Let Yourself Free
2022 album by Fitz and the Tantrums
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Let Yourself Free is the fifth studio album by American band Fitz and the Tantrums. It was released on November 11, 2022, by Elektra Records.[1] A deluxe edition of the album with six extra songs was released on June 23, 2023.[2] It is their first album in three years since 2019's All the Feels (2019).
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| Released | November 11, 2022 | |||
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| Length | 32:09 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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Background
Lead vocalist Michael Fitzpatrick explained he and the band wanted to be "more judicious" with the writing process by writing only "two or three [songs] a week and really think about it and sit with them."[3] Fifty songs were written in consideration for the record, which were eventually narrowed down to the twelve songs that appear on the final album.[3]
The band intended for the album to nod back to their early influences, with songs like "Silver Platter" and "Steppin' on Me" recalling their debut album Pickin' Up the Pieces (2010).[4]
Singles
Critical reception
Track listing
All tracks are written by Noelle Scaggs, Fitz, Jeremy Ruzumna, Joseph Karnes, John Wicks, and James King, with additional writers noted below.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Good Intentions" |
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| 2:28 |
| 2. | "Heaven" |
| 2:44 | |
| 3. | "Sway" |
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| 2:16 |
| 4. | "Silver Platter" |
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| 2:35 |
| 5. | "Let Yourself Free" |
| 2:19 | |
| 6. | "Moneymaker" |
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| 2:17 |
| 7. | "Ahhhh" |
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| 2:45 |
| 8. | "Good Nights" |
| Lewis | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Big Love" |
| 2:35 | |
| 10. | "Is It Love" | Skyler Stonestreet |
| 2:25 |
| 11. | "Steppin' on Me" |
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| 2:48 |
| 12. | "Someday" |
| Koma | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 32:09 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "24" |
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| 2:36 |
| 14. | "Get on Up" |
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| 2:50 |
| 15. | "So What" |
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| 2:32 |
| 16. | "Fancy" |
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| 3:05 |
| 17. | "On My Way" |
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| 2:41 |
| 18. | "Feeling Good" |
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| 2:22 |
| Total length: | 48:15 | |||
Personnel
Fitz and the Tantrums
- Fitz – vocals
- Noelle Scaggs – vocals, tambourine
- James King – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals
- Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards, background vocals
- Joseph Karnes – bass, background vocals
- John Wicks – drums, background vocals
Additional contributors
- Emerson Mancini[note 1] – mastering
- Adam Hawkins – mixing
- Reddah Haddioul – engineering (tracks 1–7, 9–18)
- Brian Well – engineering (track 8)
- Ryan Lewis – engineering (track 8)
- Henry Lunetta – mixing assistance
- Collin Kadlec – engineering assistance (track 8)
- Aaron Glas – session coordination (all tracks); clarinet, bass clarinet (track 8)
- Jerry Fitzgerald – backline technician
- Ron Blake – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
- Francisco Torres – trombone, bass trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
- Mark Robert Obriski – art direction, design
- Jimmy Fontaine – cover photograph
- Lindsey Byrnes – outside tray band photography
- Anna Lee – collage photography