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Freedom's Road
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517180062
Label: Universal Republic
Manufacturer: Universal Republic
MPN: 000824902
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Republic
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Studio: Universal Republic
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Editorial Review:
The heartland rocker's first album of all-new material in more than five years finds John Mellencamp in full anthem mode. This is his State of the Union address, with guitars that chime like the Byrds heralding sentiments that recall the socially-conscious 1960s, yet sound all the more pertinent today. Balancing the desolate landscape of "Ghost Towns Along the Highway," the hell-on-earth of "Rural Route," and the tolls demanded on the title track's "Freedom's Road" are the embrace of brotherhood on "Someday," the Everyman populism of "The Americans," and the soaring transcendence of "My Aeroplane." Within the context of the album's song cycle, the "Our Country" centerpiece sounds richer and more powerful than it has as a truck commercial--like a roots-rocking sequel to Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Mellencamp enlists Joan Baez for a duet on the protest ballad "Jim Crow," while saving his most blistering political commentary for the unlisted bonus track, "Rodeo Clown." --Don McLeese
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great songs, well performed.
"Someday" and the other tracks on this album are appealing to anyone who wants "change you can believe in" for America. Buy the CD, and vote accordingly in the upcoming primaries. Need I say more?
Rating:  - Another American lets unite CD
I like this CD but it sounds like alot like his Scarecrow CD, not in the sense of the same songs but the same theme, he seems to keep driving home the messege of american ideals and I think we have been down this road already. Im sick to death of hearing "Our Country", everytime I turn on the TV that song is playing in a Chevy commercial, i think hes beating a dead horse...enough already, we get the message. good song but we dont need to hear it every 30 seconds. I think John Mellencamp is a great ... Read More
Rating: - Worth buying
I would disagree that this album is only for die-hard fans. Some of John's albums along the way have been less accessible but not this one. If you have liked John's more popular music in the past you will like this album. Simplistic? Maybe...but maybe that's what people need sometimes...back to the basics. There are a lot of good things in America and a lot that needs to be improved. John, if you read this I could use a ride on your aeroplane.
Rating: - One of the best albums of his carrer.
I've had this album for a while now, I just got around to reviewing it, it should have been done sooner. I just want to say this album is wonderful. It is also very well produced and recorded. From the very first song the jangling sixties dual guitar attack molded to lyrics that could be about the VietNam war.I knew this album was a winner. The lyrics fit our political and social landspapeof today, you wonder if the sixties acomplished any thing at all. This album makesme wonder if Human Nature can ... Read More
Rating: - good John real good
i think John Mellencamp is one the best songwriters and singers from the USA, very good songs to steal a great moment of peace and joy, its great to have you back and only want to say... thank you for this record.
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