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Desire for Freedom

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Released
  
1986

Length
  
39:54

Artist
  
Jim Diamond

Label
  
A&M Records

Producers
  
Jim Diamond, Paul Wickens

Recorded
  
1986

Desire for Freedom (1986)
  
Jim Diamond (1988)

Release date
  
1986

Genre
  
Pop rock

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Similar
  
Double Crossed, Sugarolly Days, Souled and Healed, The Best of Jim Diamond, Jim Diamond

Desire for Freedom was singer/songwriter Jim Diamond's second studio album. Released in 1986 it featured a wide range of styles such as heartfelt ballads and stirring rockers. Singles that came from this album were "Hi Ho Silver", "Young Love (Carry Me Away)", "Desire" and "So Strong". It is currently out of print, though most tracks appear on The Best of Jim Diamond.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jim Diamond and Paul "Wix" Wickens; except where indicated

  1. "Desire"
  2. "So Strong"
  3. "Young Love (Carry Me Away)"
  4. "My Weakness Is You"
  5. "I Can't Stop"
  6. "Maybe One Day"
  7. "Hi Ho Silver" (Jim Diamond, Chris Parren)
  8. "Judy's Not That Tough" (Jim Diamond, Alan Gorrie)
  9. "You'll Go Crazy"

Personnel

  • Jim Diamond - vocals
  • Phil Palmer, Robbie McIntosh - guitar
  • Graham Lyle - acoustic guitar
  • John McKenzie - bass
  • Paul "Wix" Wickens - keyboards
  • Tony Beard, Tony Hicks - drums
  • Gary Barnacle, Dick Morrissey - saxophone
  • Pandit Dinesh - percussion
  • Gavyn Wright - violin
  • Mark Felton - harmonica
  • Pete Thoms - trombone
  • Luke Tanny - trumpet
  • Chris Thompson, Katie Kissoon, Lance Ellington, Sammy Brown, Vicki Brown - background vocals

    • References

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