Free as the Wind is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in December 1976 on MCA Records.

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.

"[3] Adapted from album's text.