Summer Breeze (album)

Summer Breeze is the fourth album by the American soft rock band Seals and Crofts, released in 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. It was a major commercial breakthrough for the group, and peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart. The title cut was released as a single on August 31, 1972, peaking at #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #6 Pop. "Hummingbird" was the second single, climbing to #12 AC, #20 Pop, and #40 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts.

Summer Breeze
Studio album by
Released9 September 1972
StudioSound Factory, Hollywood, California
GenreFolk rock, soft rock
Length39:11
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerLouie Shelton
Seals and Crofts chronology
Year of Sunday
(1971)
Summer Breeze
(1972)
Diamond Girl
(1973)
Singles from Summer Breeze
  1. "Summer Breeze"
    Released: August 1972
  2. "Hummingbird"
    Released: January 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

  • All lyrics by Jim Seals, music by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, except "Say", music and lyrics by Seals and Crofts.

Side One

  1. "Hummingbird" – 4:35
  2. "Funny Little Man" – 3:12
  3. "Say" – 2:41
  4. "Summer Breeze" – 3:24
  5. "East of Ginger Trees" – 3:49

Side Two

  1. "Fiddle in the Sky" – 3:32
  2. "The Boy Down the Road" – 4:31
  3. "The Euphrates" – 4:18
  4. "Advance Guards" – 4:12
  5. "Yellow Dirt" – 5:14
  6. "Summer Breeze (2004 Philip Steir Remix)" – 4:30 (2004 remastered bonus track)

Charts

Chart (1972/73) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 70
Canada[3] 6
United States (Billboard 200) 7

Personnel

References

  1. Summer Breeze at AllMusic
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 267. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "RPM Top 100 Albums - January 20, 1973" (PDF).
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