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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 200, their highest position on the chart. The title cut was released as a single on August 31, 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. Summer Breeze finished second on Billboard's Top Pop Albums of 1973 list.[2]

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Summer Breeze
Studio album by Seals and Crofts
Released	9 September 1972
Studio	Sound Factory (Hollywood)
Genre	Folk rock, soft rock
Length	39:11
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts chronology
Year of Sunday (1971) Summer Breeze (1972) Diamond Girl (1973)
Singles from Summer Breeze
"Summer Breeze" Released: August 1972 "Hummingbird" Released: January 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

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

Chart (1972/73)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	70
Canada[4]	6
United States (Billboard 200)	7

Personnel

• Jim Seals – vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar, saxophone
• Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "The Euphrates"), mandolin, electric guitar, piano
• Louie Shelton – electric guitar, bass, background vocals, production
• Red Rhodes – steel guitar
• John Hartford – banjo
• Robert Lichtig – flute, clarinet, bass guitar
• Jim Horn – flute
• John Ford Coley – piano
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Michael Lang – piano
• Clarence McDonald – piano
• Michael Omartian – piano
• Harvey Brooks – bass
• Wilton Felder – bass
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Jim Gordon – drums
• John Guerin – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Milt Holland – tambura, tabla
• King Errisson – congas
• 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

References

External links

• Album lyrics

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