Free Myself

Free Myself is a 2023 studio album by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. The album explores themes of personal fulfillment and exploration and is Hawkins' first new music in over 10 years and was accompanied by a promotional tour. Although she spent several years away from recording, Hawkins continued to write and did not want to release new music until she felt like she had a sufficiently strong collection of songs. These tracks were written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, demoed, and brought to Ken Rich to finish, with Hawkins co-producing the album.

Reception
Writing for Renowned for Sound, Matt Say calls this album "is a triumphant example of some of her best work yet" and "a brilliant addition to the rich back catalogue that Sophie B. Hawkins has created in her storied career". In an interview for Songwriter Universe, Dale Kawashima calls Free Myself "a strong return for Hawkins... with several that rank among her best". Writing for Patch.com, Matt Schinella writes that the album was "eloquently engineered and produced by Ken Rich" and "the songs often offer fragility and beauty, highlighting Hawkins' strong vocals and musicianship and lyrical love twists".

Track listing
All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins, except where noted.
 * 1) "Love Yourself" – 3:43
 * 2) "Better Off Without You" – 4:11
 * 3) "Green Eyes" (music co-written by Will Ewok) – 4:06
 * 4) "Free Myself" – 4:32
 * 5) "Consume Me in Your Fire" (Demo) – 3:00
 * 6) "Hungered for Love" – 3:35
 * 7) "Fairy Tales" – 3:39
 * 8) "Angel in Disguise" – 3:29
 * 9) "I'm Tired of Taking Care of You" – 4:33
 * 10) "You Are My Balloon" – 3:55

Personnel

 * Sophie B. Hawkins – lead and backing vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, percussion, arrangement, production
 * Jake Limmus – assistant engineering
 * Tony Mason – drums, percussion
 * Andrew Oedel – mixing on "Love Yourself"
 * Ken Rich – bass guitar, baritone guitar, percussion, production