| Free Will | ||||
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| Released | August 1972 | |||
| Recorded | March 2–3, 1972 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studios (New York, New York) | |||
| Genre | Progressive soul,[1] jazz-funk[2] | |||
| Length | 36:43 | |||
| Label | Flying Dutchman/RCA FD-10153 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [6] |
| PopMatters | (favorable)[7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Free Will is the second studio album by American poet Gil Scott-Heron, released in August 1972 on Flying Dutchman Records. Recordings sessions for the album took place on March 2 and 3, 1972, at RCA Studios in New York City, and production was handled by producer Bob Thiele.[10] It is the follow-up to Scott-Heron's critically acclaimed studio debut, Pieces of a Man (1971), and it is the second album to feature him working with keyboardist Brian Jackson.[3] Free Will is also Scott-Heron's final studio album for Flying Dutchman.[11] The album reissued on compact disc in 2001 by Bluebird Records[10] with alternative takes of eight tracks from the original album.
- ^ Backus, Rob (1976). Fire Music: A Political History of Jazz (2nd ed.). Vanguard Books. ISBN 091770200X.
- ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Bush, John. Review: Free Will. Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ Columnist. "Review: Free Will". Down Beat: 90. December 2001.
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (August 6, 2004). "Review: Gil Scott-Heron, Free Will". The Guardian. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ Stark, Karl. "Free Will - Reissue Review", The Philadelphia Inquirer: December 23, 2001. Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Sanders, J.Victoria. Review: Free Will. PopMatters. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 622.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "Review: Free Will". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music: March 1, 2002.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
creditswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bush, John. Biography: Gil Scott-Heron. Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2008.