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Freedom is Michael W. Smith 's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length album consisting of only instrumentals. A promotional live EP, The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording , was available as a pre-order bonus.[3]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Freedom" Michael W. Smith 3:37 2. "The Offering" Smith 1:26 3. "Carol Ann" Smith 3:34 4. "The Giving" Smith 3:18 5. "Hibernia" Smith 4:47 6. "Letter to Sarah" Smith 1:45 7. "Freedom Battle" Smith 4:33 8. "Cry of the Heart" Smith 2:23 9. "Prayer for Taylor" Smith 3:01 10. "The Call" Smith 5:02 11. "Thy Word" Smith, Amy Grant 3:30 12. "Free Man" Smith 3:56
The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording (Pre-order bonus EP) Title Writer(s) 1. "Secret Ambition" Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick , Amy Grant 5:27 2. "Intro to Love Me Good " 2:25 3. "Love Me Good" Smith, Kirkpatrick 4:08 4. "Intro to Greatest Hits Medley " 1:03 5. "Greatest Hits Medley
Live the Life
I'll Lead You Home
Place in This World
I WIll Be Here for You
For You
Rocketown"
Smith, Brent Bourgeois
Smith, Kirkpatrick
Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant
Smith, Diane Warren
Smith, Kirkpatrick, William Owsley
Smith, Kirkpatrick11:06 6. "Intro to This Is Your Time " 3:44 7. "This Is Your Time" Smith, Wes King 5:14
Personnel
Production
Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer
Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording
Ronnie Brookshire – string recording
Bill Sommerville-Large – string recording (Dublin)
David Bryant – assistant engineer
Rob Burrell – assistant engineer
Eric Elwell – assistant engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator
Terry Flowers – assistant engineer, production assistant
Ron Jagger – assistant engineer
Scott Lenox – assistant engineer
Kieran Lynch – assistant engineer (Dublin)
Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer
Hank Williams – sequencing , editing, mastering
Toby Gaines – production assistant
Ryan Smith – production assistant
Erin Williams – production assistant
Chad Dickerson – production coordination
Tim Parker – art direction, design
Andrew Southam – photography (New York)
Jimmy Abegg – photography (Ireland)
Joe Oppedisano – wardrobe
Julie Matos – hair, make-up
James Masenburg – prop stylist
Studios
Recorded at Deer Valley Studio (Franklin, TN), East Iris Sound (Nashville, TN) and Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland).
Strings recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Ocean Way Nashville
(Nashville, TN) and Javelina Studio (Nashville, TN).
Mixed at Deer Valley Studio
Sequenced, Edited and Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, TN).
Chart performance
References
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