Free-for-All (Michael Penn album)
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| Released | 15 September 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
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| Genre | Rock, alternative rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 38:35 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Tony Berg, Michael Penn | |||
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Free-for-All is the second album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Penn, released in 1992 on RCA Records.[1][2] It contains two songs that reached the Top 20 on the Modern Rock charts: "Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)" peaked at number 14, while the second single, "Seen the Doctor", reached nine spots higher. The album led to a bitter battle between Penn and his record company, pushing a follow-up album to 1997.
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| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
The Chicago Tribune stated: "Penn is again working with producer Tony Berg, but this time they provide a rich, subtle blending of instruments, harmonies and textures to create an album that doesn't so much pop out as seep in."[4]
In his review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason wrote that it was the record which proved to critics that Penn was no one-hit wonder, calling "Long Way Down" a "dark and pained opening to an album that was hardly pop-star material."[3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Michael Penn.
- "Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)" – 3:52
- "Free Time" – 4:12
- "Coal" – 3:33
- "Seen the Doctor" – 3:12
- "By the Book" – 3:46
- "Drained" – 3:59
- "Slipping My Mind" – 2:36
- "Strange Season" – 3:51
- "Bunker Hill" – 4:39
- "Now We're Even" – 4:55
