I'll Play for You

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I'll Play For You
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 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]

Contents

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
United States (Billboard 200)30

Personnel

Musicians
Production

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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).