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I'll Play For You is Seals & Crofts' seventh studio album. The title cut reached #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Adult Contemporary charts in the summer of 1975. It was equally successful in Canada (Pop #28, AC #2).[1][2] It also charted in New Zealand (#30).[3] "Castles in the Sand" also charted in the U.S. and Canada, peaking at #21 U.S. AC, and #27 Can Pop.[4]
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| Released | March 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Louie Shelton | |||
| Seals and Crofts chronology | ||||
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Track listing edit
All songs written by James Seals and Dash Crofts, except where noted.
- "I'll Play for You"
- "Golden Rainbow" (James Seals, Dash Crofts, Roger Johnson, Bobby Lichtig, Jim Varley)
- "Castles in the Sand"
- "Blue Bonnet Nation"
- "Ugly City"
- "Wayland the Rabbit"
- "Freaks Fret"
- "Truth Is But a Woman"
- "Fire and Vengeance"
Charts edit
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 55 |
| Canada[6] | 31 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 30 |
Personnel edit
- Musicians
- Jim Seals – vocals (except on "Golden Rainbow"), guitar, banjo
- Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "Wayland the Rabbit"), acoustic and electric mandolins, mandola on "Castles in the Sand"
- Louie Shelton – guitar, banjo
- Ovid Stevens – slide guitar
- Jack Lenz – keyboards (including ARP synthesizer on "Fire and Vengeance"), flute on "I'll Play for You"
- David Paich – keyboards
- Wilton Felder – bass (except on "I'll Play for You" and "Castles in the Sand")
- Mike Porcaro – bass on "I'll Play for You" and "Castles in the Sand"
- Ed Greene – drums (except on "I'll Play for You" and "Golden Rainbow")
- Jim Varley – drums on "I'll Play for You"
- Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Golden Rainbow"
- Antoine Dearborn – percussion
- Gene Capriano, Bob Crosby, Jim Horn, Steve Leeds, and Henry Sigismonti – reeds
- Larry Ford, Paul Hubinon, Ron King, and Bobby Shew – trumpet
- Dick Hyde, John Leys, and Lew McCreary – trombone
- Production
- Louie Shelton – producer
- Joe Bogan and Tom Knox – engineers
- Marcus Joseph – 2nd engineer
- Ivan Nagy – photography
- Robert Lockart – art direction and design
References edit
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 5, 1975" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Pop - June 7, 1975" (PDF).
- ^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 14 July 1975
- ^ "RPM Top 50 Pop Playlist - December 27, 1975" (PDF).
- ^ 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.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 21, 1975" (PDF).
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