18-01-2013, 14:19
I love this duo and album !
Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)
This is the only studio album I have by these guys. From that listen I shoud have got more.
Very nice album here with one bomb, but four love tracks. Two of those were the hit singles but
the other two were actually a surprise. Guess it's been a long time since I heard this. This is
the duo's fourth album. The hits were Summer Breeze at #6 and Hummingbird at #20 giving the
boys their first hit album at #7. The next one scored even higher and then the decline began.
They split in 1980 after being dropped by the label. Crofts tried some solo work but nothing else from Jim. Jim's brother is Dan Seals who was popular for a minute or so in the country arena.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - Say
Best Track - Advance Guards
1) Hummingbird ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B412Ij9IAnc
2) Funny Little Man **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbwt7kRZJE
3) Say *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NKBHJNMzG0
4) Summer Breeze *** - from Midnight Special, not as good as the studio
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTv0K2SUlCY
5) East Of Ginger Trees ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYGRx6QvtLM
6) Fiddle In The Sky **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JRc4bsijQg
7) The Boy Down The Road **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKavj4v63eI
8) The Euphrates **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSUlSbKePe4
9) Advance Guards ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KeGrLohNGI
10) Yellow Dirt **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibPy-31nsE
Grade - 2.3
allmusic - 2.7
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