Freedom of Sound
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Freedom of Sound is the third 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
.
The album features fourteen new tracks including a country version of the #1 smash hit Poison
song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
", a duet version of "Raine" and 2 unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "The One You Get". The new singles for the album include "All I Ever Needed
" featuring Jessica Andrews, (which appeared on Billboard
's "Hot Country Songs" chart, with its best position being number 45),"Right Now, Right Here" and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star
.
"Walk Away" and a solo version of the Poison song "Something to Believe In
" were recorded earlier on the interview / music album Ballads, Blues & Stories
, but never released on a full music album until now.
The album also features four previously released songs (bonus tracks) from his first two studio albums.
All I Ever Needed
features a music video. The video appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
, lead singer of the rock band Poison
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
.
It is a country rock
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the Country music reality tv show Nashville Star
Nashville Star
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT...
.
The album features fourteen new tracks including a country version of the #1 smash hit Poison
Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...
song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks . It was...
", a duet version of "Raine" and 2 unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "The One You Get". The new singles for the album include "All I Ever Needed
All I Ever Needed
"All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from Bret Michaels third studio album, Freedom of Sound. The song is a duet with country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Music video:The song...
" featuring Jessica Andrews, (which appeared on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
's "Hot Country Songs" chart, with its best position being number 45),"Right Now, Right Here" and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star
Nashville Star
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT...
.
"Walk Away" and a solo version of the Poison song "Something to Believe In
Something to Believe In (Poison song)
"Something to Believe In" is a power ballad by American Glam metal band Poison, it's the 2nd single from their 1990 album Flesh & Blood...
" were recorded earlier on the interview / music album Ballads, Blues & Stories
Ballads, Blues & Stories
Ballads, Blues & Stories is a compilation interview / music CD from Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were written.The CD contains 20 tracks...
, but never released on a full music album until now.
The album also features four previously released songs (bonus tracks) from his first two studio albums.
All I Ever Needed
All I Ever Needed
"All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from Bret Michaels third studio album, Freedom of Sound. The song is a duet with country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Music video:The song...
features a music video. The video appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008.
Track listing
- "Rock 'n My Country"
- "Driven"
- "Open Road"
- "All I Ever NeededAll I Ever Needed"All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from Bret Michaels third studio album, Freedom of Sound. The song is a duet with country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Music video:The song...
" (feat. Jessica AndrewsJessica AndrewsJessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews...
) - "New Breed of American Cowboy"
- "Right Now, Right Here"
- "Lookin' for a Good Time"
- "It's All Good"
- "Every Rose Has Its ThornEvery Rose Has Its Thorn"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks . It was...
" (country version featuring Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down3 Doors Down3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa formed in 1996. The band consists of Brad Arnold , Matt Roberts , Todd Harrell , Chris Henderson , and Greg Upchurch ....
, Chris CagleChris CagleChris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud...
, Mark WillsMark WillsDaryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...
) - "Bittersweet" (Originally on Songs of Life)
- "Raine" (feat. Edwin MccainEdwin McCainEdwin McCain is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:While his albums are released under his name, he does have a permanent band, referred to as the Edwin McCain Band...
) - "Menace to Society" (Originally on Songs of Life)
- "Walk Away"
- "Something to Believe InSomething to Believe In (Poison song)"Something to Believe In" is a power ballad by American Glam metal band Poison, it's the 2nd single from their 1990 album Flesh & Blood...
" (solo version) - "Future Ex Wife"
- "The One You Get"
- "Human Zoo" (Originally on A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
) - "The Last Breath" (Originally on A Letter from Death RowA Letter from Death Row (album)A Letter from Death Row is the debut solo album by Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. The album is a soundtrack to the movie A Letter from Death Row which Bret Michaels wrote, directed and starred in..-Content:...
)
Personnel
- Bret MichaelsBret MichaelsBret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
- lead vocals, guitar, harmonica - Jamie Laritz - guitar, bass, drums mandolin/dobro
- Eric BrittinghamEric BrittinghamEric Brittingham is a bass guitarist most famous for playing in the band Cinderella. He also was in a side-band with Cinderella bandmate Jeff LaBar simultaneously, called Naked Beggars, of which his wife, Inga Brittingham, is the lead vocalist.Brittingham suffered a 'mild heart attack' in...
- bass - Shawn Hughes - drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
- Rusty Danmyer - steel guitar
- Renee Truex - violin
- Jessica AndrewsJessica AndrewsJessica Danielle Andrews is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World, released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.Andrews...
- additional vocals (4) - Mark WillsMark WillsDaryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...
- additional vocals (5 & 9) - Chris CagleChris CagleChris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud...
- additional vocals (9) - Brad Arnold - additional vocals (9)
- Captain Clay Ckarkson - additional vocals (5 & 7)
- Dan DonovanDan Donovan (guitarist)Dan Donovan is a British singer, songwriter, and guitar player. Born in 1960 to a Welsh preacher, he produces music which uses metaphor extensively to draw on spiritual themes.-Career:...
- additional vocals (5 & 7) - Jeffrey SteeleJeffrey SteeleJeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
- background vocals - Kim Everett - background vocals
- Darien Keith Thompson - background vocals
External links
- Bret Michaels Official Web Site
- Bret Michaels at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Official Poison Web Site
- Rock of Love Cast Photo