• Record Label: Omnivore
  • Release Date: Jan 10, 2012
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Mar 28, 2012
    90
    Sure, it's messy, but Alex Chilton always was--it's also some of his richest and best music, and it's never sounded better than it does on Free Again: The 1970 Sessions.
  2. Mar 28, 2012
    80
    These sessions are a timely reminder of the musician and the man Chilton wanted to become: the musician who would provide us a sense of magic through a lifetime of perseverance.
  3. Mar 28, 2012
    78
    it's more like an endpoint for devoted fans looking to connect the dots. As such, it provides a fascinating coming-of-age story of an artist who came into his own playing styles he knew he loved and others he only thought he hated.
  4. Apr 6, 2012
    90
    Free Again: The 1970 Sessions shows Chilton working in top form in a wide variety of genres; it's as good as anything Chilton recorded-including his Big Star albums.
  5. Mar 28, 2012
    70
    Free Again finds Chilton, not yet 20, in fast bloom.
  6. Mar 28, 2012
    63
    The tracks are re-released here, along with some extras, and mostly betray a songwriter still finding his own voice.
  7. Uncut
    May 31, 2012
    90
    These cuts are glorious on their own merits. [Jun 2012, p.92]
  8. Mar 28, 2012
    70
    Despite it's somewhat all-over-the-place vibe, Free Again is a terrific document of Chilton, free again after The Box Tops and on the road to bigger and better.

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