# Free Form Patterns

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Free Form Patterns
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins)
| cover      = Free Form Patterns.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1968
| recorded   = February 1, 1968
| venue      =
| studio     = International Artists Studio, Houston, TX
| genre      = [Blues](/source/Blues)
| length     = 43:11
| label      = [International Artists](/source/International_Artists)<br />{{small|IA LP 6}}
| producer   = [Lelan Rogers](/source/Lelan_Rogers)
| chronology = [Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins)
| prev_title = [Talkin' Some Sense](/source/Talkin'_Some_Sense)
| prev_year  = 1968
| next_title = [The Great Electric Show and Dance](/source/The_Great_Electric_Show_and_Dance)
| next_year  = 1969
}}

'''''Free Form Patterns''''' (also released as ''Reflections'') is an album by the blues musician [Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins) backed by the rhythm section of [the 13th Floor Elevators](/source/the_13th_Floor_Elevators), recorded in Texas in 1968 and released on the [International Artists](/source/International_Artists) label.<ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/texas/internationalartists.html Both Sides Now: International Artists Album Discography] accessed November 13, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.wirz.de/music/hopkins.htm Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography] accessed November 13, 2018</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140617142136/http://www.internationalartistsrecords.com/lightnin_hopkins_free_form_patterns.html International Artists Records: album details]}} accessed November 13, 2018</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
| rev3 = ''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)''
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RecordCollector"/>
| rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Blues_Recordings)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin Guide" />
}}
[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'s Al Campbell stated: "While not as revolutionary as [John Lee Hooker's sessions with Canned Heat](/source/Hooker_'n_Heat), ''Free Form Patterns'' steers clear of the late-'60s psychedelic trappings that screwed up such similar sessions as ''[Electric Mud](/source/Electric_Mud)''. No one tried to bend Hopkins to fit a foreign musical approach on ''Free Form Patterns''; he made the music bend to him".<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|first=Al |last=Campbell |class=album |id=mw0000270617 |title= Lightnin' Hopkins: ''Free Form Patterns'' – Review |accessdate= November 13, 2018}}</ref> ''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)'' observed that "''Free Form Patterns'' isn't some hippy hybrid, it's a pure blues album – actually, scrub that; it's a pure Lightnin’ Hopkins album".<ref name=RecordCollector>[https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/free-form-patterns Record Collector Review] accessed November 13, 2018</ref> ''[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Blues_Recordings)'' wrote: "Despite these interpolations it's a rather lacklustre affair".<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Russell|first = Tony|author2= Smith, Chris|title = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings|year = 2006|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-140-51384-4|pages = 282}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins except where noted
# "Mr. Charlie" – 7:02
# "Give Me Time to Think" – 3:49
# "Fox Chase" ([Billy Bizor](/source/Billy_Bizor), Marty Rubenstein) – 2:53
# "Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store" – 5:30
# "Open Up Your Door" – 3:54
# "Baby Child" (Bizor, Rubenstein) – 3:35
# "Cooking's Done" – 3:48
# "Got Her Letter This Morning" – 4:57
# "Rain Falling" – 4:33
# "Mini Skirt" – 3:10

==Personnel==
===Performance===
*[Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins) – electric guitar, vocals 
*Duke Davis – bass
*[Danny Thomas](/source/Danny_Thomas_(musician)) – drums
*[Billy Bizor](/source/Billy_Bizor) – harmonica and vocals

===Production===
*[Lelan Rogers](/source/Lelan_Rogers) – producer
*Jim Duff – [engineer](/source/audio_engineer)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Lightnin' Hopkins}}
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Category:Lightnin' Hopkins albums
Category:1968 albums
Category:International Artists albums

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