''Freeman'' is the eponymous debut and only studio album by American rock band Freeman.

Background

Aaron Freeman left Ween in May 2012. He played shows both solo and accompanied by Joe Young from 2012-2014. After moving to Woodstock, New York and teaching at Paul Green's

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, Freeman began working on material for a new album. He assembled musicians from the Brooklyn, New York area as well as North Carolina to record the album for Partisan Records. The new band, "Freeman" hit the road in July 2014 in support of the album. The live version of Freeman featured Joe Young on bass and Zach Tenorio-Miller on keyboards, along with Chris Boerner and Kyle Keegan, who played on the album. ''Freeman'' was produced by Chris Shaw who had previously produced Ween's '' White Pepper'' album.

Reception

''Freeman'' received generally favorable reviews from critics. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "If anything, ''Freeman'' is a tighter record than '' McCartney'' -- it's not homemade, it's all complete songs -- but there's no denying it shares the same spirit; that it is the sound of breaking dawn of a new day."

Track listing

Personnel

* Aaron Freeman - composer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, synthesizer, primary artist *

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- co-composer (tracks 2 & 3), acoustic guitar, organ, piano, vocals * Chris Boerner - electric guitar * Brad Cook - bass * Kyle Keegan - percussion * Chris Shaw - producer, engineer *

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- organ, piano, Wurlitzer * Tracy Bonham - vocals, violin *The Black Bush Boys - percussion * Greg Calbi - mastering *

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- mixing * Nick LaVecchia - cover photo * Zeynep Sankaynagi - drawing

References

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