Free Fall (Alvin Lee Band album)

Free Fall is a studio album by the rock band the Alvin Lee Band, released in 1980.[3][4] "Take the Money" appears on the 1979 Gerry Rafferty release Night Owl as "Take the Money and Run".

Free Fall
Studio album by
Released1980
StudioSpace Studios, Reading, Berkshire
GenreRock
LabelAvatar (UK)
Atlantic (USA)
Repertoire (2005 German CD reissue)
ProducerJohn Stronach
The Alvin Lee Band chronology
Ride On
(1979)
Free Fall
(1980)
RX5
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alvin Lee and Steve Gould; except where noted

  1. "I Don't Wanna Stop" – 4:11
  2. "Take the Money" (Gerry Rafferty) – 4:28
  3. "One Lonely Hour" – 4:28
  4. "Heartache" – 3:15
  5. "Stealin'" (Steve Gould) – 3:28
  6. "Ridin' Truckin'" (Alvin Lee) – 3:34
  7. "No More Lonely Nights" – 4:27
  8. "City Lights" (Alvin Lee) – 4:05
  9. "Sooner Or Later" (Rene Arnell) – 3:32
  10. "Dustbin City" (Keith Christmas) – 2:38

Personnel

The Alvin Lee Band
  • Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
  • Steve Gould - guitar, vocals
  • Mick Feat - bass guitar, vocals
  • Tom Compton - drums, percussion

with:

  • Derek Austin - synthesizer on "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Sooner Or Later", piano on "Ridin' Truckin'"
  • Raphael Ravenscroft - saxophone on "Heartache" and "Ridin' Truckin'"
  • Pete Thoms - trombone on "Heartache" and "Ridin' Truckin'"
  • Al Kooper - organ on "Sooner Or Later"
Technical
  • Robert Patterson - executive producer
  • Andy Jaworski, John Stronach - engineer

References

  1. "Freefall Review by Richard Foss". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 416.
  3. Kozak, Roman (27 December 1980). "Now he is fronting the Alvin Lee Band...". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 52. p. 68.
  4. Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard. p. 74.
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