Loving and Free
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{{Infobox album
| name = Loving and Free
| type = studio
| artist = Kiki Dee
| cover = Kiki Dee - Loving and Free.jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 November 1973
| recorded = 28 April – 22 June 1973
| venue =
| studio = AIR Studios, London; Nova Sound Studios, Marble Arch, London
| genre = Pop
| length = 39:46
| label = The Rocket Record Company
| producer = Elton John, Clive Franks
| prev_title = Great Expectations
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = I've Got the Music in Me
| next_year = 1974
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = C+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Loving and Free is the third album by English singer Kiki Dee released in 1973 on The Rocket Record Company label. It was recorded at the AIR Studios and Nova Studios in London between 28 April and 22 June 1973.Album sleeve
In 1976 the title track was issued as an EP (b/w "Amoureuse") and reached No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| pages= 146–47
| isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Kiki Dee, except where noted
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Loving and Free
| length1 = 4:21
| title2 = If It Rains
| length2 = 2:46
| title3 = Lonnie & Josie
| writer3 = {{hlist|Elton John|Bernie Taupin}}
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Travellin' in Style
| writer4 = {{hlist|Tetsu Yamauchi|John Bundrick|Simon Kirke|Paul Rodgers|Paul Kossoff}}
| length4 = 3:07
| title5 = You Put Something Better Inside Me
| writer5 = {{hlist|Joe Egan|Gerry Rafferty}}
| length5 = 4:34
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Supercool
| writer6 = {{hlist|John|Taupin}}
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Rest My Head
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Amoureuse
| writer8 = {{hlist|Véronique Sanson|Gary Osborne}}
| length8 = 4:08
| title9 = Song for Adam
| writer9 = Jackson Browne
| length9 = 5:23
| title10 = Sugar on the Floor
| length10 = 4:18
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" | |
| scope="col"|Chart (1974)
!scope="col"|Peak | |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 38{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=85}} |
Personnel
- Drums - Dave Mattacks (1, 4, 5, 8), Gerry Conway (2, 7, 9, 10), Nigel Olsson (3, 6)
- Percussion - Dave Mattacks (4)
- Bass - Dee Murray (All tracks)
- Guitars - Paul Keogh (1, 2, 4, 5, 9), Davey Johnstone (3, 6, 7, 8, 10)
- Acoustic guitar - Jim Ryan (8)
- Pedal steel - B. J. Cole (7, 10)
- Electric Piano - Elton John (2, 7, 9, 10)
- Piano - Jimmy Hill (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10), Elton John (3, 6), Ronnie Leakie (8)
- Mellotron - Elton John (3, 5, 10)
- Organ - Jimmy Hill (2,9), Elton John (7)
- Saxophone - Roger Ball (4)
- Backing vocals - Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Irene & Doreen Chanter (2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10), Elton John (7)
- Orchestral arrangement - John Barnhan (1, 8)
Production
- Producers - Elton John, Clive Franks
- Engineer - Clive Franks
- Assistant Engineers - Judy Szekely, Denny Bridges
- Orchestral Engineer - Richard Dodd
- Album Photography - Steve Brown
- Album Design - David Costa
References
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Category:Albums produced by Elton John
Category:The Rocket Record Company albums
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