title: Free as the Wind
text: # Free as the Wind
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  Free as the Wind is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on MCA Records. The album rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
  
  ## Tracklisting
  
  Adapted from album's text.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from album's text.
  
  * Robert "Pops" Popwell - bass
  * Stix Hooper - drums, percussion
  * Arthur Adams (track: B4), Dean Parks, Larry Carlton, Roland Bautista (tracks: B1, B3) - guitar
  * Joe Sample - keyboards, string and horn orchestration
  * Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (track: B1)
  * Ralph MacDonald - special percussion
  * Wilton Felder - saxophone
  
  ### 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 |
  