| Freedom Highway | ||||
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| Released | February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24) | |||
| Genre | Americana, Folk, Old-time | |||
| Length | 49:53 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | Dirk Powell | |||
| Rhiannon Giddens chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 80/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| The Guardian |  [4] |
| The Independent | [5] |
| The Irish Times | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| Uncut | 8/10[12] |
Freedom Highway is the second solo studio album of Folk/Americana musician and Carolina Chocolate Drops front woman Rhiannon Giddens. It was released via Nonesuch Records on February 24, 2017.[13] Freedom Highway was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards. The title track "Freedom Highway" is a 1965 civil rights protest song written by Roebuck Staples and title track of The Staple Singers' album of the same name.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "At the Purchaser's Option" | Rhiannon Giddens/Joey Ryan | 4:15 |
| 2. | "The Angels Laid Him Away" | Mississippi John Hurt | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Julie" | Rhiannon Giddens | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Birmingham Sunday" | Richard Fariña | 6:15 |
| 5. | "Better Get It Right the First Time" | Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell/Justin Harrington | 3:24 |
| 6. | "We Could Fly" | Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell | 4:52 |
| 7. | "Hey Bébé" | Rhiannon Giddens/Dirk Powell | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Come Love Come" | Rhiannon Giddens | 5:19 |
| 9. | "The Love We Almost Had" | Rhiannon Giddens/Bhi Bhiman | 4:18 |
| 10. | "Baby Boy" | Rhiannon Giddens/Lalenja Harrington | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Following the North Star" | Rhiannon Giddens | 1:55 |
| 12. | "Freedom Highway" | Roebuck Staples | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 49:53 | ||
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] | 60 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 88 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[17] | 114 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] | 52 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] | 14 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 94 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[21] | 39 |
| USBillboard 200[22] | 124 |
| US Folk Albums (Billboard)[23] | 8 |
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