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.
Contents
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)
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