Free and Easy (album)

Free and Easy
Studio album by
Helen Reddy
ReleasedOctober 22, 1974
RecordedJune – July 1974
Studio
  • Hollywood Sound (Hollywood)
  • Burbank (Los Angeles)
[1]
GenrePop rock[2]
Length33:20
LabelCapitol
ProducerJoe Wissert
Helen Reddy chronology
Love Song for Jeffrey
(1974) 		Free and Easy
(1974) 		No Way to Treat a Lady
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Billboardpositive [3]

Free and Easy is the sixth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the fall of 1974 by Capitol Records. The album included rare forays into rock ("Raised on Rock") and vaudeville ("Showbiz"). The album debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated November 2, 1974, and reached number eight during its 28 weeks there.[4] The following month, on December 18, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States.[5] In the UK it peaked at number 17,[6] and in Canada's RPM magazine it got as high as number nine on its list of the top LPs in the issue dated January 11, 1975.[7] On January 27, 2004, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her other 1974 release, Love Song for Jeffrey.[8]

  1. ^ Reddy, Helen (1974). Free and Easy (liner notes; LP). Los Angeles, California: Capitol Records. ST-11348.
  2. ^ a b "Free and Easy - Helen Reddy". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 26 October 1974. p. 66.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 646.
  5. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Helen Reddy
  6. ^ "Helen Reddy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 11 January 1975. p. 13.
  8. ^ "Love Song for Jeffrey/Free and Easy". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 May 2015.