Search - Seals & Crofts :: Traces

Excellent reworking of some of their classics!

D. Tucker | McKinney, TX USA | 11/18/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't profess to know why their label wouldn't consider working with them in remastering their body of work into an all-encompassing "Ultimate Collection". All I do know is there are a great number of people who would love to replace their worn out LPs and noisy CDs with a first-class remastering of their work. I am one of them. I have all their CDs, including "Traces" and long for more.



"Traces" is a great improvement over their "Greatest Hits" CD release for the absolute absence of any tape hiss, the rich harmonies and perfect delivery of many of their 70's hits. "Traces" can only be found "new" on a small independent online label: [...], or perhaps once in a gray moon "used" here on Amazon. This CD release is of exceptional musical quality, having lush back up vocals by their own daughters, and a crystal-clear deliverance of many of their past hits. I am not a professional critic, nor a musician any more. But, I recognize quality when I hear it and this CD is a first class project.



I know you will enjoy this CD as much I do. I only wish they'd consider touring again.

"

The Voices, the Musicianship, the Songwriting, the Spirit !

lisa c.s. | Tualatin, OR USA | 06/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Are the voices still great? Yes. Is the guitar, mandolin, and fiddle work what we expect? Yes. Have they stayed true to all that put them in a category of their own while creating new renditions of earlier songs plus new songs? Yes!

The songs:

Summer Breeze - a hint of the mellowness of age comes through here; the joys described are more familiar now, and thus even sweeter because, yes, it can still be this good.

Get Closer - Lovely vocals by Lua Crofts and Juliet Seals are just part of the re-invention of this song.

Diamond Girl - a bit jazzier version.

We May Never Pass This Way Again - oh, but we hope they will, on tour, please? I'd love to go to another of their concerts. Their legendary harmony is evident here.

Hummingbird - awesome a cappella intro - then I'm tapping my foot, and by the end I feel like I've been taken on a spiritual journey.

Not Be Found - sung as if sharing precious secrets.

Change the Copper into Gold - a new masterwork with east meets west instrumentation and impeccable vocal intricacies.

Paint You - new, mature, gentle love song.

The Euphrates - what?! Hit the replay. Wow. Hit the replay.

Love Takes No Prisoners - a new song of love and longing. And then they run away.

An independent production by Jack Hale for Hale House Productions.

Each of their albums must be remastered and issued on cd. I'm waiting for that and the next work they hint at on these liner notes. Come back, we want more!"

I absolutely love this new recording

J. Roquet | 01/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"And have purchased several copies as gifts for friends.



Here's a short description from the CD Baby website:

"In this CD of all new recordings, produced by Jack Hale of Hale House Productions, Seals & Crofts were able to utilize the latest in recording technology, to breathe new life into the classic hits as well as new material. Now you can hear their music, as they always wanted it interpreted. Featured on this collection are Lua Crofts (daughter of Dash Crofts), and Juliet Seals (daughter of Jim Seals)."



So, go and check out the longer (2-minute) song samples over there. You won't be disappointed."