The Freed Man was the debut album by Sebadoh

Sebadoh

Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...

. The title refers to the Friedman Complex apartments at Smith College

Smith College

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...

where Lou Barlow was living with his then-girlfriend Kathleen Billus. As Barlow says in the liner notes, "... we named our first co-headlining tape after the Friedman dormitory where we both were living against regulations, with our girlfriends on the Smith (all women's) College campus .."

Domino re-released this album as they did with III in 2005. The re-release contains 52 tracks instead of the original 31.

Track listing

1. "Bridge Was You"
2. "Soulmate"
3. "I Love Me"
4. "Careless Mind Hands"
5. "True Hardcore"
6. "Close Enough"
7. "Loosened Screw"
8. "Solid Brown"
9. "Made Real"
10. "Crumbs
11. "Narrow Stories"
12. "Drifts on Through"
13. "Wall of Doubt"
14. "Lou Rap"
15. "Growin' Up with You"
16. "Healthy Sick"
17. "Land of the Lords"
18. "Ladybugs"
19. "Moldy Bread"
20. "Squirrel Freedom Overdrive"
21. "Burning Out"
22. "Bolder"
23. "Why Do You Cut Off Your Sleeves"
24. "Wrists"
25. "Last Day of School"
26. "Punch in the Nose"
27. "Deny"
28. "Level Anything"
29. "Jealous Evil"
30. "K-sensa my I"
31. "Mothra"

Reissue

1. "Healthy Sick"
2. "Level Anything"
3. "Soulmate"
4. "Ladybugs"
5. "Close Enough"
6. "True Hardcore"
7. "Julienne"
8. "Wrists"
9. "Amherst Hanging House"
10. "McKinley's Lament"
11. "Solid Brown"
12. "Narrow Stories"
13. "Bridge Was You"
14. "Drifts on Thru"
15. "Overturns"
16. "Yellow Submarine (Beatles cover)"
17. "Squirrel Freedom Overdrive"
18. "Little Man"
19. "Land of the Lords"
20. "Bolder
21. "Believe"
22. "Deny"
23. "Wall of Doubt"
24. "Crumbs"
25. "I Love Me"
26. "K-Sensa-My"
27. "Lou Rap"
28. "Punch in the Nose"
29. "Resistance to Flo"
30. "Stop the Wheel
31. "Loose n Screw"
32. "Oak Street Raga"
33. "Last Day of School"
34. "Jealous Evil"
35. "Moldy Bread"
36. "Made Real"
37. "Cindy"
38. "Nest"
39. "My Decision"
40. "Fire of July"
41. "Jaundice"
42. "Design"
43. "Dance"
44. "Cyster"
45. "Powerbroker"
46. "The Lorax"
47. "Pig"
48. "Hung Up"
49. "Slow to Learn"
50. "Elements"
51. "Attention (live)"
52. "Your Long Journey"