Forever Free (Saxon album)

Forever Free
Forever Free
Studio album by Saxon
Released	May 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Hey You Studios, Vienna, Austria, Gems Studios Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	44:11
Label	CBH/Virgin
Producer	Biff Byford, Herwig Ursin
Saxon chronology
Alternative cover
Singles from Forever Free
	"Iron Wheels / Forever Free"; Released: 31 August 1992;

Forever Free is the eleventh studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1992.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[2]

A UK version of the album features a cover of a biker Space Marine from the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame.

In 2013, Demon Music Group reissued the album digitally and on CD in the UK. This version included two bonus tracks taken from their 1996 double live album, The Eagle Has Landed – Part II. It's the last album with Graham Oliver.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forever Free"	Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Paul Quinn	4:57
2.	"Hole in the Sky"	Byford, Oliver, Quinn, Nibbs Carter	4:42
3.	"Just Wanna Make Love to You"	Willie Dixon	3:54
4.	"Get Down and Dirty"	Byford, Oliver, Nigel Glockler	5:05
5.	"Iron Wheels"	Byford, Glockler	4:12
6.	"One Step Away"	Byford, Oliver, Glockler	4:57
7.	"Can't Stop Rockin'"	Byford, Quinn	4:03
8.	"Nighthunter"	Byford, Quinn, Carter	3:22
9.	"Grind"	Byford, Oliver, Quinn	4:23
10.	"Cloud Nine"	Byford, Glockler, Carter	4:36

Bonus tracks (2013 reissue)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Princess of the Night" (Live in Germany - December 1995)	Saxon	5:15
12.	"Forever Free" (Live in Germany - December 1995)	Byford, Oliver, Quinn	4:48

Personnel

Saxon

Biff Byford - vocals
Paul Quinn - guitar
Graham Oliver - guitar
Nibbs Carter - bass guitar
Nigel Glockler - drums

Additional musicians

Gigi Skokan, Nasco - programming, keyboards

Production

Biff Byford - producer
Herwig Ursin - producer

 Austrian producer and engineer, in the late 1980s employed at Powersound Factory, Achau.

Rainer Hänsel - audio engineer
Hey You Studios, Vienna - recording location
Gems Studios Boston, Lincolnshire, England - recording location
Mastered at Hey You Production, L.A. Studio City, Blairwoodroad - mastering location

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	58

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Forever Free". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Forever Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[1] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Forever Free". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2011.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[ac_Germany4_Saxon-3] "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – Forever Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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