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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 September 9, 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.
Track listing
- "Hummingbird" – 4:35
- "Funny Little Man" – 3:12
- "Say" – 2:41
- "Summer Breeze" – 3:24
- "East of Ginger Trees" – 3:49
- "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
- All lyrics by Jim Seals, music by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, except "Say", music and lyrics by Seals and Crofts.
Personnel
- Jim Seals – vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar, saxophone
- Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "The Euphrates"), mandolin, electric guitar, piano
- Robert Lichtig – bass guitar, flute, clarinet
- Larry Knechtel – piano
- Clarence McDonald – piano
- Mike Lang – piano
- Michael Omartian – piano
- John Ford Coley – piano
- Jim Gordon – drums
- Jim Keltner – drums
- John Guerin – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Wilton Felder – bass
- Harvey Brooks – bass
- Joe Osborn – bass
- Louie Shelton – electric guitar, bass, background vocals, production
- Milt Holland – tambura, tabla
- King Errisson – congas
- Red Rhodes – steel guitar
- John Hartford – banjo
- Jim Horn – flute
- 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
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