Freedom's Road

Freedom's Road
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2007
RecordedJune–October 2006
Genre
Length48:46
LabelUniversal South
ProducerJohn Mellencamp
John Mellencamp chronology
Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits
(2004)
Freedom's Road
(2007)
Life, Death, Love and Freedom
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyC+
Los Angeles Times
Music Box
NeuFutur(6.2/10)
The Phoenix
PopMatters
Rolling Stone
Stylus MagazineC+
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Freedom's Road is the 19th studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp, released in 2007. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 5 in late January 2007, becoming the highest debuting album of Mellencamp's career. The song "Our Country" received significant exposure prior to the release of the album, as it was featured in frequently-aired commercials for Chevrolet trucks. The country band Little Big Town provides background vocals on eight songs on the album, including "Our Country."

Mellencamp intended for Freedom's Road to have a 1960s rock sound while still remaining contemporary, and he feels that goal was achieved. "We wanted to make sure that it had the same feeling of some of the great songs from the '60s but also had the message of today and had the backbeat of today. I think we came up with a pretty timeless sounding album," Mellencamp told his online radio station in late 2006.