Freedom, Love and the Recuperation of the Human Mind is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Ben Lee.

"[2]Lee also claimed in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald that the album was the sparsest he had made in his career to-date, with inspiration from folk music traditions and lyrics revolving around concepts such as domestic bliss with his wife, Ione Skye, and advice to his children: "We like to schlep the kids around with us while we're doing things, whether it's Ione directing or me playing.

We want them to see us working and being passionate about things .The media sells this idea that the goal of life is to get to the point where it's a nice holiday, as opposed to the goal of your life being to become passionately engaged"[3]Freedom, Love and the Recuperation of the Human Mind was rated at three-out-of-five stars by Rolling Stone (Australia)'s Jaymz Clements, who explained, "Lee walks a blurred line of dewey-eyed idealistic optimism and insufferable pretension, but his transition from precocious pop maestro to folksy 'adult' pop has been quietly impressive.

"[4] Music Feeds' Mike Honen observed, "International tensions are at an all-time high, the environment is evaporating before us and the weather is so inconsistent none of us know what to wear.

"[5] Craig Mathieson of The Sydney Morning Herald felt, "Influenced by the folk music tradition, it's the sparsest album Lee has made, with the lyrics in the foreground.