Audio CD review:
Seals & Crofts - Get Closer

Seals & Crofts - Get Closer

Band: Seals & Crofts Title: Get Closer Rating: Release Date: 18 September, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sweet Green Fields 2: Get Closer 3: Red Long Ago 4: Goodbye Old Buddies 5: Baby Blue 6: Million Dollar Horse 7: Don't Fail 8: Passing Thing

Customer Reviews Last Great Seals & Crofts Recording This Cd displays the many musical influences that the duo brought to their music. This CD was issued right after their Greatest Hits CD was released. This is a must to complete any Seals & Crofts collection. Great harmonies, great production, and wonderful songs. Short and simple, a classic CD. The only negative is that it is rather short in playing time. They could have easily added a few bonus songs. LONG AWAITED PIECE... All in all, a great smooth AOR cd. Great work from Seals and Crofts, long time awaited in cd format and finally it is here! In my opinion, they could have done more justice by doing all artwork (back cover), it is important for some of us. I am glad all their works have been reissued in cd format, it was about time. Get Closer...but Rhino's packaging can get lost Neither the lyrics nor the musician credits or their photos which appeared on the original album's inner sleeve are included. There's no question this is an excellent album and long-awaited on CD, but Rhino should be ashamed for the inexcusibly shabby and barely-existent booklet. Instead, on page two, we get a redundant black & white version of the cover photo on page one. Page three has the song titles in large type, and the back page has a tacky catalog ad for other Rhino Flashback titles. The back of the jewelcase just has the song titles and again reproduces the same cover pic. The casual hits buyer will buy the greatest hits CD; anyone who is going to buy a catalog title by Seals & Crofts in 2007 is more than the casual fan, and would gladly pay an extra few bucks to get a proper, complete release including the credits and lyrics as nature--and the artists themselves--intended. I'm sure most Seals & Crofts fans would have paid $12-$15 for a well-assembled Rhino Handmade reissue, maybe with a few bonus tracks in the form of demos or live tracks thrown in. Rhino was originally formed by a pair of die-hard fanatic record collecting music fans who respected musicians and treated their reissues right. This on the other hand is an embarassing example of the modern-day penny-pinching WEA-owned corporate Rhino at its worst, tossing out a great catalog title with a budget price and zero effort in packaging. A fine CD and a very-welcome long-overdue reissue, but one which literally to save pennies in printing costs, short-changes the fans and totally disrespects the fine musicians who created it by not even listing their contributions or reprinting the words S&C composed and intended to accompany this release. . You can see a complete list of all Seals & Crofts discography, or go back to the Seals & Crofts tabs