Free (Rick Astley album)

Free
Studio album by
Rick Astley
Released12 March 1991 (1991-03-12)
Length51:33
LabelRCA
Producer
  • Gary Stevenson
  • Rick Astley
Rick Astley chronology
Dance Mixes
(1990) 		Free
(1991) 		Body & Soul
(1993)
Singles from Free
  1. "Cry for Help"
    Released: 14 January 1991
  2. "Move Right Out"
    Released: 18 March 1991
  3. "Never Knew Love"
    Released: 17 June 1991

Free is the third studio album by English singer Rick Astley, released on 12 March 1991 by RCA Records. It was his first album not to be produced by the noted production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. It gave Astley another hit single in the ballad "Cry for Help", which became a Top 10 in both the UK and US. Further singles "Move Right Out" and "Never Knew Love" were less successful. Free reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 40 and marked the end of a successful four-year period for Astley.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MSN Music[3]
NME3/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Vancouver Sun[6]
  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Free – Rick Astley". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  3. ^ "Free by Rick Astley on Msn Music". MSN Music. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ^ Maconie, Stuart (2 March 1991). "Long Play". NME. p. 35. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  5. ^ Bloom, Steve (30 May 1991). "Rick Astley: Free : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ Mackie, John (9 May 1991). "Pop". The Vancouver Sun.