# Free the Music
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{{Infobox album
| name = Free the Music
| type = studio
| artist = [Jerrod Niemann](/source/Jerrod_Niemann)
| cover = FreetheMusic.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|10|2}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length = 41:30
| label = [Sea Gayle Music](/source/Sea_Gayle_Music)/[Arista Nashville](/source/Arista_Nashville)
| producer = {{hlist|[Dave Brainard](/source/Dave_Brainard)|Jerrod Niemann}}
| prev_title = [Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury](/source/Judge_Jerrod_%26_the_Hung_Jury)
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = [High Noon](/source/High_Noon_(Jerrod_Niemann_album))
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Free the Music
| type = studio
| single1 = [Shinin' on Me](/source/Shinin'_on_Me)
| single1date = April 9, 2012
| single2 = [Only God Could Love You More](/source/Only_God_Could_Love_You_More)
| single2date = October 29, 2012
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=''Free the Music'' review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002412005|pure_url=yes}}|work=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)|accessdate=October 2, 2012}}]
}}
'''''Free the Music''''' is the fourth and second major-label studio album by American [country music](/source/country_music) artist [Jerrod Niemann](/source/Jerrod_Niemann). It was released on October 2, 2012, via [Sea Gayle Music](/source/Sea_Gayle_Music) and [Arista Nashville](/source/Arista_Nashville).[{{cite news|last=Rantala|first=Caitlin|title=Niemann Announces Sophomore Album Release Date|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/06/niemann-announces-sophomore-album-release-date/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=[MusicRow](/source/MusicRow)|date=June 7, 2012}}][{{cite news|last=Wyland|first=Sarah|title=Jerrod Niemann Reveals Album Cover for Free The Music|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/08/13/jerrod-niemann-reveals-album-cover-for-free-the-music/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=[Great American Country](/source/Great_American_Country)|date=August 13, 2012}}] Niemann co-produced the album and wrote or co-wrote all twelve tracks.[{{cite news|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|title=Jerrod Niemann Reveals 'Free the Music' Cover and Track Listing|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/jerrod-niemann-free-the-music-cover-track-listing/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=August 11, 2012}}][{{cite news|last=Darden|first=Beville|title=Jerrod Niemann - 'Free the Music' Cover, Track List Revealed|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/08/10/jerrod-niemann-free-the-music-cover-track-list/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=The Boot|date=August 10, 2012}}] The album features a duet with [Colbie Caillat](/source/Colbie_Caillat), "All About You."[{{cite news|last=Duvall|first=Erin|title=Jerrod Niemann, 'Free the Music' Album Due in October|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/06/07/jerrod-niemann-free-the-music-album/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=The Boot|date=June 7, 2012}}][{{cite news|last=Wyland|first=Sarah|title=Jerrod Niemann to Release Free The Music on October 2|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2012/06/07/jerrod-niemann-to-release-free-the-music-on-october-2/|accessdate=September 6, 2012|newspaper=[Great American Country](/source/Great_American_Country)|date=June 7, 2012}}]
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Free the Music'' track listing
| title1 = Free the Music
| writer1 = [Jerrod Niemann](/source/Jerrod_Niemann)
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Whiskey Kind of Way
| writer2 = Niemann, [Randy Boudreaux](/source/Randy_Boudreaux)
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Get On Up
| writer3 = Niemann, J. R. McCoy, Jesse Clingan
| length3 = 3:19
| title4 = I'll Have to Kill the Pain
| writer4 = Niemann, McCoy, Arlos Smith
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = [Only God Could Love You More](/source/Only_God_Could_Love_You_More)
| writer5 = Niemann, Jon Stone, [Lee Brice](/source/Lee_Brice)
| length5 = 3:29
| title6 = [Shinin' on Me](/source/Shinin'_on_Me)
| writer6 = Niemann, Rob Hatch, Brice, Lance Miller
| length6 = 3:14
| title7 = Honky Tonk Fever
| writer7 = Niemann
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = Guessing Games
| writer8 = Niemann, McCoy
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = It Won't Matter Anymore
| writer9 = Niemann, Hatch, Miller
| length9 = 2:49
| title10 = All About You
| note10 = featuring [Colbie Caillat](/source/Colbie_Caillat)
| writer10 = Niemann, Richie Brown
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Real Women Drink Beer
| writer11 = Niemann, Houston Phillips
| length11 = 3:11
| title12 = Fraction of a Man
| writer12 = Niemann
| length12 = 4:15
}}
==Personnel==
* [Dave Brainard](/source/Dave_Brainard) – [upright bass](/source/upright_bass), bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards, [percussion](/source/percussion)
* Taryn Brainard – background vocals
* [Colbie Caillat](/source/Colbie_Caillat) – background vocals on "All About You"
* Cliff Canterbury – background vocals
* Devri DePriest – [French horn](/source/French_horn)
* Will Doughty – piano, keyboards, [Hammond B-3 organ](/source/Hammond_B-3_organ)
* Dustin Evans – pitched beer bottles
* John Christopher Hamm – trumpet
* William Elliott – trombone
* Chris Estes – reggae drums
* Rob Hatch – background vocals
* Byron House – upright bass
* Bill Huber – [tuba](/source/tuba)
* Tim Lauer – [accordion](/source/accordion)
* David Mahurin – drums
* J.R. McCoy – percussion, [congas](/source/congas), finger snaps, hand claps
* Lance Miller – background vocals
* Travis Mobley – piano, [Wurlitzer electric piano](/source/Wurlitzer_electric_piano)
* Natalie Murphy – violin
* [Jerrod Niemann](/source/Jerrod_Niemann) – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
* Tim Teague – acoustic B-bender guitar, electric guitar
* Carl Utterstom – trombone
* Karl Wingruber – saxophone, [clarinet](/source/clarinet)
==Chart performance==
===Album===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Free the Music''
! Chart (2012)
! Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"| US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)[{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com#/album/jerrod-niemann/free-the-music/1687279|title=Chart listing for ''Free The Music''|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}]
| align="center"| 62
|-
! scope="row"| US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Top Country Albums](/source/Top_Country_Albums)