Get Closer (Seals and Crofts album)
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Released | May 1976 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Louie Shelton[1] | |||
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Singles from Get Closer | ||||
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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 AC chart as well.
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
- "Sweet Green Fields" (James Seals) 4:45
- "Get Closer" (Seals, Dash Crofts, arrangement Gene Page) 3:45
- "Red Long Ago" (Seals, Bob Gundry, Kelley McKinney) 5:25
- "Goodbye Old Buddies" (Parker McGee) 2:50
Side Two
- "Baby Blue" (Seals, Crofts) 3:20
- "Million Dollar Horse" (Seals, Walter Heath) 3:45
- "Don't Fail" (Seals) 3:50
- "Passing Thing" (Seals, Crofts) 6:25
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
- ^ Pollock, Bruce (March 18, 2014). "Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "Now Available: Seals & Crofts, Original Album Series | Rhino". www.rhino.com.
- ^ Berry, Peter E. (March 1, 1977). "And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'". Syracuse University Press – via Google Books.