Get Closer (Seals and Crofts album)

Get Closer
Studio album by
Seals and Crofts
ReleasedMay 1976
GenreSoft rock
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerLouie Shelton[1]
Seals and Crofts chronology
I'll Play for You
(1975) 		Get Closer
(1976) 		Sudan Village
(1976)
Singles from Get Closer
  1. "Get Closer"
    Released: April 1976
  2. "Goodbye Old Buddies"
    Released: 1976

Get Closer is Seals and Crofts's eighth studio album.[2] The title cut made the top 10 on 2 charts in early 1976, reaching #6 in Pop, and #2 in Adult Contemporary. It would be their final top 10 pop hit.[3][4] "Goodbye Old Buddies" reached #10 on the US AC chart as well and #8 on the Canadian AC chart.[5]

The song "Get Closer" features the vocals of Carolyn Willis, who had been in the group Honey Cone.

"Sweet Green Fields" was sampled in the 1997 song "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" by Busta Rhymes. It was also sampled in 2002 by Syleena Johnson on "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" which was based on "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See".

  1. ^ Pollock, Bruce (March 18, 2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. ISBN 9781135462963 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Now Available: Seals & Crofts, Original Album Series | Rhino". www.rhino.com.
  4. ^ Berry, Peter E. (March 1, 1977). And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815601357 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 50 AC - April 30, 1977" (PDF).