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- Date Released: January 1, 2000
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Original Cast / CD Baby
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They Say...
If Brian Gari's previous album, Love Online, was about a couple that met together on the net and tried to make it work, I Can't Make You Free is the story of a love affair that divides a marriage in two. Gari's trick, which is quite clever, is to divide the album in two -- the first half told by the man who falls in love with a married woman, the second by the husband, with the fulcrum of the album, "Two Men," sung by Alison Fraser, in the character of the wife. As such, I Can't Make You Free winds up being a fairly ambitious work, and it's to his credit (as well as his collaborator, producer/arranger/engineer Jeff Olmsted) as a craftsman that it works quite well. Much of the record is firmly in a soft-rock, singer/songwriter tradition, yet it carries the distinct influence of Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson, which gives the album a lushness even when the tracks aren't overly dressed. Gari also is nimble in varying the sound, dabbling in jazz, classic vocal pop, epic pop/rock, and stark, piano-based ballads. The music has as much of a narrative thrust as the story itself, which helps make the entire album compelling and a unique feat.
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| 01. |  |
Second |
3:14 |
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| 02. | |
That Car |
3:46 |
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| 03. | |
As Long As You're Married |
2:14 |
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| 04. | |
Never Home |
4:01 |
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| 05. | |
Limited Time |
3:39 |
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| 06. | |
Black Paint |
1:39 |
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| 07. | |
Two Men (vocal: Alison Fraser) |
2:33 |
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| 08. | |
What Are You Willing to Do? |
2:44 |
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| 09. | |
Patience |
3:26 |
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| 10. | |
What Kind of Enjoyment? |
2:51 |
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| 11. | |
The Word Is Almost |
3:35 |
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| 12. | |
I Can't Make You Free |
3:15 |
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| 13. | |
Where Do You Cry? |
2:06 |
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| 14. | |
We Still Have Christmas |
4:18 |
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| 15. | |
He's Got the Penny |
2:23 |
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| 16. | |
Tara You're Me |
2:35 |
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| 17. | |
Happy Anniversary |
2:24 |
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| 18. | |
A Forgotten Man |
2:28 |
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| 19. | |
Hidden Bonus Track |
3:44 |
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| 20. | |
Hidden Bonus Track |
2:33 |
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| 21. | |
Hidden Bonus Track |
4:03 |
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| 22. | |
Hidden Bonus Track |
3:27 |
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22 Total Tracks, 66:58 Total Length
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Credits
- Brian Gari - Guitar // Brian Gari - Piano // Brian Gari - Arranger // Brian Gari - Vocals // Brian Gari - Producer // Brian Gari - Main Performer // Brian Gari - Vocal Arrangement // Bob Forman - Graphic Design // Jeff Olmsted - Arranger // Jeff Olmsted - Multi Instruments // Jeff Olmsted - Producer // Jeff Olmsted - Engineer // Paul Gold - Mastering
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