Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts 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 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.[2]

Summer Breeze
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1972
StudioSound Factory (Hollywood)
GenreFolk rock, soft rock
Length39:11
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerLouie Shelton
Seals and Crofts chronology
Year of Sunday
(1971)
Summer Breeze
(1972)
Diamond Girl
(1973)
Singles from Summer Breeze
  1. "Summer Breeze"
    Released: August 1972
  2. "Hummingbird"
    Released: January 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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  • All lyrics by Jim Seals, music by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, except "Say", music and lyrics by Seals and Crofts.

Side One

  1. "Hummingbird" – 4:35
  2. "Funny Little Man" – 3:12
  3. "Say" – 2:41
  4. "Summer Breeze" – 3:24
  5. "East of Ginger Trees" – 3:49

Side Two

  1. "Fiddle in the Sky" – 3:32
  2. "The Boy Down the Road" – 4:31
  3. "The Euphrates" – 4:18
  4. "Advance Guards" – 4:12
  5. "Yellow Dirt" – 5:14
  6. "Summer Breeze (2004 Philip Steir Remix)" – 4:30 (2004 remastered bonus track)

Charts

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Chart (1972–73) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 70
Canada[4] 6
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 7

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Summer Breeze at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Billboard.BIZ". www.billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - January 20, 1973" (PDF).
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