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For Free is the eighth studio album by American musician David Crosby. The album was released on July 23, 2021, by Three Blind Mice and BMG Rights Management with cover art produced by Joan Baez.[1][2][3]

For Free
Studio album by David Crosby
Released	July 23, 2021
Recorded	2020
Genre	Rock
Length	37:29
Label	Three Blind Mice BMG
Producer	James Raymond
David Crosby chronology
Here If You Listen (2018) For Free (2021)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
American Songwriter	[6]
Classic Rock	[7]
NME	[8]

For Free received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 84, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 6 reviews.[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• David Crosby – vocals
• James Raymond – acoustic piano (1-5, 7, 8, 10), synthesizers (1-6, 8-10), synth guitar solo (1, 4), synth bass (1-3, 6, 9, 10), synth acoustic guitar (3, 8), drum programming (3), Fender Rhodes (4, 9), percussion (4), horn arrangements (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (6), backing vocals (8)
• Shawn Tubbs – guitars (1), acoustic guitar (6, 8), electric guitar (6, 8)
• Steve Postell – acoustic guitar (2), backing vocals (2), guitars (5)
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (2)
• Dean Parks – guitars (4), acoustic guitar (9), electric guitar (9)
• Andrew Ford – bass (4)
• Elijah Thomson – bass (8)
• Gary Novak – drums (1, 4-6, 9)
• Steve DiStanislao – drums (2, 10)
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (8)
• Steve Tavaglione – tenor saxophone (4), EWI (10)
• Walt Fowler – trumpet (4), flugelhorn (4)
• Michael McDonald – backing vocals (1)
• Gracie Raymond – backing vocals (3)
• Becca Stevens – backing vocals (3)
• Michelle Willis – backing vocals (3, 6, 8)
• Sarah Jarosz – vocals (7)
• Brian Wilson – count-in vocal (10)

Production

• James Raymond – producer, arrangements, recording, mixing
• Dan Garcia – recording, mixing
• David Crosby – mixing
• Nate Hassely – assistant engineer
• Joel Jacks – assistant engineer
• Jason Mariani – assistant engineer
• Kaushlesh "Garry" Purohit – assistant engineer
• Shawn Tubbs – guitar recording (1, 6, 8)
• Dean Parks – guitar recording (4, 9)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Louise Hendy – artwork design
• Joan Baez – sleeve artwork, original painting
• Mike Chadwick – management

Studios

• Recorded at The Bamboom Room (Altadena, California); Hz Werks (Van Nuys, California); Joel Jacks' Studio (Santa Ynez, California); Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California); Stubbs Recording (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Tomorrow's Sound Today (Memphis, Tennessee).
• Mixed at The Bamboom Room; Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California); Carbonite Sound (Ojai, California).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Chart performance for For Free

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	73
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	23
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14]	84
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	14
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	53
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	2

References

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