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Land of the Free is the national anthem of Belize. The words were written by Samuel Alfred Haynes and the music by Selwyn Walford Young in 1963. It was officially adopted in 1981.
Land of the Free is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 1995. Continuing a trend that would conclude with the band's fifth studio release, the lineup for the album was different from the previous one, as Land of the Free was the first Gamma Ray album to be released since the departure of Ralf Scheepers, leaving Kai Hansen to take up lead vocals. While not his first stint as a vocalist (Hansen had sung lead for Helloween until 1987 and had also recorded lead vocals on "Heal Me" from Insanity and Genius), it would be the first time he had performed lead vocals exclusively in 8 years.
Additionally, bassist Jan Rubach was to swap positions with guitarist Dirk Schlächter. Rubach initially agreed, but then resisted making the move. Rubach and drummer Thomas Nack instead decided to leave Gamma Ray. Rubach left towards the tail end of Men on a Tour; Schlächter took over the bass duties and Henjo Richter took over as the second guitarist. Nack would complete the tour and then leave, with both Rubach and Nack rejoining their former band Anesthesia.
Michael Kiske (ex- Helloween) and Hansi Kürsch ( Blind Guardian) were featured on the album as guest vocalists.
The track "Afterlife" was written as a tribute to Ingo Schwichtenberg, Kai Hansen's former bandmate in Helloween, who committed suicide prior to the album's release.
Along with most of the band's past catalogue, the album was re-released in 2003 with a different cover and expanded track list which featured three tracks that had either appeared as bonuses on various editions of the album (namely "Heavy Metal Mania", which was a Japanese bonus track on the original release) or were unreleased tracks.
" Land of the Free" is the national anthem of Belize.
Land of the Free may also refer to:
- A phrase in the The Star-Spangled Banner, sometimes used to refer to the United States
- Land of the Free (Gamma Ray album), 1995
- Land of the Free (Martin Zobel album), 2012
- Land of the Free?, a 2001 album by Pennywise, a California punk rock band
- Land of the Free (film), a 1998 film featuring William Shatner
- Land of the Free (novel), a 2014 book by American author Woodrow Landfair
Land of the Free is a 1998 film directed by Jerry Jameson and starring Jeff Speakman and William Shatner.
Land of the Free is the latest studio album by a German reggae singer Martin Zobel and his band Soulrise. It was released on May 18, 2012 in Europe and ranked in #1 on German Amazon Reggae Charts.
In the United States, "Land of the Free" was released on June 19th, 2012 under VPAL/IRIE VIBRATION RECORDS.
Fully Fullwood, a legendary Jamaican roots reggae bassist/musician and producer is associated in producing "Land of the Free". George "Fully" Fullwood is also known as the founder and a leader of the #1 recording/backing Jamaican reggae band, Soul Syndicate.
Usage examples of "land of the free".
When every land became the land of the free, it looked like that lady in the harbor might’.
When every land became the land of the free, it looked like that lady in the harbor might've outlived her purpose.
Yet though I thought with fond nostalgia of the hot blue skies of Egypt, I could not help but be stimulated by my proximity to the greatest of citiescenter of Empire, home of intellectual and artistic prowess, land of the free, and home of true British grit.