# Free Dimensional

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***Free Dimensional***, released on October 23, 2012, is the second and final studio album from Canadian musician [Diamond Rings](/source/Diamond_Rings_(musician)) (real name: John O'Regan).

According to O'Regan, his Diamond Rings persona exists "to sort of smash that kind of tendency that I think we all have to sort of hide behind ourselves. And I think this record's probably, or definitely, my strongest statement that I've made to date."[1] He also says a big part of this album was "becoming more comfortable as a musician and a composer and an arranger", and "I felt like I really stepped up as a singer with this album, and I’m really proud of that.”[2]

O'Regan has stated that this album is more polished than *[Special Affections](/source/Special_Affections)*, but "I didn’t really change my approach lyrically or emotionally. I feel like they’re still conveying the same message, but just coated in a way that has a few more layers of gloss. It’s like we spent a two more hours waxing the car."[3] He attributes the album's heavier dance orientation to his unique recording set-up: "I had a sit-down desk and I got rid of it cause I started working all day on these songs and I started feeling really sluggish, like I was a banker or something. So I got rid of the desk, put my computer up, and started recording like that. And it just all has a more dance-ready feel because I was dancing when I was making it!"[4]

O'Regan has compared *Special Affections* to *Free Dimensional*: "The old album is more introspective, whereas Free Dimensional seems outrospective. It's got all this energy coming out of it."[5]

## References

1. ["Yahoo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200927030445/http://www.spinner.ca/2012/11/22/diamond-rings-modesty/). Archived from [the original](http://www.spinner.ca/2012/11/22/diamond-rings-modesty/) on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2012-12-05.

1. ["Man in the Aubergine Mask | Next Magazine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130221144027/http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/man-aubergine-mask). Archived from [the original](http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/man-aubergine-mask) on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

1. ["News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity"](http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/25/diamond-rings-free-dimensional-interview/)

1. ["News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity"](http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/25/diamond-rings-free-dimensional-interview/)

1. ["Diamond Rings | ION Magazine"](http://ionmagazine.ca/music/profiles/diamond-rings)

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