| Stay Free | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ashford & Simpson |
| Cover: | Stay Free (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1979 |
| Recorded: | 1979 |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, New York City |
| Genre: | R&B, disco |
| Length: | 39:10 |
| Label: | Warner Bros.[1] |
| Producer: | Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson |
| Prev Title: | Is It Still Good to Ya |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | A Musical Affair |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Stay Free is an album by the American R&B duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1979.[2] It peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200.[3]
"Found a Cure" peaked at No. 1 on Billboards Disco Top 100 chart.[4]
Robert Christgau praised the "groove" of the songs, but noted that Stay Free didn't reach the same highs as previous albums. The Bay State Banner thought that the duo's "production adds tough, jumping instrumental accompaniment behind them, and keeps their torrid exchanges prominently in the middle of an aggressively mixed work."[5]
AllMusic wrote that "the title track was spectacular, and the rest of the album was expertly produced, performed, and arranged." The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that the pair "sang about marriage, commitment and difficult relationships with frankness and a sense of romance that was untainted by sentimentality."[6]
All tracks composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson