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America | 
 enlarge | Artist: America
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 16973
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2576
UPC: 075992725729
EAN: 0075992725729
ASIN: B000002KDX
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Riverside | | • | Sandman | | • | Three Roses | | • | Children | | • | A Horse With No Name | | • | Here - America, Beckley, Gerry | | • | I Need You - America, Beckley, Gerry | | • | Rainy Day - America, Peek, Dan | | • | Never Found the Time - America, Peek, Dan | | • | Clarice - America, Beckley, Gerry | | • | Donkey Jaw - America, Peek, Dan | | • | Pigeon Song |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Drawing upon the softer side of the hippie folk scene with a more refined sound, America garnered a string of hits for themselves in the '70s. With a rich, acoustic base and lush, high tenor harmonies, songs like "Sandman" were instantly successful. The band's breakthrough single was the slightly country-tinged "Horse with No Name," (which hit number one) that owed a debt to the craftsmanship of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. America displayed the band's sensitivities with "Clarice" and "I Need You," the latter charting at number nine. While the band made a name for itself on the strength of "Horse" alone, the rest of the record deserves attention, too. While "Riverside" and "Children Here" never reached the status of later hits like "Sister Goldenhair" or "Lonely People," they still command respect. --Steve Gdula
Album Description
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.
Album Details
2007 Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork. Includes the Hits "Horse with No Name", "i Need You", "Riverside" and "Sandman".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
Here Comes America May 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got the vinyl of this one years ago and never thought as time went on that this one would stand the test of time but it did! When "Horse With No Name" came out I really thought it was another Neil Young follow-up to "Heart Of Gold". Well, they had a few singles off this album, another being "I Need You" and had a gold album. The CD is great even today and highly recommend it as well as seeing them "Live" which I did a few years back. visit my website "Judemac Forever" google it and say "Hi". One other side note, the songs pulled off this one for the America Greatest Hits collection in the 1970's were remixed by George Martin of Beatles fame.
A True Gem April 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was a junior in high school when this album hit the airwaves...Hooked on America ever since...they were ahead of their time when it came to their craft...They are still going strong...Thanks for the memories.
Unplugged before there was an MTV! February 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding album! It was a huge hit in 1972, spent five weeks at number 1 on the album charts, and went PLATINUM in the days when few albums did. While some of the lyrics may be trite (most of the songs were written while they were teenagers) the music is GREAT! If you love acoustic guitars, this album is a must. It includes their first number 1 hit single, Horse With No Name and another big hit I Need You. Several other songs received significant airplay on stations including Three Roses, Sandman, and Never Found The Time. The only weak song on the album is Pigeon Song. Highly recommended if you like acoustic guitar music!
While this is a great album, this release of it is kind of expensive and you can find other CD's of this album for less.
The best acoustic rock album ever October 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Hook laden guitar work, trippy lyrics, beautiful vocal harmonies. This record has it all. Despite alot of commercial success, America never got the respect. The first 3 albums (America, Homecoming, and Hat Trick) are acoustic rock masterpieces. Critics hated these guys and wrote them off as CSN ripoffs but the truth is nobody did this type of music better than America. Nobody.
 Whew.... October 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't know how but somehow I missed out on this album when I was a kid. I guess I was put off by the Top 40 overplay by the AM radio back in the day....I'm just now coming back to re-discover America and I really understand why this album was so popular. I do believe they become overly saccharin on this album buy hey, that's America. This is a really, really good album that is well worth owning and certain to be listened to over and over again.
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