Only 2 votes? How come this Seals and Crofts album gets no love in the polls?
I think Ed’s review is a little harsh. (Well, okay: on a bad day I might also call Summer Breeze and Diamond Girl little more than “pleasant collections of songs,” even if Seals & Crofts are up there with Bread and Loggins and Messina in the narrow category of Soft Rock Albums I Actually Feel Like Listening To Every Once In a While.) Still: beyond “I’ll Play For You,” which rivals their other big hits, “Castles In the Sand” is pretty good, as is the jazzy instrumental samba “Freaks Fret” and the closer “Fire and Vengeance.” And “Wayland the Rabbit” is ambitious, if a bit precious.
Great David Paich arrangements and rock-steady performances throughout. The band and the horn section consist of impeccable Wrecking Crew types, anchored by Wilton Felder & Jeff Porcaro.
I listened to a nice conversion of the quad reel. Good, clean sound, and the discrete mix is totally solid, if unadventurous. I’m teetering between a high 7 and a low 8, and I guess I’ll tip the scales toward the 8.
The S&C quads would make a nice “Quadio” box, no? Though there’s probably not a big enough paying clientele for it.