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'{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Sweet Freedom | Type = compilation | Artist = [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]] | Released = {{start date|1986}} | Cover = Michael_McDonald_Sweet_Freedom_album_cover.jpg | Genre = [[Popular Music|Pop]] | Length = | Producer = | Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | Last album = ''[[No Lookin' Back]]''<br />(1985) | This album = '''''Sweet Freedom'''''<br />(1986) | Next album = ''[[Take It to Heart]]''<br />(1990) }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-freedom-the-best-of-michael-mcdonald-mw0000099762|title=Sweet Freedom: The Best of Michael McDonald - Michael McDonald - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=20 September 2017}}</ref> }} '''''Sweet Freedom''''' (also known as '''''Sweet Freedom – The Best of Michael McDonald''''' in some countries) is a [[compilation album]] by American singer and songwriter [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]], released in 1986 on the [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] label. It reached #6 in the [[UK Albums Chart]]. The album includes singles and album tracks from McDonald's first two solo albums, ''[[If That's What It Takes (album)|If That's What It Takes]]'' (1982) and ''[[No Lookin' Back]]'' (1985), along with duets with [[James Ingram]] ("[[Yah Mo B There]]"), [[Patti LaBelle]] ("[[On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)|On My Own]]") and one song from when McDonald was lead singer of the rock band [[The Doobie Brothers]] ("[[What a Fool Believes]]"). The album's title track, "[[Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald song)|Sweet Freedom]]", was a newly recorded song and featured on the [[soundtrack]] to the 1986 film ''[[Running Scared (1986 film)|Running Scared]]''. ==Track listing== #"[[Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald song)|Sweet Freedom]]" <small>([[Rod Temperton]])</small> - 4:04 #"(I’ll Be Your) Angel" <small>(Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino)</small> - 3:48 #"[[Yah Mo B There]]" – with [[James Ingram]] <small>(James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton, [[Quincy Jones]])</small> - 4:29 #"I Gotta Try" <small>(Michael McDonald, [[Kenny Loggins]])</small> - 3:49 #"[[I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)|I Keep Forgettin’]]" <small>([[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]], Adpt. Michael McDonald and [[Ed Sanford]])</small> - 3:39 #"Our Love (Remix)" <small>(Michael McDonald, [[David Pack]])</small> - 4:18 #"[[On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)|On My Own]]" – with [[Patti LaBelle]] <small>([[Burt Bacharach]], [[Carole Bayer Sager]])</small> - 4:39 #"[[No Lookin' Back (song)|No Looking Back]]" <small>(Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Ed Sanford)</small> - 3:54 #"Any Foolish Thing" <small>(Michael McDonald, Chuck Sabatino)</small> - 4:22 #"That’s Why" <small>(Michael McDonald, [[Randy Goodrum]])</small> - 4:22 #"[[What a Fool Believes]]" – with [[The Doobie Brothers]] <small>(Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins)</small> - 3:40 #"I Can Let Go Now" <small>(Michael McDonald)</small> - 2:53 ==Production== * Track 1 produced by [[Rod Temperton]], [[Richard Rudolph|Dick Rudolph]] and [[Bruce Swedien]]. * Tracks 2, 6, 8 & 9 produced by Michael McDonald and [[Ted Templeman]]; Engineered and mixed by Ross Pallone. * Track 3 produced by [[Quincy Jones]] for Quincy Jones Productions. * Tracks 4, 5, 10 & 12 produced by Ted Templeman and [[Lenny Waronker]]. * Track 6 remixed by [[Humberto Gatica]] * Track 7 produced and arranged by [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Carole Bayer Sager]]; Executive Producer – [[Patti LaBelle]]. * Track 11 produced by Ted Templeman; Engineered by [[Donn Landee]]. * Album digitally remastered by Lee Herschberg * This compilation produced 1986 by WEA International Inc. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Michael McDonald}} [[Category:1986 compilation albums]] [[Category:Michael McDonald (singer) albums]] [[Category:Warner Bros. Records compilation albums]]'