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Released | 12 March 1991 (1991-03-12) | |||
Length | 51:33 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Free is the third studio album by English singer Rick Astley, released on 12 March 1991 by RCA Records. It was his first album not to be produced by the noted production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. It gave Astley another hit single in the ballad "Cry for Help", which became a Top 10 in both the UK and US. Further singles "Move Right Out" and "Never Knew Love" were less successful. Free reached the UK Top 10 and the US Top 40 and marked the end of a successful four-year period for Astley.
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NME | 3/10[4] |
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Note
On 3 May 2010 an expanded edition of Free was released in a package containing both newly expanded and remastered editions of Free and Body and Soul.[7]
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Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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