• Artist: America
• Flags: Lyrics are included with the album
• Rating:
• Styles: Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary
• Track Picks: "Hollywood," "Lonely People," "Tin Man"
• Similar Albums: The Singles 1969-1973, Just a Boy, Silverbird, Pilot (From the Album of the Same Name), Boz Scaggs & Band, Apprentice (In a Musical Workshop), Angel Clare, Close to You, Manna

Review

America fully recovered from Hat Trick's dismal results with 1974's Holiday, with producer George Martin's influence rubbing off on both of the album's Top Five singles. With "Tin Man"'s wonderfully polished soft pop ease and the wispiness of "Lonely People," the band was able to recapture the same formula that put early hits like "A Horse With No Name," "I Need You," and "Ventura Highway" in the Top Ten. The difference with "Holiday" is that their light and breezy melodies and attractive folk-rock sound filtered through more than just the two hit tracks on the album. "Another Try," "Old Man Took," "In the Country," and even the cliché-sounding "Baby It's Up to You" contain a sturdy enough mixture of guitar and harmony to rise them above inessential filler, at least as far as America's material is concerned. Cuts like "Mad Dog" and "Hollywood" suffer somewhat from trite lyrics and a seemingly hurried compositional formula, but this album as a whole ascertained that the group was definitely showing their true potential once more. The album that followed Holiday, 1975's Hearts, showed even stronger improvement, taking the overly catchy "Sister Golden Hair" to number one and scoring a Top 20 hit with the Sunday morning frailty of "Daisy Jane." ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Miniature	...	Gerry Beckley	America	(1:16)
Tin Man		Dewey Bunnell, Lee Bunnell	America	(3:28)
Another Try		Gerry Beckley	America	(3:20)
Lonely People		Dan Peek	America	(2:30)
Glad to See You		Dan Peek	America	(3:45)
Mad Dog		Gerry Beckley	America	(2:42)
Hollywood		Dewey Bunnell	America	(2:52)
Baby It's Up to You		Gerry Beckley	America	(2:26)
You		Dan Peek	America	(2:30)
Old Man Took		Dewey Bunnell	America	(3:14)
What Does It Matter		Gerry Beckley	America	(2:22)
In the Country		Dan Peek	America	(2:56)

Credits

America (Bass), America (Guitar), America (Keyboards), America (Main Performer), George Martin (Arranger), George Martin (Producer), Dan Peek (Guitar), Dan Peek (Vocals), Gerry Beckley (Guitar), Gerry Beckley (Vocals), Dewey Bunnell (Guitar), Dewey Bunnell (Drums), Dewey Bunnell (Vocals), Gary Burden (Art Direction), Gary Burden (Design), Geoff Emerick (Engineer), Peter Henderson (Tape Operator), Willie Leacox (Percussion), Willie Leacox (Drums)

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