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.

Giving and Taking
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1976
GenrePop, Folk, World, Country
LabelAstor, Polydor
ProducerBruce Woodley Keith Potger, John Farrar
The Seekers chronology
The Seekers
(1975)
Giving and Taking
(1976)
Collector Series - The Seekers
(1977)

The album produced the singles, "Where in the World?" (April 1976) and "Giving and Taking" (June 1976).[1]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Bruce Woodley; except where indicated

Side A
  1. "Friends" - 3:38
  2. "The Rose and the Briar" (Woodley, John Farrar) - 3:53
  3. "Giving and Taking" - 3:07
  4. "A Part of You" - 3:32
  5. "Country Lanes" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) - 3:03
Side B
  1. "Country Rose" - 3:27
  2. "Holding On" (Woodley, Farrar) - 2:53
  3. "If I Could Write a Fairy Tale" (Keith Potger, James Mason) - 3:23
  4. "A Finer Country Day" - 3:40
  5. "Standing on Shaky Ground" (Woodley, Farrar) - 3:58
  6. "Where in the World"(Woodley, Farrar) - 3:43

Weekly charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[2] 78
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] 5

References

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  1. ^ "The Seekers". Miles Ago. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
  3. ^ "Charts.nz – The Seekers – Giving and Taking". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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