Dan Fogelberg - Home Free
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Artist: Dan FogelbergEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- To the Morning
- Stars
- More Than Ever
- Be on Your Way
- Hickory Grove
- Long Way Home (Live in the Country)
- Looking for a Lady
- Anyway I Love You
- Wysteria
- The River
Music reviews of Home Free
Music Review: Home Free and nearly a Home Run
Rating: 4 Stars
Dan's first album, released in 1972 when he was just 21 hints at things to come. It has a more organic feel than much of his later work, but many of his trademarks are already on display here - the impeccable acoustic guitar work, the stacked harmonies and the introspective lyrics. Home Free has a somewhat more country feel than most of his later work, with the possible exception of High Country Snows. Standout tracks - well, it's a cop out to say it, but it's true - pretty much all of them.
Some random thoughts:
To the Morning is one of my all time favorite DF songs. Like so many Fogelberg songs, I have a cherished memory that goes with it and I can't hear the song without recalling the memory.
In "Stars" (which was recently lovingly covered by Alison Krauss) you'll find one of the earliest examples of Dan's occasionally quirky phrasing:
"stars fall every time a lover has to face the truth, and far too many stars have fell on me..."
Dan was quoted in an interview once as saying that he didn't play Stars much anymore because of the voyeuristic aspect of the song.
I heard him remark once in a concert that Looking for a Lady was written when he was in a particularly... ah, "amorous" frame of mind. (that wasn't the word he used) I've never been able to listen to that song the same way since.
Dan said Wysteria was a song written about a ghost.
The only track I don't care for is the one that many people seem to think is a standout - The River. I realize this bit of criticism won't earn me points from other Dan fans, but the whole effect to my ears is that of a high school boy trying to write something "important". While the lyrics are occasionally interesting, The music is in large part a tired 3 chord riff supporting an uninspired wah wah guitar solo. The track just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the album, either stylistically or in terms of quality.
That having been said, Home Free overall is an amazing freshman effort and full of gems that are often overlooked due to the lack of initial commercial success the release received.
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.Folk CDs
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