TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Crusaders
Crusaders
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.0454
Crusaders Album Rankings
1
There's a terrific reason why the triple-CD Crusaders retrospectiveThe Golden Yearsincluded six ofFree as the Wind's eight tracks -- the material.
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2
1 (2.0687)In 1971,the Jazz Crusadersreinvented themselves for the first time.
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3
As a band, the Crusaders were always the most respected, as intelligence and earthiness permeated throughout their best work.
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4
The Crusaders' follow-up to Street Life did not result in any additional hits (does anyone remember Bill Withers' vocal on "Soul Shadows?") and found the group's R&Bish music sounding closer to a for
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8
In 1989, MCA released Chain Reaction/Those Southern Knights, which contained two complete albums -- Chain Reaction (1975), originally released on Blue Thumb and Those Southern Knights (1975), also or
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10
Around this time in their heyday, the Crusaders were experimenting with orchestral/jazz fusions in concert -- and MCA thought enough of them to capture the music in London's Royal Festival Hall one f
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12
The Crusaders' sound had changed by 1978 due to the decision of trombonist Wayne Henderson to become a fulltime producer, and the gradual dominance of funky R&B rhythms.
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13
In the '90s, things became complicated for the Crusaders fans.
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14
The music on this Crusaders set is quite pleasant, but unfortunately none of the original melodies are all that catchy or unique; a remake of "Hard Times" (which was recorded by David Newman back in
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15
Although the Crusaders could not have known it at the time, their recording of "Street Life" (which features a memorable vocal by Randy Crawford) was a last hurrah for the 20-year old group.
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17
The music on this four-CD box set is mostly excellent, and this is not a bad sampler of the recordings of the (Jazz) Crusaders, but there are some problems.
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18
The Jazz Crusaders dropped the "jazz" from their name after over a decade of popular recordings for the Pacific Jazz label, and they switched record companies for the first time.
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22
Given the critical and commercial success of 1 and their rebirth as the "Crusaders," the band decided to follow up the previous LP's double length with another one! There are 13 tunes here, all extra
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23
Deep in their prime period, the Crusaders reaffirm their affinity with the groove and rely entirely upon all six of their funky selves for their material.
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24
Funny, we can't remember this many singers turning up on the Crusaders' albums, but look a little closer at the liner.
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27
The follow-up to 1973's Unsung Heroes was the first of the group's Blue Thumb efforts to be distributed by ABC Records.
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29
The Crusaders became a part-time group after the early '80s and by 1986 drummer Stix Hooper had departed.
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31
This CD contains selections from a triumphant Japanese tour which saw three-fourths of the original lineup augmented by such guest stars as guitarists Barry Finnerty and Rolando Bautista, percussioni
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35
Recorded live at the Roxy, Scratch was one of the Crusaders' best recordings, an extravaganza of jazz and funk with great soloing from the group on top of a set of excellent grooves.
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39
One of the tastiest concoctions of the mid-'70s jazz-fusion era, Chain Reaction finds the Crusaders at the top of their form.
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