Fragments of Freedom

Fragments of Freedom is the third studio album by English electronic music group Morcheeba, which was released in 2000. It was one of their most successful albums in terms of chart sales. Special versions of the CD contained a short CD-ROM video of the 'Making of Fragments of Freedom' and also music videos.

Reception

NME declared Fragments to be "an enduring monument to quiet goodness", while The A.V. Club considered it to have "fine and adventurous" songs that "are more than worthy of the band's legacy", but noted that the wide variety of styles between individual tracks means that it "never quite builds up artistic momentum."

Pitchfork, however, criticised the album's contents as "no less flat, smooth, or mass-produced than its jewel case", stating that there was "skill and craft" but no "personality or creativity", and that the backup singers make it more difficult to enjoy Skye Edwards' voice; similarly, Robert Christgau rated the album a "dud".

Track listing

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

1. Morcheeba
2. Freedom in Fragments
3. Rome Wasn't Built in a Day (song)
4. Party for Freedom
5. Bahamadia
6. Big Calm
7. 2000 in music
8. Freedom isn't free
9. The Freedom Theatre
10. The People of Freedom
11. Charango (album)
12. Iraq War
13. Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments
14. Philosophical Fragments
15. Literary fragment
16. Dead Sea Scrolls
17. Palestinian freedom of movement
18. Ossian
19. List of UK top-ten albums in 2000
20. List of The First 48 episodes