Set Me Free is a 2014 album by Jennifer Knapp, released on Righteous Babe Records.[4] The folk rock album is the second full length released by Knapp after a public declaration that she is a lesbian and choosing to market her music outside of the Christian music industry.[5] The album has received positive reviews.
Production
She initially came out in 2010 and released Letting Go.[6] The album was created at the same time as Knapp's memoir Facing the Music and the creation of the non-profit Inside Out Faith, which seeks to bridge the gap between sexual minorities and religious communities.[4] The album includes semi-autobiographical material about Knapp's coming out[6] as well as her life growing up in Kansas[7] and some of the material written on the record dates back to 2007.[5]
Reception
The editorial staff of AllMusic gave the album a 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Timothy Monger calling the album "rustic [and] introspective", praising the diversity of the songwriting as "a mix of dark, introspective ballads awash with country and blues tones as well a couple of flat-out barnburners".[3]Metro Weekly writer Chris Gerard compares the music favorably to Emmylou Harris, Sarah McLachlan, and Lucinda Williams, characterizing it as "an engaging collection of melodic folk-rock".[8]
Track listing
All songs written by Jennifer Knapp, except where noted
"Remedy" – 3:35
"Set Me Free" – 3:04
"Why Wait" – 3:13
"Neosho" – 3:37
"What Might Have Been" – 4:50
"Mercy's Tree" – 2:57
"The Tale" – 5:30
"So Happy" – 3:38
"The End" (Amy Courts and Knapp) – 2:44
"Sweet Love" (Anita Baker, Gary Anthony Bias, and Louis A. Johnson) – 3:11
