Free Dimensional

{{Infobox album

| name = Free Dimensional

| type = Album

| artist = Diamond Rings

| cover = Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 23, 2012

| recorded = 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Synthpop

| length = 41:25

| label = Secret City Records

| producer = Damian Taylor, Diamond Rings

| prev_title = Special Affections

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 65/100{{cite web |title=Free Dimensional by Diamond Rings at Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/free-dimensional/diamond-rings |website=Metacritic |access-date=27 May 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=special-affections-mw0002409690|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = Exclaim.ca

| rev2Score = 8/10[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/diamond_rings-free_dimensional Exclaim.ca review]

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3Score = {{rating|7|10}}[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/162770-diamond-rings-free-dimensional/ PopMatters review]

| rev4 = Pitchfork Media

| rev4Score = 5.8/10[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17219-free-dimensional/ Pitchfork review]

| rev5 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/diamond-rings-free-dimensional Tiny Mix Tapes review]

| rev6 = Toronto Star

| rev6Score = {{rating|3|4}}[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/cd%20review/article/1275677--diamond-rings-gets-bigger-and-bolder-kurt-elling-does-terrific-tribute-album-reviews Toronto Star review]

}}

Free Dimensional, released on October 23, 2012, is the second and final studio album from Canadian musician Diamond Rings (real name: John O'Regan).

According to O'Regan, his Diamond Rings persona exists "to sort of smash that kind of tendency that I think we all have to sort of hide behind ourselves. And I think this record's probably, or definitely, my strongest statement that I've made to date."{{Cite web |url=http://www.spinner.ca/2012/11/22/diamond-rings-modesty/ |title=Yahoo |access-date=2012-12-05 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927030445/http://www.spinner.ca/2012/11/22/diamond-rings-modesty/ |url-status=dead }} He also says a big part of this album was "becoming more comfortable as a musician and a composer and an arranger", and "I felt like I really stepped up as a singer with this album, and I’m really proud of that.”{{Cite web |url=http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/man-aubergine-mask |title=Man in the Aubergine Mask | Next Magazine |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221144027/http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/man-aubergine-mask |archive-date=2013-02-21 |url-status=dead }}

O'Regan has stated that this album is more polished than Special Affections, but "I didn’t really change my approach lyrically or emotionally. I feel like they’re still conveying the same message, but just coated in a way that has a few more layers of gloss. It’s like we spent a two more hours waxing the car."{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/25/diamond-rings-free-dimensional-interview/|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity}} He attributes the album's heavier dance orientation to his unique recording set-up: "I had a sit-down desk and I got rid of it cause I started working all day on these songs and I started feeling really sluggish, like I was a banker or something. So I got rid of the desk, put my computer up, and started recording like that. And it just all has a more dance-ready feel because I was dancing when I was making it!"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/25/diamond-rings-free-dimensional-interview/|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity}}

O'Regan has compared Special Affections to Free Dimensional: "The old album is more introspective, whereas Free Dimensional seems outrospective. It's got all this energy coming out of it."{{Cite web|url=http://ionmagazine.ca/music/profiles/diamond-rings|title = Diamond Rings | ION Magazine}}