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.
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| Released | 9 September 1972 | |||
| Studio | Sound Factory, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Louie Shelton | |||
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| Singles from Summer Breeze | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
- "Hummingbird" – 4:35
- "Funny Little Man" – 3:12
- "Say" – 2:41
- "Summer Breeze" – 3:24
- "East of Ginger Trees" – 3:49
Side Two
- "Fiddle in the Sky" – 3:32
- "The Boy Down the Road" – 4:31
- "The Euphrates" – 4:18
- "Advance Guards" – 4:12
- "Yellow Dirt" – 5:14
- "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
- Jim Seals – vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar, saxophone
- Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "The Euphrates"), mandolin, electric guitar, piano
- Louie Shelton – electric guitar, bass, background vocals, production
- Red Rhodes – steel guitar
- John Hartford – banjo
- Robert Lichtig – flute, clarinet, bass guitar
- Jim Horn – flute
- John Ford Coley – piano
- Larry Knechtel – piano
- Michael Lang – piano
- Clarence McDonald – piano
- Michael Omartian – piano
- Harvey Brooks – bass
- Wilton Felder – bass
- Joe Osborn – bass
- Jim Gordon – drums
- John Guerin – drums
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Milt Holland – tambura, tabla
- King Errisson – congas
- Dee Higgins – background vocals
- Don Shelton – background vocals
- Marty Paich – string arrangement
- Dave Hassinger – first engineer
- Val Garay – second engineer
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Mark English – illustrations
- Dave Bhang – album design
References
- Summer Breeze at AllMusic
- 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.
- "RPM Top 100 Albums - January 20, 1973" (PDF).
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