A major change of direction...Free found Rick Astley working with producer Gary Stevenson instead of the Stock/Aitken/Waterman team and going for a very adult contemporary-type pop/R&B sound instead of the dance-oriented direction that put him on the map. No longer were the Average White Band and '70s Philly soul/disco valid comparisons; the new...Astley had more in common with Michael MacDonald and the Doobie Brothers...There are a few songs on Free that pack a bit of a punch, including "The Bottom Line" and the rock-influenced "Is This Really Love"... ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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Credits
- Hywell Maggs
- Guitar
- Neil Stubenhaus
- Guitar (Bass)
- Gary Stevenson
- Producer, Engineer
- Ren Swan
- Mixing
- Larry Williams
- Brass
- Robert Ahwai
- Guitar
- Craig Porteils
- Assistant Engineer
- Andy Baker
- Assistant Engineer
- Dave West
- Organ, Drum Programming, Piano, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
- Paul Halberg
- Guitar
- Allan Krohn
- Assistant Engineer
- Simon Ryan
- Design, Cover Design
- Jacob Andersen
- Percussion
- Rob Fisher
- Piano
- Andraé Crouch Choir
- Vocals (Background)
- Larry Hall
- Brass
- Phil Perry
- Vocals (Background)
- Anne Dudley
- Arranger, String Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements, Conductor
- Andraé Crouch
- Vocals
- Gene Black
- Guitar
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Drums
- Paul Cox
- Photography
- Kevin Dorsey
- Vocals (Background)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Double Bass
- Jerry Hey
- Arranger, Brass Arrangement
- Dan Higgins
- Saxophone, Brass
- Carol Kenyon
- Vocals (Background)
- Dee Lewis
- Vocals (Background)
- Per Lindvall
- Drums, Overdubs
- Rick Astley
- Vocals, Producer, Main Performer, Art Direction
- Elton John
- Piano
- Bill Reichenbach Jr.
- Brass



















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