Get Closer is Seals and Crofts's eighth studio album. 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. "Goodbye Old Buddies" reached #10 on the US AC chart as well and #8 on the Canadian AC chart.
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".
Contents
Track listing
Side One
"Sweet Green Fields" (James Seals) 4:45
"Get Closer" (Seals, Dash Crofts, arrangement Gene Page) 3:57
"Red Long Ago" (Seals, Bob Gundry, Kelley McKinney) 5:25
"Goodbye Old Buddies" (Parker McGee) 2:50
Side Two
"Baby Blue" (Seals, Crofts) 3:20
"Million Dollar Horse" (Seals, Walter Heath) 3:45
"Don't Fail" (Seals) 3:50
"Passing Thing" (Seals, Crofts) 6:25
Personnel
James Seals – lead vocals (except on "Goodbye Old Buddies"), guitar
Dash Crofts – lead vocals, mandolin
Louis Shelton – guitar, production
Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
David Paich – keyboards, string arrangements on "Red Long Ago" and "Don't Fail"
Joe Sample – electric piano
David Hungate – bass guitar
Wilton Felder – bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Ed Greene – drums
Milt Holland – tabla
Jim Horn – alto sax
Carolyn Willis – backing vocals, lead vocal on "Get Closer"
Myrna Matthews – backing vocals
Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
Carol Carmichael – backing vocals
Donnie Shelton – backing vocals