Freak Flag

Freak Flag is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 2011.

Brown went to Memphis and replaced all the songs save the title track in re-recording the album.

[1][2] Music critic Mark Deming wrote in his Allmusic "... these songs find him very much in his element, marrying sly but heartfelt vocals to slinky melodies that split the difference between folky simplicity and bluesy grit... here his vocals aren't as strong a vehicle for his songs as they once were.

It doesn't seem as if Brown is the least bit worried about this, but Freak Flag is one album where his take-it-or-leave-it attitude starts to fail him, at least as far as his voice is concerned.

"[1] Stuart Henderson on Popmatters called the album "a disappointing set of sleepy songwriting featuring even sleepier production values.