Get Closer (Seals and Crofts album)

Get Closer
Studio album by
Seals and Crofts
ReleasedMay 1976
GenreSoft rock
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerLouie Shelton[1]
Seals and Crofts chronology
I'll Play for You
(1975) 		Get Closer
(1976) 		Sudan Village
(1976)
Singles from Get Closer
  1. "Get Closer"
    Released: April 1976
  2. "Goodbye Old Buddies"
    Released: 1976

Get Closer is Seals and Crofts's eighth studio album.[2] The title cut made the top 10 on 2 charts in early 1976, reaching #6 in Pop, and #2 in Adult Contemporary. It would be their final top 10 pop hit.[3][4] "Goodbye Old Buddies" reached #10 on the US AC chart as well and #8 on the Canadian AC chart.[5]

The song "Get Closer" features the vocals of Carolyn Willis, who had been in the group Honey Cone.

"Sweet Green Fields" was sampled in the 1997 song "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" by Busta Rhymes. It was also sampled in 2002 by Syleena Johnson on "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" which was based on "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See".

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Sweet Green Fields" (James Seals) 4:45
  2. "Get Closer" (Seals, Dash Crofts, arrangement Gene Page) 3:57
  3. "Red Long Ago" (Seals, Bob Gundry, Kelley McKinney) 5:25
  4. "Goodbye Old Buddies" (Parker McGee) 2:50

Side Two

  1. "Baby Blue" (Seals, Crofts) 3:20
  2. "Million Dollar Horse" (Seals, Walter Heath) 3:45
  3. "Don't Fail" (Seals) 3:50
  4. "Passing Thing" (Seals, Crofts) 6:25

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 67
Canada[7] 25
United States (Billboard 200) 37

Personnel

  • James Seals – lead vocals (except on "Goodbye Old Buddies"), guitar
  • Dash Crofts – lead vocals, mandolin
  • Louis Shelton – guitar, production
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • David Paich – keyboards, string arrangements on "Red Long Ago" and "Don't Fail"
  • Joe Sample – electric piano
  • David Hungate – bass
  • Wilton Felder – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Milt Holland – tabla
  • Jim Horn – alto sax
  • Carolyn Willis – backing vocals, lead vocal on "Get Closer"
  • Merna Matthews – backing vocals
  • Shirley Matthews – backing vocals
  • Carol Carmichel – backing vocals
  • Donnie Shelton – backing vocals

References

  1. ^ Pollock, Bruce (March 18, 2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. ISBN 9781135462963 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Now Available: Seals & Crofts, Original Album Series | Rhino". www.rhino.com.
  4. ^ Berry, Peter E. (March 1, 1977). And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815601357 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 50 AC - April 30, 1977" (PDF).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - August 28, 1976" (PDF).


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