Free as the Wind

Free As The Wind is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on MCA Records.[2] The album rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[3]

Free As The Wind
Studio album by The Crusaders
Released	December 1976
Genre	Jazz, Jazz fusion
Length	42:49
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Stewart Levine
The Crusaders chronology
Those Southern Knights (1976) Free As The Wind (1976) Images (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Tracklisting

Adapted from album's text.[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Free As The Wind"	Joe Sample	6:17
2.	"I Felt The Love"	Stix Hooper	5:10
3.	"The Way We Was"	Robert Popwell	5:24
4.	"Nite Crawler"	Larry Carlton	4:45
5.	"Feel It"	Stix Hooper, Lamont Dozier, Larry Carlton, Robert Popwell, Wilton Felder	4:15
6.	"Sweet N' Sour"	Joe Sample	8:57
7.	"River Rat"	Wilton Felder	2:29
8.	"It Happens Everyday"	Joe Sample	5:40

Credits

Adapted from album's text.[2]

• Art Direction – Frank Mulvey
• Bass – Robert "Pops" Popwell
• Co-producer – The Crusaders
• Design [Album Design] – Tim Ritchie
• Drums, Percussion – "Stix" Hooper
• Engineer, Mixed By – Rik Pekkonen
• Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: B4), Dean Parks, Larry Carlton, Roland Bautista (tracks: B1, B3)
• Keyboards – Joe Sample
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Orchestrated By [Strings], Orchestrated By [Horns] – Joe Sample
• Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta (tracks: B1)
• Percussion [Special Percussion] – Ralph MacDonald
• Photography By – Ed Simpson
• Producer – Stewart Levine
• Saxophone – Wilton Felder

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[4]	41
US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)[3]	9

References

1. "The Crusaders: Free As The Wind". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
2. The Crusaders: Free As The Wind. MCA Records. December 1976.
3. "The Crusaders: Free As The Wind (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
4. "The Crusaders: Free As The Wind (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.