''Freedom'' is Michael W. Smith's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length album consisting of only instrumentals. A promotional live EP, ''The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording'', was available as a pre-order bonus.

Track listing

Personnel

* Michael W. Smith – acoustic piano,

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

, keyboards, programming * Bryan Lenox – keyboards, programming, drums, percussion * Chris Graffignino – guitars * Matt Pierson – bass guitar * Craig Young – bass guitar * Chris Estes – drums, percussion *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– drums, percussion * Dan Needham – drums, percussion * Scott Williamson – drums, percussion * David Downs (Dublin) – Illyan pipes * Hunter Lee – Illyan pipes * Marie Breathnach (Dublin) – Irish

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

* John Catchings – cello * Max Dyer – cello * David Davidson –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

solo, string arrangements (5) * Tim Theiss – nail gun (probably used as additional percussion) * Joel White – nail gun * Rod Schuler – DJ * The Irish Film Orchestra – strings * Catriona Walsh – music supervisor *

The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ...

– strings * Carl Gorodetzsky – contractor * David Hamilton – string arrangements and orchestra conductor * Larry Paxton – string arrangements (5) * Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5) * Ric Domenico – music preparation * Eberhard Ramm – music preparation

Production

* Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer * Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording * Ronnie Brookshire – string recording * Bill Sommerville-Large – string recording (Dublin) * David Bryant – assistant engineer * Rob Burrell – assistant engineer * Eric Elwell – assistant engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator * Terry Flowers – assistant engineer, production assistant * Ron Jagger – assistant engineer * Scott Lenox – assistant engineer * Kieran Lynch – assistant engineer (Dublin) * Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer * Hank Williams –

sequencing In genetics and biochemistry, sequencing means to determine the primary structure (sometimes incorrectly called the primary sequence) of an unbranched biopolymer. Sequencing results in a symbolic linear depiction known as a sequence which succ ...

, editing and mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, TN) * Toby Gaines – production assistant * Ryan Smith – production assistant * Erin Williams – production assistant * Chad Dickerson – production coordination * Tim Parker – art direction, design * Andrew Southam – photography (New York) *

Jimmy Abegg Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector fro ...

– photography (Ireland) * Joe Oppedisano – wardrobe * Julie Matos – hair, make-up * James Masenburg – prop stylist

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control Michael W. Smith albums 2000 albums American patriotic songs 2000s instrumental albums Reunion Records albums