Freedom (Andy Griggs album)

Freedom

Studio album by

Andy Griggs

Released

May 28, 2002

Recorded

2001-2 at Emerald Studios and Starstruck Studios, Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

49:28

Andy Griggs chronology

You Won't Ever Be Lonely
(1999)

Freedom
(2002)

This I Gotta See
(2004)

Singles from Freedom

"How Cool Is That"
Released: 2001
"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"
Released: January 21, 2002
"Practice Life"
Released: 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Freedom is the second studio album by American country music singer Andy Griggs. Released in 2002 on RCA Records Nashville, it features the singles "How Cool Is That", "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man", and "Practice Life", a duet with Martina McBride; respectively, these reached No. 22, No. 7, and No. 33 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2002.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedom"	Zack Turner, Lonnie Wilson, Andy Griggs	3:42
2.	"The Road to Lasting Love"	Michael Lunn, Kent Agee	3:39
3.	"Practice Life" (with guest vocalist Martina McBride)	A. Griggs, Brett James	4:13
4.	"Always"	Kris Bergsnes, Jess Leary	4:15
5.	"Custom Made"	David Malloy, David Lee Murphy, A. Griggs	3:30
6.	"A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" (with Tom Keifer)	Tom Keifer, A. Griggs, Savannah Snow	3:36
7.	"How Cool Is That"	Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley, A. Griggs	3:12
8.	"I've Learned"	Angela Lauer, Tom Douglas	4:11
9.	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	Rivers Rutherford, Troy Verges	2:58
10.	"Sweetheart of Beinja Bayou"	Jerry Sullivan	3:46
11.	"Brand New Something Going On"	Don Cook, Jamie Hartford	3:12
12.	"Where's a Train"	Allison Mellon, A. Griggs	6:11
13.	"Someone Like Me" (hidden track)	Mason Griggs	2:56

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Kenny Aronoff – drums
Ron Block – banjo
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Charles Cushman – acoustic guitar, banjo
Eric Darken – percussion
Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, Dobro, electric guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Andy Griggs – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
David Grissom – electric guitar
Aubrey Haynie – mandolin
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Tom Keifer – electric guitar and background vocals on "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road"
Michael Landau – electric guitar
Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Martina McBride – background vocals on "Practice Life"
David Lee Murphy – background vocals
Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, background vocals
Melinda Norris – background vocals
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Dave Roe – upright bass
Neil Thrasher – background vocals
Robby Turner – steel guitar
C. J. Udeen – steel guitar
Kenny Vaughan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Lonnie Wilson – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	77

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US
2001	"How Cool Is That"	22	119
2002	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	7	52
2002	"Practice Life" (with Martina McBride)	33	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

^ Cohoon, Rick. "Freedom review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

v t e Andy Griggs
Studio albums	You Won't Ever Be Lonely Freedom This I Gotta See The Good Life Naked
Singles	"You Won't Ever Be Lonely" "I'll Go Crazy" "She's More" "You Made Me That Way" "How Cool Is That" "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" "Practice Life" "She Thinks She Needs Me" "If Heaven"
Guest singles	"The Truth About Men"

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