Giving and Taking
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{{Infobox album
| name = Giving and Taking
| type = Studio
| artist = The Seekers
| cover =Giving and Taking.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 1976
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| genre = Pop, Folk, World, Country
| length =
| producer = Bruce Woodley Keith Potger, John Farrar
| prev_title = The Seekers
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Collector Series - The Seekers
| next_year = 1977
}}
Giving and Taking is the eighth studio album by Australian group the Seekers. The album was released in 1976 and is the second studio album to feature the vocals of Louisa Wisseling. The album peaked at number 5 in New Zealand.
The album produced the singles, "Where in the World?" (April 1976) and "Giving and Taking" (June 1976).{{Cite web|url=http://www.milesago.com/Artists/ArtistFrames.htm|title=The Seekers|publisher=Miles Ago|access-date=28 September 2016}}
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bruce Woodley; except where indicated
;Side A
- "Friends" - 3:38
- "The Rose and the Briar" (Woodley, John Farrar) - 3:53
- "Giving and Taking" - 3:07
- "A Part of You" - 3:32
- "Country Lanes" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) - 3:03
;Side B
- "Country Rose" - 3:27
- "Holding On" (Woodley, Farrar) - 2:53
- "If I Could Write a Fairy Tale" (Keith Potger, James Mason) - 3:23
- "A Finer Country Day" - 3:40
- "Standing on Shaky Ground" (Woodley, Farrar) - 3:58
- "Where in the World"(Woodley, Farrar) - 3:43
Weekly charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (1976)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"]
|align="center"|78 |
| scope="row"{{album chart|New Zealand|5|album=Giving and Taking|artist=The Seekers|accessdate=18 September 2016|refname="RIANZ Chart"}} |
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Seekers-Giving-And-Taking/master/877086|title= The Seekers -"Giving and Taking"|year= 1976|publisher= discogs.com|access-date=28 September 2016}}
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