Freedom is Michael W. Smith's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length album consisting of only instrumentals. A promotional live EP, The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording, was available as a pre-order bonus.
Track listing
Personnel Michael W. Smith – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, keyboards, programming Bryan Lenox – keyboards, programming, drums, percussion Chris Graffignino – guitars Matt Pierson – bass guitar Craig Young – bass guitar Chris Estes – drums, percussion Eric Darken – drums, percussion Dan Needham – drums, percussion Scott Williamson – drums, percussion David Downs (Dublin) – Illyan pipes Hunter Lee – Illyan pipes Marie Breathnach (Dublin) – Irish fiddle John Catchings – cello Max Dyer – cello David Davidson – violin solo, string arrangements (5) Tim Theiss – nail gun (probably used as additional percussion) Joel White – nail gun Rod Schuler – DJ The Irish Film Orchestra – strings Catriona Walsh – music supervisor The Nashville String Machine – strings Carl Gorodetzsky – contractor David Hamilton – string arrangements and orchestra conductor Larry Paxton – string arrangements (5) Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5) Ric Domenico – music preparation Eberhard Ramm – music preparation
Production Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording Ronnie Brookshire – string recording Bill Sommerville-Large – string recording (Dublin) David Bryant – assistant engineer Rob Burrell – assistant engineer Eric Elwell – assistant engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator Terry Flowers – assistant engineer, production assistant Ron Jagger – assistant engineer Scott Lenox – assistant engineer Kieran Lynch – assistant engineer (Dublin) Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer Hank Williams – sequencing, editing and mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee) Toby Gaines – production assistant Ryan Smith – production assistant Erin Williams – production assistant Chad Dickerson – production coordination Tim Parker – art direction, design Andrew Southam – photography (New York) Jimmy Abegg – photography (Ireland) Joe Oppedisano – wardrobe Julie Matos – hair, make-up James Masenburg – prop stylist
Chart performance
Chart (2014) Peakposition
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