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 peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, their highest position on the chart. The title track was released as a single on August 31, 1972, peaking at No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart and No. 6 on the Hot 100. "Hummingbird" was the second single, climbing to No. 12 on the Easy Listening chart, No. 20 on the Hot 100, and No. 40 on the Canadian RPM Magazine chart. Summer Breeze finished second on Billboard'''s Top Pop Albums of 1973 list.
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 positionAustralia (Kent Music Report)70Canada6US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)7
Personnel Vocals, guitar, fiddle, saxophone: Jim Seals Vocals, electric piano, guitar, mandolin: Dash Crofts Backing vocals, guitar, bass: Louis Shelton Steel guitar: Red Rhodes Banjo: John Hartford Tambura, tabla: Milt Holland Bass guitar: Harvey Brooks, Robert Lichtig, Joe Osborn, Wilton Felder Piano: John Ford Coley, Larry Knechtel, Michael Lang, Clarence McDonald, Michael Omartian Drums: Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel Congas: King Errisson Flutes: Jim Horn, Robert Lichtig Clarinet: Robert Lichtig Backing Vocals: Dee Higgins, Donnie Shelton String Arrangements: Marty Paich
References
External links Album lyrics