The Free Story

The Free Story
Greatest hits album by Free
Released	31 December 1973
Recorded	1968-1972
Genre	Blues rock, hard rock
Length	01:16:24
Label	Island
Free chronology
Heartbreaker (1973) The Free Story (1973) Completely Free (1982)

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The Free Story is the second greatest hits album by Free, and the first which was released outside of the USA. It was released on 31 December 1973 by Island Records. The album reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the charts for 6 weeks.^[1] On 22 July 2013, the album was awarded a silver certification by the BPI,^[2] for UK album sales of over 60,000 units.^[3]

The album covers the entire studio album collection of Free from their debut album Tons of Sobs through to their final studio album Heartbreaker and includes their biggest hit single "All Right Now".

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"I'm a Mover"	Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers	from Tons of Sobs	2:49
2.	"I'll Be Creepin'"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Free	3:15
3.	"Mourning Sad Morning"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Free	5:05
4.	"All Right Now"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Fire and Water	4:20
5.	"Heavy Load"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Fire and Water	5:05

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Fire and Water"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Fire and Water	3:40
2.	"Be My Friend"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Highway	5:30
3.	"The Stealer"	Fraser, Rodgers, Paul Kossoff	from Highway	3:00
4.	"Soon I Will Be Gone"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Highway	2:45
5.	"Mr Big"	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Simon Kirke	from Fire and Water	6:00

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"The Hunter"	Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Steve Cropper	from Tons of Sobs	5:00
2.	"Get Where I Belong"	Fraser, Rodgers	from Free Live!	4:08
3.	"Travelling Man"	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	from Free at Last	3:25
4.	"Just for the Box"	Kossoff	from Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit	3:20
5.	"Lady"	Rodgers	previously unreleased	4:25

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"My Brother Jake"	Fraser, Rodgers	single release only	2:55
2.	"Little Bit of Love"	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	from Free at Last	2:32
3.	"Sail On"	Fraser, Rodgers, Kossoff, Kirke	from Free at Last	3:00
4.	"Heartbreaker"	Rodgers	from Heartbreaker	5:00
5.	"Come Together in the Morning"	Rodgers	from Heartbreaker	4:20

References

1. "The Free Story". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
2. "British certifications – Free". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 July 2016. Enter Free in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Click Search
3. "Certified Awards - Certification Levels". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 July 2016.