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). It also charted in New Zealand (#30).NZ Top 40 Singles, 14 July 1975 "Castles in the Sand" also charted in the U.S. and Canada, peaking at #21 U.S. AC, and #27 Can Pop.
Track listing All songs written by James Seals and Dash Crofts, except where noted.
Charts Chart (1975)Peak positionAustralia (Kent Music Report)55Canada31US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)30
Personnel
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 Cipriano, 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
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