Stay Free (album)
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| Stay Free | ||||
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| Released | 9 August 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 | |||
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| Singles from Stay Free | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Stay Free is an album by the American R&B duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1979.[4][5] It peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200.[6]
"Found a Cure" peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Disco Top 100 chart.[7]
Robert Christgau praised the "groove" of the songs, but noted that Stay Free didn't reach the same highs as previous albums.[3] 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."[8]
AllMusic wrote that "the title track was spectacular, and the rest of the album was expertly produced, performed, and arranged."[2] 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."[9]