Summer Breeze (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, and peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart. The title cut was released as a single on September 9, 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.

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)

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
 * Mike 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