I'll Play for You

I'll Play For You
Studio album by Seals and Crofts
Released	March 1975
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts chronology
Unborn Child (1974) I'll Play For You (1975) Get Closer (1976)

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]

Track listing

All songs written by James Seals and Dash Crofts, except where noted.

1. "I'll Play for You"
2. "Golden Rainbow" (James Seals, Dash Crofts, Roger Johnson, Bobby Lichtig, Jim Varley)
3. "Castles in the Sand"
4. "Blue Bonnet Nation"
5. "Ugly City"
6. "Wayland the Rabbit"
7. "Freaks Fret"
8. "Truth Is But a Woman"
9. "Fire and Vengeance"

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5]	55
Canada [6]	31
US 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 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

1. "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 5, 1975" (PDF).
2. "RPM Top 100 Pop - June 7, 1975" (PDF).
3. NZ Top 40 Singles, 14 July 1975
4. "RPM Top 50 Pop Playlist - December 27, 1975" (PDF).
5. 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.
6. "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 21, 1975" (PDF).

External links

• I'll Play for You at Discogs