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Down Home (Seals and Crofts album)

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Down Home
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1970
GenreFolk rock
Length35:23
LabelTA Records[1]
ProducerJohn Simon
Seals and Crofts chronology
Seals and Crofts
(1969)
Down Home
(1970)
Year of Sunday
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Down Home is the second studio album by pop-folk duo Seals and Crofts, released in 1970.[3][4][5]

Track listing

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All songs written by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts unless otherwise noted.

Side one

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  1. "Ridin' Thumb" - 3:50
  2. "Hand-Me-Down Shoe" - 3:28
  3. "Purple Hand" - 2:36
  4. "Robin" - 1:55
  5. "Hollow Reed" - 3:31

Side two

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  1. "Gabriel Go On Home" - 3:54
  2. "Tin Town" - 3:13
  3. "Today" - 3:39
  4. "Cotton Mouth" - 3:42
  5. "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?" (Traditional, arranged by Seals) - 0:40
  6. "Leave" (Seals, John Trombatore) - 4:55
  7. "See My Life (Reprise)" [secret track] (Seals) - 0:25

Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada[6] 74

Personnel

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  • Jimmy Seals – vocals, acoustic guitar, violin
  • Dash Crofts – vocals, mandolin
  • John Hall – electric guitar
  • John Simon – piano
  • Paul Harris – organ
  • Eddie Rich – bass A1, B2, B6
  • Harvey Brooks – bass A3, A5, B1, B4
  • Jim Rolleston – bass A2, A4, B3, B5
  • Greg Thomas – drums
  • Producer: John Simon
  • Engineers: Mark Harman, Steve Barncard, Tony May
  • Album design: Wayne Kimbell
  • Cover photograph: Richard Edlund
  • Liner photograph: Hillary Herbst

References

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  1. ^ Koster, Rick (May 8, 2000). Texas Music. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312254254 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Down Home at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Seals & Crofts Down Home". allmusic.com/. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. ^ Olson, James Stuart (November 27, 1999). Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313305436 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 5, 1970" (PDF).