 12 produced by Ted Templeman and Lenny Waronker
• Track 6 remixed by Humberto Gatica
• Track 7 produced and arranged by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager; executive producer – Patti LaBelle
• Track 11 produced by Ted Templeman; engineered by Donn Landee
• Album remastered by Lee Herschberg
• This compilation produced 1986 by WEA International Inc.

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Notes and References

1. Web site: MICHAEL MCDONALD - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 25 October 2018.