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Free Music Review: An Impressive Collection From Folk Pop Rockers - America!
Hit: 5 Stars
America formed in 1970 in England as the sons of Air Force military men. The trio wrote some of the seventies most beautifully crafted songs, merging both elements of folk and rock. Their first hit "A Horse With No Name" became a huge hit in 1972, soon to be followed by "Sandman" and "I Need You" all of which were on their debut top selling album "America". Their second album "Homecoming" again became a top selling album and produced the hits "Ventura Highway" and "Don't Cross The River". America continued to release numerous albums throughout the seventies and into the eighties. This collection gives one a good retrospective of the band's output (with only a few minor deletions) including such hits as "Muskrat Love", "Tin Man","Lonely People", "Sister Golden Hair", "Daisy Jane", "You Can Do Magic" plus more . Their big hits are all here and the entire collection is beautifully remastered by Rhino Records. There's also an excellent booklet enclosed with interesting information about the band and it's songs. If you enjoy listening to groups such as Bread, Three Dog Night, Steely Dan, The Eagles (to name just a few) then this collection will not disappoint.Free Music Review: Excellent Summary
Hit: 5 Stars
Rhino is well known for their compilations, and well known for using single edits and leaving a song or two off an otherwise comprehensive collection. Not so here. America is featured with all the hits, no edits, and all are original album versions, save for "Everyone I Meet Is From California," which was a popular "B" side. All of their hits from Capital and Warner Brothers are here, including "Today's The Day," which one reviewer here swears is missing. My one complaint, if I can call it that, is the abscence of two songs not recorded for the two powerhouse studios, "Young Moon" and "Moving Train," the latter a semi successful hit. I think licensing may have been a problem, but no matter, those two songs are available on cd's still in print. Mastering here is incredible, I feel it's a bit of an improvement from the boxed set. This cd is as comprehensive as a two disc set, but nowhere near as overwhelming and they still include two new tracks as this set comes to a close. What a way to fillout a disc!! Nicely done and deserves a place in a collector or casual fans collection.Free Music Review: The BEST single CD collection!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the best and most complete greatest hits CD available for America. It contains all of their big hits and several strong album cuts. America was one of the most successful folk/rock bands of the seventies and this collection showcases the reason why. It includes two number 1 hits (Horse With No Name and Sister Golden Hair); five more top 10 singles (I Need You, Ventura Highway, Tin Man, Lonely People, and You Can Do Magic); four additional top 40 hits (Don't Cross the River, Daisy Jane, Today's The Day, and The Border); and six more songs that also made the Billboard Hot 100 chart (Only in Your Heart, Muskrat Love, Woman Tonight, Amber Cascades, California Dreamin, and Right Before Your Eyes). It also contains two new recordings not available on any other CD.
The songs are remastered and sound better than they do on the original releases! Also they use the original mix for the early hits rather than the George Martin remixes found on the History CD. If you only buy one America CD, this one should be it! EXCELLENT! This is a must for America fans or any fan of the 70's!
Free Music Review: Alligator lizards in the air ... in the air!
Hit: 5 Stars
It's a wonderful thing when you can listen to a song you haven't heard in 15 years or more and immediately recall all the words and how much fun you used to have playing it over and over. America was one of my very favorite groups growing up, and now -- after many years of not encountering them very much -- they're once again atop my playlist thanks to this fine CD.
I'm impressed by how well much of their music holds up three decades or so after its first release. I hope I'm a more sophisticated and knowledgeable listener than I was when I first heard some of these tracks, but to me the writing and musicianship compare favorably to much of what's come since (and nearly all of what's out today, grumble grumble). My favorites in this collection aren't what I might have guessed they'd be ("Don't Cross the River" instead of "Horse With No Name"), but I'm getting a lot of use out of almost every track on this CD and am happy to recommend it highly.
Free Music Review: All of America's Hits Are Here in Remastered Sound!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you've never heard the band America before, then this is the cd to get. I foyu have heard them before, and you alreayd have their 1975 Greatest Hits CD, you'll still want to get this because it has all the hits with state of the art remastered sound, plus it has the early 1980's hit "You Can Do Magic."
If you are not familiar with the band, they have a folky pop rock sound, kind of like a softer, kinder Neil Young. In fact, their biggest hit "Horse With No Name" sounds a lot like a Neil Young tune.
The band also has beautiful vocal harmonies and these are on display on "I Need You," "Sand Man," and "Ventura Highway." Of course, the CD also has "Sister Golden Hair," with one of the most familiar sounding opening acoustic guitar riffs in soft pop history.
Go ahead and purchase this fine disc (and no, I do not work for the band or know them personally).