Free Lancing

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated that "it's Ulmer's stinging guitar lines — rough-hewn, corrosive, and scrabbling — throughout this recording that make it one of his finest".Olewnick, B. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149262|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed July 9, 2010

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| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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Trouser Press described both Free Lancing and the subsequent Black Rock as "technical masterpieces, making up in precision what they lack in emotion (as compared to Are You Glad to Be in America?). Working to expand his audience, Ulmer concentrates more on electric guitar flash, and actual melodies can be discerned from the improvised song structures (improvisation being one of the keys to harmolodics)."{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=james_blood_ulmer |title=James Blood Ulmer |first=Peter |last=Margasak |author-link=Peter Margasak |author2=Graham Flashner |year=2007 |work=Trouser Press |publisher=Trouser Press LLC |access-date=July 28, 2010}}

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. "Timeless" – 4:22
2. "Pleasure Control" – 5:00
3. "Night Lover" – 5:22
4. "Where Did All the Girls Come From?" – 4:38
5. "High Time" – 4:00
6. "Hijack" –
7. "Free Lancing" – 4:42
8. "Stand Up to Yourself" – 4:37
9. "Rush Hour" – 5:32
10. "Happy Time" – 5:11

• James Blood Ulmer – electric guitar; vocals (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Amin Ali – electric bass
• G. Calvin Weston – drums
• Ronnie Drayton – second guitar (2, 4 & 8)
• Diane Wilson, Irene Datcher, Zenobia Konkerite – background vocals (2, 4 & 8)
• David Murray – tenor saxophone (5, 6 & 9)
• Oliver Lake – alto saxophone (5, 6 & 9)
• Olu Dara – trumpet (5, 6 & 9)

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