Diamond Girl (album)

Diamond Girl
Studio album by Seals and Crofts
Released	April 1973
Studio	Sound Factory (Hollywood)
Genre	Folk rock, soft rock
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts chronology
Summer Breeze (1972) Diamond Girl (1973) Unborn Child (1974)
Singles from Diamond Girl
"Diamond Girl" Released: May 1973 "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" Released: September 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Creem	C−[2]

Diamond Girl is the fifth studio album by pop/folk duo Seals and Crofts. It was released in 1973 on Warner Bros. Records.

Background

The album contains a number of different musical styles and themes. "Nine Houses" is one of two intimate, religious songs, which the band would often reserve for after concert performances.^[1] "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" is another, written for their spouses, Ruby Jean Anderson (Seals) and Billie Lee Day (Crofts). The first verse is sung by Seals, and the second by Crofts, with both singing the chorus. Their children (Lua Crofts and Joshua Seals) are mentioned in the chorus.

Diamond Girl peaked at #4 on the U.S. album charts.^[3] Its title track "Diamond Girl" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer and #13 in Canada. The follow-up single "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" attained the #21 position late in the year (#33 in Canada).

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, unless otherwise indicated.

Side 1

1. "Diamond Girl" – 4:12
2. "Ruby Jean and Billie Lee" – 4:09
3. "Intone My Servant" – 3:04
4. "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" – 4:17
5. "Nine Houses" – 7:00

Side 2

6. "Standin' on a Mountain Top" (Seals) – 3:05
7. "It's Gonna Come Down (on You)" – 4:40
8. "Jessica" – 2:56
9. "Dust on My Saddle" (Seals) – 3:16
10. "Wisdom" – 4:26

Personnel

• Jim Seals – guitar, alto saxophone, vocals
• Dash Crofts – mandolins, vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano
• Louie Shelton – guitar, producer
• David Paich – organ, piano
• Bobby Lichtig – bass, flute
• Wilton Felder – bass
• Jim Gordon – drums
• John Guerin – drums
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• England Dan & John Ford Coley – backing vocals
• David Hassinger – engineer
• Steve Waldman – 2nd engineer
• Joseph Bogan – assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Diamond Girl Chart (1973) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 48 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 8 US Billboard 200[3] 4 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[6] 6 US The Album Chart (Record World)[7] 6

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Diamond Girl Chart (1973) Position US Billboard 200[8] 23 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[9] 3

References

1. Diamond Girl at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (October 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2001). Top Pop Albums 1955-2001. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. pp. 777. ISBN 0-89820-147-0.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 267. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4884". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
6. "Cash Box Top 100 Albums". Cash Box. Vol. XXXIV, no. 52. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. June 16, 1973. p. 31. ISSN 0008-7289.
7. "The Album Chart" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 29, no. 1355. New York: Record World Pub. Co. June 9, 1973. p. 32. ISSN 0034-1622.
8. "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
9. "Top 100 Albums of 73" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXV, no. 33. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. March 31, 1973. p. 58. ISSN 0008-7289.