I'll Play for You

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). It also charted in New Zealand (#30). "Castles in the Sand" also charted in the U.S. and Canada, peaking at #21 U.S. AC, and #27 Can Pop.

Track listing

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

1. "I'll Play for You"
2. "Golden Rainbow" <small>(James Seals, Dash Crofts, Roger Johnson, Bobby Lichtig, Jim Varley)</small>
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

Personnel

• 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

• Louie Shelton – producer
• Joe Bogan and Tom Knox – engineers
• Marcus Joseph – 2nd engineer
• Ivan Nagy – photography
• Robert Lockart – art direction and design

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