Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald album)

Sweet Freedom
Compilation album by Michael McDonald
Released	1986 (1986)
Genre	Pop
Label	Warner Bros.
Michael McDonald chronology
No Lookin' Back (1985) Sweet Freedom (1986) Take It to Heart (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.^[2]

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

Weekly charts Chart (1986) Peak position UK Albums Chart[2] 6

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Platinum 300,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald - Michael McDonald - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
2. "MICHAEL MCDONALD - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
3. "British album certifications – Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom: Best Of Michael Mcdonald". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2018-10-26.