Free Peace Sweet

Free Peace Sweet is the third studio album by Dodgy. The track "Homegrown" was given the same name as the band's previous album.

Free Peace Sweet
Studio album by Dodgy
Released	17 June 1996
Recorded	Wessex Sound Studios Battery Studios Orinoco Studios
Genre	Britpop, indie
Length	1:04:28
Label	A&M
Producer	Hugh Jones
Dodgy chronology
Homegrown (1994) Free Peace Sweet (1996) Real Estate (2001)

Release

It was released on 17 June 1996[1] through A&M.[2] The vinyl version has two extra songs: "Is It Me" and "Grateful Moon". The album's title is a pun on three-piece suite. Mercury was planning on releasing the album in the US in March 1997, before being pushed back to May to eventually being shelved.[2] Dodgy's co-manager Dave Crompton commented that Mercury planned on releasing a single first but the band was against it, saying: "We think their attitude was, 'We'll put it out and see what happens,' and we said, 'We want to have a career. We've got one in England and Europe, and we want one in the U.S. as well.'"[2] The band eventually parted ways with Mercury. Crompton and partner Andrew Winters were aiming to find a new label to release the album in the summer.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Free Peace Sweet charted at number 7 in the UK.[4] By March 1997, the album had sold 400,000 copies in the UK.[2] The album spawned four UK top 20 singles: "In a Room" (No. 12), "Good Enough" (No. 4), "If You're Thinking of Me" (No. 11) and "Found You" (No. 19).

Track listing

All songs written by Nigel Clark, Mathew Priest and Andy Miller.[5]

1. "Intro" – 0:47
2. "In a Room" – 4:15
3. "Trust in Time" – 2:41
4. "You've Gotta Look Up" – 5:29
5. "If You're Thinking of Me" – 5:53
6. "Good Enough" – 4:01
7. "Ain't No Longer Asking" – 6:04
8. "Found You" – 4:54
9. "One of Those Rivers" – 7:43
10. "Prey for Drinking" – 3:07
11. "Jack the Lad" – 3:40
12. "Long Life" – 4:47
13. "U.K.R.I.P." – 5:08
14. "Homegrown" – 5:52

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[5]

Dodgy Nigel Clark – lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Mathew Priest – drums, percussion, backing vocals Andy Miller – lead guitar, slide guitar, sitar, backing vocals Additional musicians Richard Payne – keyboards Jerome de Pietro – additional programming and remixing on interludes and track 1 Janet Ramus – additional vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 10 Michele Douglas – additional vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 10 The Kick Horns: Tim Sanders – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14 Neil Sidwell – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14 Roddy Lorimer – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14 Simon Clarke – brass on tracks 2, 6, 11 and 14 Nick Ingman – string arranger on tracks 5, 9 and 12 Tim Kent – banjo on track 9 Teena Lyle – vibraphone on track 4

Production Hugh Jones – producer, mixing Robin Evans – engineer Helen Woodward – mix engineer Ian Cooper – mastering Crispin Murray – digital editing Chris 'Namaste' Priest – design Derrick 'Coolio' Santini – photography

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	7

References

1. Select Magazine July 1996
2. Newman, Melinda (29 March 1997). "Mercury Dodges Releasing Dodgy Album; Compilation Lands on 'Mars'". Billboard. 109 (13): 16. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
3. Free Peace Sweet at AllMusic
4. "DODGY | full Official Chart History". officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
5. Free Peace Sweet (Booklet). Dodgy. A&M. 1996. 540 573 - 2 [11]/540 573 - 2.CS1 maint: others (link)