Free

Fire And Water

Original Release: 1970

Synopsis

Free’s first two LPs sold moderately, but Free’s third album for Island, released in June 1970, propelled by the worldwide smash ‘All Right Now’, managed to hit #2 in the UK, and impressively cracked the US Top 20. Free’s most successful album was described by Q magazine as "The definitive Free album - rock has rarely been better”, whilst Mojo picked out the late Paul Kossoff’s guitar as “a feral thing of slow-fermenting passion". A perfect showcase for the songwriting team of singer Paul Rodgers, then only 20, and bass guitarist Andy Fraser, who was amazingly only 17, the album includes the Free classics ‘Oh I Wept’, ‘Heavy Load’, the title track and of course ‘All Right Now’.

Side A

1. Fire And Water (4:58)
2. Oh I Wept (4:24)
3. Remember (4:21)
4. Heavy Load (5:17)

Side B

1. Mr Big (5:58)
2. Don't Say You Love Me (5.58)
3. All Right Now (5:30)

Download Includes (Bonus Tracks)

1. Oh I Wept (Alternate Vocal Take) (4:22)
2. Fire And Water (New Stereo Mix) (4:24)
3. Fire And Water (BBC Session) (3:08)
4. All Right Now (BBC Session) (5:29)
5. All Right Now (Single Version) (4:18)
6. All Right Now (First Version) (3:31)

More Info…

• Official Paul Rodgers website
• Fire And Water on Wikipedia
• Free on Wikipedia
• Paul Rodgers on MySpace
• Free on Last.fm

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