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Album · 1972

Free Will

by Gil Scott-Heron

Free Will is a 1972 soul album by Gil Scott-Heron. It runs 31 tracks across 93 minutes.

prod.Bob ThieleLillian Seyfert

Soul · Jazz · Spoken Word

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67 /100
6 critics
31
Tracks
93 min
Runtime
117 bpm
Tempo
A minor
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Tracklist

31 tracks · 93 min

  1. 01Free Will
  2. 02The Middle of Your Day
  3. 03The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
  4. 04Speed Kills
  5. 05Did You Hear What They Said?
  6. 06The King Alfred Plan
  7. 07No Knock
  8. 08Wiggy
  9. 09Ain't No New Thing
  10. 10Billy Green Is Dead
  11. 11Sex Education: Ghetto Style
  12. 12And Then He Wrote 'Meditations'
  13. 13Free Will (Alternative Take 1)
  14. 13Free Will (alternate take)
  15. 14The Middle of Your Day (Alternative Take 1)
  16. 14Speed Kills (alternate take)
  17. 15The King Alfred Plan (alternate take)
  18. 15The Get out of the Ghetto Blues (Alternate Ending)
  19. 16Speed Kills (Alternative Take 3)
  20. 16No Knock (alternate take)
  21. 17Did You Hear What They Said? (Alternative Take 1)
  22. 17Wiggy (alternate take)
  23. 18The King Alfred Plan (Alternative Version)
  24. 18Ain't No New Thing (alternate take)
  25. 19Billy Green Is Dead (alternate take)
  26. 19No Knock (Alternative Version)
  27. 20Free Will (alternate take 2)
  28. 20Wiggy (Alternative Version)
  29. 21Ain't No New Thing (Breakdown Take)
  30. 22Billy Green Is Dead (Alternative Version)
  31. 23...And Then He Wrote Meditations (Alternative Version)

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In brief

When was Free Will released?
Free Will was released in 1972.
How many tracks are on Free Will?
Free Will has 31 tracks, with a runtime of 93 minutes.
What genre is Free Will?
Free Will is catalogued under Soul, Jazz, Spoken Word.
What BPM is Free Will?
Free Will runs at a median tempo of 117 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Free Will?
Listeners of Free Will also rate Super Fly by Curtis Mayfield, What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, In Colour by Jamie xx.
Who produced Free Will?
Free Will was produced by Bob Thiele and Lillian Seyfert. Bob Thiele produced 12 of them.

Credits

Produced by
Bob ThieleLillian Seyfert
Mixed by
Bob Simpson
Played by
Brian JacksonCharlie SaundersEddie KnowlesBernard “Pretty” PurdieDavid Spinozza
+2 more
Hubert LawsJerry Jemmott
Vocals by
Gil Scott‐HeronBrian Jackson

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