Artist: America
Genre: Folk Rock
Country Of Origin: United States
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Member: No
Album: America
Producer: Ian Samwell/Jeff Dexter
RJ's Top 5 Tunes: 1. Sandman...2. Rainy Day...3. A Horse With No Name...4. Riverside...5. Here
Disclaimer: All "facts" come from wikipedia.com unless otherwise noted.
I have more vinyl for you this week. This will also fulfill an album for the May Music Challenge if needed. It is the self-titled debut from America. Here are some nuggets:
So there you have it. This is a splendid acoustic album. I mean splendid. If you like acoustic guitar work, you should enjoy this album. The vocals are top notch as well. This is one I'd like to find in a remastered format. It can be purchased for less than 8 bucks new on Amazon, but I'm not sure if that is remastered.
Side One:
1. Riverside
2. Sandman
3. Three Roses
4. Children
5. A Horse With No Name
6. Here
Side Two:
7. I Need You
8. Rainy Day
9. Never Found The Time
10. Clarice
11. Donkey Jaw
12. Pigeon Song
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You should of told us you were posting this before we finished the "Listen to 5 albums from a group where at least one band member died (courtesy Scott B.)**" category... Oh well, Im adding it as a bonus ...
This is a great album. I love this band. I think their greatest hits album has sold like a zillion, but while that's good for them there's a whole generation or two, or three that miss out on albums like this.
Riverside is very CSN-like if you weren't paying attention closely you'd never know the difference. Sandman is still cool!
Three Roses! Oh my, how long has it been? Its so nice to hear you again! This could be thrown into the mix of their best and fit right in.
Children is a nice tune as well. Followed by the massive Horse With No Name...
Here, is really cool. Acoustic work is stellar on this one! I Need You kicks off the slow burn of the final tunes. All of which are quite cool. Hey what would happen if the Horse with no name carrying the Pigeon named Fred who was shot in the head met the Raven that couldn't sing? hmm.... Sounds very quiet to me.
These are the types of albums that I would love to see released as Deluxe Editions ... Some of your best work Boss!! I'm noting this as my fave AOTW so far!
Of course he listened to this. It starts with the letter "A", not "G".
When I'm in a mellow mood, I like America. I must be in a mellow mood because I really like this. I like it so much I am going to buy the original album series set with the first five America albums. Of course I do have a greatest hits disc, but now I just want more albums. But one of those albums has "Tinman" on it which makes me feel really weird for some reason. I don't know if something happened in the 70's that I've kept hidden, something that happened while that song was playing, but it makes me feel really, really odd. But, maybe it's nothing and the song just makes me feel weird.
Other than that, I really like this. I already said that, but it's true. Imagine that.
Heard Tinman on the radio this morning. I've been eyeing that set as well.
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