Live Your Life Be Free

Live Your Life Be Free is the fourth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United States in 1991 by MCA Records and in the UK by Virgin Records. This was the first of Carlisle's albums not to chart in the United States and the last album of hers to produce a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single ("Do You Feel Like I Feel?", number 73). The album fared better in the UK, where it peaked at number seven.

Carlisle co-wrote two of the tracks on the album: "Loneliness Game" and "Little Black Book" (which went to number 28 in the UK Singles Chart).

The song "You Came Out of Nowhere" begins with a sample from the opening of "Nobody Told Me", a song by John Lennon that was released in 1984.

Reception and chart performance

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C−^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

The reception of the Live Your Life Be Free album was not as good as her previous albums. Rolling Stone wrote "Carlisle merely stirs up a nostalgia for carefree girl groups singing gooey love songs – giving Live Your Life a certain giddy, pointless coherence" while for Allmusic "Live Your Life Be Free shows the singer to be capable in a variety of musical contexts, and is a pleasing listen throughout".

The album sold better outside the U.S. and managed to enter the top 10 in the U.K. where it was certified gold. Outside the U.K. the album charted No. 21 in Sweden for 10 weeks and No. 27 in Australia.

The first single release outside the U.S. was the album title track that peaked at No. 12 in the U.K, No. 16 in Sweden and No. 13 in Australia. In the U.S. the first single to be released was "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" which was the last Carlisle single to enter the U.S. top 100.

Live Your Life Be Free Re-released on August 26, 2013 in a 2CD+DVD casebook edition from Edsel Recording ( EDSG 8027 ) featuring the original album RE-MASTERED, the single versions, remixes and B-sides. The DVD will feature the videos from the album and an exclusive interview with Belinda, discussing the album.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley	5:14
2.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley	5:09
3.	"Half the World"	Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley	4:23
4.	"You Came Out of Nowhere"	Nowels, David Munday	4:10
5.	"You're Nothing Without Me"	Nowels	3:55
6.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad	4:39
7.	"Emotional Highway"	Nowels, Shipley	5:20
8.	"Little Black Book"	Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle	4:14
9.	"Love Revolution"	Nowels	5:09
10.	"World of Love"	Charlotte Caffey, Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald	4:13
11.	"Loneliness Game"	Pressly, Carlisle	4:40

2013 Remastered Deluxe version

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Live Your Life Be Free"	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley		5:14
2.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"	Nowels, Shipley		5:09
3.	"Half the World"	Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley		4:23
4.	"You Came Out of Nowhere"	Nowels, David Munday		4:10
5.	"You're Nothing Without Me"	Nowels		3:55
6.	"I Plead Insanity"	Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad		4:39
7.	"Emotional Highway"	Nowels, Shipley		5:20
8.	"Little Black Book"	Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle		4:14
9.	"Love Revolution"	Nowels		5:09
10.	"World of Love"	Charlotte Caffey, Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald		4:13
11.	"Loneliness Game"	Pressly, Carlisle		4:40
12.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (Single Edit)	Nowels, Shipley		4:22
13.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Single Edit)	Nowels, Shipley		4:14
14.	"I Plead Insanity" (Single Mix)	Nowels, Munday, Kushla Prasad		4:11
15.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (Radio Edit)	Nowels, Shipley		4:20

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (Club Mix)	Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley		5:31
2.	"Little Black Book" (Little Black Mix)	Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle		5:16
3.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Dance Mix)	Nowels, Shipley		5:33
4.	"I Plead Insanity" (Extended 12″)	Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad		6:12
5.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (Extended)	Nowels, Shipley		5:47
6.	"Little Black Book" (Belinda’s in the House Mix)	Feldman, Detroit, Carlisle		4:56
7.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (House Mix)	Nowels, Shipley		6:09
8.	"I Plead Insanity" (Remix/Dub Mix)	Nowels, Munday, Prasad		4:51
9.	"Only a Dream" (B-side)	Caffey, Carlisle, Feldman		3:10
10.	"The Air You Breathe" (B-side)	Donna Weiss, David White		4:29

Disc three DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Live Your Life Be Free" (Video)	4:28
2.	"Do You Feel Like I Feel" (Video)	4:10
3.	"Half The World" (Video)	4:15
4.	"I Plead Insanity" (Video)	4:07
5.	"Little Black Book" (Video)	4:16
6.	"Interview with Belinda conducted by Mark Goodier"	8:11

Charts and certifications

Peak Positions

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[5]	27
Canadian Albums Chart^[6]	80
Japanese Albums Chart^[7]	32
Swedish Albums Chart^[8]	21
Swiss Albums Chart^[9]	32
UK Albums Chart^[10]	7

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)^[11]	Gold	100,000
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Album credits

Production

Rick Nowels - producer
Richard Feldman - producer
Eric Pressly - producer
David Munday - producer
Sheryl Crow - background vocals

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ Rolling Stone review
↑ http://theseconddisc.com/2013/06/04/shes-got-the-beat-demon-music-group-acquires-belinda-carlisle-solo-catalogue/#more-19827
↑ "Live Your Life Be Free - Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
↑ "Canada Chart Position". Retrieved November 23, 2006.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120818032659/http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/ranking_list.asp?itemcd=297561&samecd=1&chart_kbn=11A&linkcd=30017847. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Live Your Life Be Free - Sweden chart run". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
↑ "Live Your Life Be Free - Swiss chart run". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
↑ "Live Your Life Be Free - UK chart run". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
↑ "British album certifications – belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Live Your Life Be Free in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search

Belinda Carlisle

Studio albums	Belinda Heaven on Earth Runaway Horses Live Your Life Be Free Real A Woman and a Man Voila

Compilations	The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits The Collection

Singles	"Mad About You" "I Feel the Magic" "Band of Gold" "Since You've Gone" "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" "I Get Weak" "Circle in the Sand" "I Feel Free" "World Without You" "Love Never Dies" "Leave a Light On" "La Luna" "Summer Rain" "Runaway Horses" "Vision of You" "(We Want) the Same Thing" "Live Your Life Be Free" "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" "Half the World" "Little Black Book" "Big Scary Animal" "Lay Down Your Arms" "In Too Deep" "Always Breaking My Heart" "Love in the Key of C" "California" "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" "All God's Children" "Sun" "Goodbye Just Go"

Related articles	Discography The Go-Go's The Go-Go's discography Rick Nowels Ellen Shipley

Book:Belinda Carlisle

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