Free

Artist: For Real
Label: Rowdy Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 754443701344
EAN: 0754443701344
ASIN: B000002GVC

Release Date: 1996-10-15

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Tracks:

Intro
Like I Do
Good Morning Sunshine
Hold Me
So in Love
Remember
Will You Love Me
Saddest Song I Ever Heard
Nothing Without You
How Can I Get Close to You
Love Will Be Waiting at Home
For All of My Life
Free

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Customer Reviews:

A Very Joyus Record.......2003-09-12

Promoted by their inclusion on the multi-platinum soundtrack to the film Waiting to Exhale, the group moved from A&M Records to Rowdy Records in 1996 and released their second album Free. For Real's second album, Free, caught the public's eye more so then their 1994 debut, It's a Natural Thang, which generated hardly any sells due to lack of promotion. Free also contains some big names behind the mix board; Babyface (Synthesizer, Keyboards, Producer), Babyface's talented Daryl Simmons (worked with Aaliyah, After 7, Paula Abdul, Tevin Campbell, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, Monica, Dru Hill, Ect.), the jazzy conductor Bill Meyers, and at the time underated Mario Skeeter Winans. The first release single "Like I Do," hit no. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the second released single "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard," hit no. 65 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, again not very impressive numbers (similair to their debut album) but its their old-school vocal harmonies, passion, and convinction that make the weak material very joyus, making Free their most infectious record, surpassing their debut.

En Vogue's EV3 had this same problem.......2003-02-23

First off, all four members of For Real can sing. (I'm not sure what the ladies' names are, but I think whoever sang lead in "Easy To Love" off their first album is the best singer in my opinion.) But the problem with their sophomore album Free is that there really aren't any standout songs.

None of the songs on this album are by any means bad, but a lot of them come off too poppy-sounding. The only real exception is the first single "Like I Do", which, by the way, I forgot was so catchy. But as you listen to the rest of the album, you'll notice that many of the songs start to sound the same. By the way, does anyone know whom the man is singing in "How Can I Get Close To You"? It doesn't say anywhere on the album cover or in the liner notes.

Maybe the fact that the songs on here aren't classic-sounding is the reason why this album was lost in the shuffle of, as another reviewer said, 702s and SWVs. But I still believe the ladies of For Real are talented, and if they ever released a new album, I'd still listen to it.

For Real: Free.......2002-12-12

For Real's second album, Free, is an exceptional set of contemporary R&B that straddles the line between swingbeat and old-school vocal harmonies. Even when the songs are weak, the quintet sings with passion and conviction, making Free a joyous, infectious record. 1997 Soul Train Award Nominated for Album Of The Year by A Group, Band Or Duo, and Billboard Video Award Nominated for Best R&B/Soul Clip: "Like I Do"

HOT!!.......2002-08-24

Almost since its formation in 1993, the four female members of the R&B group For Real were caught up in a whirlwind of activity. After the release of It's a Natural Thang, its debut album, the group went on to a variety of interesting projects.

The women have appeared in Italian Vogue, in whose pages they modeled men's suits; they've gone on tour alongside Stevie Wonder; they've lent their voices to a Martin Scorsese project, the film Grace of My Heart; and they also became actresses for a time, with appearances in "Shake Rattle and Rock!" on Showtime.

The quartet also have songs on soundtracks for the films "Fled" and "Waiting to Exhale." The group's 1994 debut album, It's a Natural Thang, released by A&M, was a critical success. Its second offering, Free, was released in 1996 by Rowdy and spans the sounds of three decades, from the 1960s through the 1990s. "Like I Do," the album's first single, came about through the efforts of the group's producer, Dallas Austin. The concept he put forth was that of a black-and-white, 1960s television program, where the women wore miniskirts and Afros. The quartet is composed of Josina Elder, La Tanyia Baldwin, Necia Bray and Wendi Williams. They spent the early years, before they had a record contract, rehearsing in a Los Angeles garage, going to school and holding down a variety of jobs.

Like.?.... I Do - but only one track.......2000-02-24

The Motown pastiche "Like I Do" is a superb mid-tempo track with a haunting feel to it. The songwriter credits include Holland-Dozier-Holland so that explains the Motown sound. For me that song is worth the price of the cd. The rest ? Well, inoffensive enough but who cares when you have a gem "Like I Do".

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