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Running Free (album)

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Running Free

Studio album by

Dragon

Released

November 1977

Genre

Pop rock

Length

36:39

Label

Portrait Records, CBS Records

Producer

Peter Dawkins

Dragon chronology

Sunshine
(1977)

Running Free
(1977)

O Zambezi
(1978)

Singles from Running Free

"April Sun in Cuba"
Released: October 1977
"Shooting Stars"
Released: January 1978

Running Free is the fourth studio album by New Zealand rock band Dragon. It was produced by Peter Dawkins and was originally released in November 1977 on vinyl and re-released on CD in 1989.^[1] The album peaked at number 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report. The album was certified triple platinum in Australia.^[2]

Reception

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Skip Jansen from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 saying commented on the change of sound from previous records from the "verbose progressive rock sound into an equally lurid pub rock sound" adding "the album remain [a] timepieces of a dark and decadent era for New Zealand rock."^[3]

Track listing

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"April Sun in Cuba (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) - 3:26
"Rose (M. Hunter, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) - 3:36
"Any Fool Can Tell You (P. Hewson) - 4:42
"Shooting Stars (P. Hewson) - 3:30
"Man Gone West (R. Taylor) - " 4:30
"Bob's Budgie Boogie (R. Taylor) - " 3:53
"Some Strange Dream" (T. Hunter) - 3:15
"Mr Thunder (M. Hunter) - " 3:50
"Since You Changed Your Mind (P. Hewson) - " 3:41
"Running Free" (M. Hunter, R. Taylor, T. Hunter) - 4:16

Charts

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Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report^[4]	6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[5]	16

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	3× Platinum	150,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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Bass – Todd Hunter
Guitar – Robert Taylor
Keyboards – Paul Hewson
Lead Vocals – Marc Hunter
Percussion – Kerry Jacobson
Vocals – Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter

References

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^ Holmgren, Magnus; Miller, Chuck. "Dragon". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

^ Barry Bull, Ritchie Yorke (1 September 2005). A Little Bull Goes a Long Way: Business Notes from the Music Man. Pennon Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 1877029017.

^ "Running Free by Dragon". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.

^ "Charts.nz – Dragon – Running Free". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

^ Barry Bull, Ritchie Yorke (1 September 2005). A Little Bull Goes a Long Way: Business Notes from the Music Man. Pennon Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 1877029017.