Set Us Free

Set Us Free is the fifth album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Set Us Free
Studio album by
Reuben Wilson
Released1971
RecordedJuly 23, 1971
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length31:36
LabelBlue Note
ProducerGeorge Butler
Reuben Wilson chronology
A Groovy Situation
(1970)		 Set Us Free
(1971)		 The Sweet Life
(1972)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "it's a wildly textured and seamless aural meld of gritty B-3 jams, smooth yet psychedelic soul, rock, pop, and funk... somehow, this ambitious, lushly orchestrated album not only sounds current, but still ahead of its time. Highly recommended".[2] The song "We're in Love" has been sampled multiple times, most famously by DJ Premier on Nas' 1994 debut album Illmatic in the song "Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)". It was also sampled in the song "I Ain't the Damn One" by rapper Scientifik.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted

  1. "Set Us Free" (Eddie Harris) - 5:10
  2. "We're in Love" - 3:30
  3. "Sho-Nuff Mellow" - 4:34
  4. "Mr. Big Stuff" (Joseph Broussard, Carol Washington, Ralph Williams) - 4:36
  5. "Right on with This Mess" (W. Marcus Bey) - 4:32
  6. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye) - 3:41
  7. "Tom's Thumb" - 5:33
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 23, 1971.

Personnel
gollark: Any opinions on my theory of what's going on with the pricing? Basically, I said that if extra dragons are introduced to the total but not the rest of the system (golds, whatever else), then rarer stuff's ratios will be affected more than common stuff, so the gold pricing goes crazy and nebulae stay the same.
gollark: 3.
gollark: My theory of what's up, copied from the forum thread:If many new eggs are being introduced to the system, then that will most affect the stuff which is rarest, by making it rarer by comparison, but commons will stay the same. As for why it happened now? Weekly updates, possibly.Example:Imagine there are 200 dragons, 5 of which are golds.The ratio of golds to total dragons is now 5:200 = 1:40. If the target ratio is 1:50 then prices will be higher to compensate.Now imagine there are an extra 200 dragons added, none of which are golds.The ratio would then be 5:400 = 1:80. Then, assuming the same target, prices will drop.This is of course simplified, and the ratios may not work like this, but this matches observed behavior pretty well.
gollark: That why was rhetorical.
gollark: As I said on the forums:```That makes sense. If many new eggs are being introduced to the system, then that will most affect the stuff which is rarest, by making it rarer by comparison, but commons will stay the same. As for why it happened now? Weekly updates, possibly.```

References
  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed December 1, 2010
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010
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