''Get Closer'' is

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's eighth studio album. 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. "Goodbye Old Buddies" reached #10 on the US AC chart as well and #8 on the Canadian AC chart. The song "Get Closer" features the vocals of Carolyn Willis, who had been in the group

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. "Sweet Green Fields" was sampled in the 1997 song "

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" by

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. It was also sampled in 2002 by

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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 Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits " Summer Breeze" (1972), " Diamond Girl" ...

) 4:45 #" Get Closer" (Seals,

Dash Crofts Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits " Summer Breeze" (1972), " Diamond Girl" ...

, arrangement

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) 3:57 #"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

Charts

Personnel

* James Seals – lead vocals (except on "Goodbye Old Buddies"), guitar * Dash Crofts – lead vocals, mandolin * Louis Shelton – guitar, production *

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– guitar * Lee Ritenour – guitar * David Paich – keyboards, string arrangements on "Red Long Ago" and "Don't Fail" * Joe Sample – electric piano *

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– bass * Wilton Felder – bass * Jeff Porcaro – drums *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd ('' Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and ...

– drums *

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– tabla *

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– 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

1976 albums Seals and Crofts albums Warner Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub