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| Free Fall | ||||
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| Studio album by the Alvin Lee Band | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Space Studios, Reading, Berkshire | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Avatar (UK) Atlantic (USA) Repertoire (2005 German CD reissue) | |||
| Producer | John Stronach | |||
| The Alvin Lee Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Free Fall is a studio album by the rock band the Alvin Lee Band, released in 1980. "Take the Money" appears on the 1979 Gerry Rafferty release Night Owl as "Take the Money and Run".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Alvin Lee and Steve Gould; except where noted
- "I Don't Wanna Stop" – 4:11
- "Take the Money" (Gerry Rafferty) – 4:28
- "One Lonely Hour" – 4:28
- "Heartache" – 3:15
- "Stealin'" (Steve Gould) – 3:28
- "Ridin' Truckin'" (Alvin Lee) – 3:34
- "No More Lonely Nights" – 4:27
- "City Lights" (Alvin Lee) – 4:05
- "Sooner Or Later" (Rene Arnell) – 3:32
- "Dustbin City" (Keith Christmas) – 2:38
Personnel
- The Alvin Lee Band
- Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
- Steve Gould - guitar, vocals
- Mick Feat - bass guitar, vocals
- Tom Compton - drums, percussion
with:
- Derek Austin - synthesizer on "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Sooner Or Later", piano on "Ridin' Truckin'"
- Raphael Ravenscroft - saxophone on "Heartache" and "Ridin' Truckin'"
- Pete Thoms - trombone on "Heartache" and "Ridin' Truckin'"
- Al Kooper - organ on "Sooner Or Later"
- Technical
- Robert Patterson - executive producer
- Andy Jaworski, John Stronach - engineer
References
- "Freefall Review by Richard Foss". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 416.
- Kozak, Roman (27 December 1980). "Now he is fronting the Alvin Lee Band...". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 52. p. 68.
- Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard. p. 74.