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Freedom is Michael W. Smith's fifteenth album. It was released in 2000 on Reunion Records, and is his first full-length album consisting of only instrumentals. A promotional live EP, The Acoustic Set - A Live Recording, was available as a pre-order bonus.
Track listing
Personnel
Michael W. Smith – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, keyboards, programming
Bryan Lenox – keyboards, programming, drums, percussion
Chris Graffignino – guitars
Matt Pierson – bass guitar
Craig Young – bass guitar
Chris Estes – drums, percussion
Eric Darken – drums, percussion
Dan Needham – drums, percussion
Scott Williamson – drums, percussion
David Downs (Dublin) – Illyan pipes
Hunter Lee – Illyan pipes
Marie Breathnach (Dublin) – Irish fiddle
John Catchings – cello
Max Dyer – cello
David Davidson – violin solo, string arrangements (5)
Tim Theiss – nail gun (probably used as additional percussion)
Joel White – nail gun
Rod Schuler – DJ
The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
Catriona Walsh – music supervisor
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Carl Gorodetzsky – contractor
David Hamilton – string arrangements and orchestra conductor
Larry Paxton – string arrangements (5)
Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5)
Ric Domenico – music preparation
Eberhard Ramm – music preparation
Production
Michael W. Smith – executive producer, producer
Bryan Lenox – producer, engineer, mixing, string recording
Ronnie Brookshire – string recording
Bill Sommerville-Large – string recording (Dublin)
David Bryant – assistant engineer
Rob Burrell – assistant engineer
Eric Elwell – assistant engineer, technical coordinator, production coordinator
Terry Flowers – assistant engineer, production assistant
Ron Jagger – assistant engineer
Scott Lenox – assistant engineer
Kieran Lynch – assistant engineer (Dublin)
Fred Paragano – Pro Tools engineer
Hank Williams – sequencing, editing and mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, TN)
Toby Gaines – production assistant
Ryan Smith – production assistant
Erin Williams – production assistant
Chad Dickerson – production coordination
Tim Parker – art direction, design
Andrew Southam – photography (New York)
Jimmy Abegg – photography (Ireland)
Joe Oppedisano – wardrobe
Julie Matos – hair, make-up
James Masenburg – prop stylist