| Free as the Wind | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Crusaders |
| Cover: | The Crusaders- Free As The Wind.jpg |
| Released: | December 1976 |
| Studio: | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 42:49 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Stewart Levine, The Crusaders |
| Prev Title: | Those Southern Knights |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Images |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Free as the Wind is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on MCA Records.[1] The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]
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."
Adapted from album's text.
Adapted from album's text.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[3] | 41 |
| US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) | 9 |