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1976 studio album by The Crusaders
Free as the Wind
Studio album by The Crusaders
ReleasedDecember 1976
StudioHollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length42:49
LabelMCA
ProducerStewart Levine, The Crusaders
The Crusaders chronology
Those Southern Knights
(1976)
Free as the Wind
(1976)
Images
(1978)

Free as the Wind is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on MCA Records. The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic, where it received four stars out of five, wrote "When the material is this good, everything falls into place from there; the grooves are deeper, the soloing by all five Crusaders is more melodic and probing, and while Sample provides a few brass and string arrangements, this is just harmless decoration, neither a necessity nor a hindrance. This would be the Crusaders' high-water mark in the post-Wayne Henderson years, and it can stand tall with anything they've done."

Track listing

Adapted from album's text.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free as the Wind"Joe Sample6:17
2."I Felt the Love"Stix Hooper5:10
3."The Way We Was"Robert Popwell5:24
4."Nite Crawler"Larry Carlton4:45
5."Feel It"Stix Hooper, Lamont Dozier, Larry Carlton, Robert Popwell, Wilton Felder4:15
6."Sweet N' Sour"Joe Sample8:57
7."River Rat"Wilton Felder2:29
8."It Happens Everyday"Joe Sample5:40

Personnel

Adapted from album's text.

Technical
  • Rik Pekkonen - engineer, mixing
  • Frank Mulvey - art direction
  • Tim Ritchie - album design
  • Ed Simpson - photography

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape 41
US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) 9

References

  1. ^ The Crusaders: Free As The Wind. MCA Records. December 1976.
  2. ^ "The Crusaders Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  3. ^ S. Ginell, Richard. "The Crusaders: Free As The Wind". AllMusic.
  4. "The Crusaders: Free As The Wind (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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