Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald album)


Sweet Freedom is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. label.

Content

The album includes singles and album tracks from McDonald's first two solo albums, If That's What It Takes and No Lookin' Back, along with duets with James Ingram, Patti LaBelle and one song from when McDonald was lead singer of the rock band The Doobie Brothers. The album's title track, "Sweet Freedom", was a newly recorded song and featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 film Running Scared.

Commercial performance

The album reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart and is McDonald's most successful album in that country.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Freedom" – 4:04
  2. " Angel" – 3:48
  3. "Yah Mo B There" – with James Ingram – 4:29
  4. "I Gotta Try" – 3:49
  5. "I Keep Forgettin’" – 3:39
  6. "Our Love " – 4:18
  7. "On My Own" – with Patti LaBelle - 4:39
  8. "No Looking Back" – 3:54
  9. "Any Foolish Thing" – 4:22
  10. "That’s Why" – 4:22
  11. "What a Fool Believes" – with The Doobie Brothers – 3:40
  12. "I Can Let Go Now" – 2:53

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