America (album)

Infobox Album | Name = America
Type = Album
Artist = America


Released = 1971
Recorded = Trident Studios & Morgan Studios, London, England, 1971
Genre = Rock, folk rock
Length = 46:14
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Ian Samwell & Jeff Dexter
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ps967uq0h0j3 link]
Last album =
This album = "America"
(1971)
Next album = "Homecoming"
(1972)

"America" is the eponymous debut album released by America in 1971. The album was initially released without "A Horse With No Name," which had not yet been recorded. When "Horse" became a worldwide hit in early 1972, the album was re-released with that track.

The album went to number 1 on the Billboard album chart in the US and stayed there for 5 weeks. It produced two hit singles, "A Horse With No Name" spent three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1972 (it peaked at number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart), and "I Need You" hit number 9 on the Billboard singles chart and number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks, including "Sandman" and "Three Roses". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 1 million units in the US.

Track listing

# "Riverside" – (Dewey Bunnell) 3:03
# "Sandman" – (Bunnell) 5:04
# "Three Roses" – (Bunnell) 3:54
# "Children" – (Bunnell) 3:07
# "A Horse with No Name" – (Bunnell) 4:10
# "Here" – (Gerry Beckley) 5:30
# "I Need You" – (Beckley) 3:05
# "Rainy Day" – (Dan Peek) 2:55
# "Never Found the Time" – (Peek) 3:50
# "Clarice" – (Beckley) 4:01
# "Donkey Jaw" – (Peek) 5:17
# "Pigeon Song" – (Bunnell) 2:18

Chart positions

Personnel

* Gerry Beckley – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Chimes, Piano
* Dewey Bunnell – Vocals, Guitars
* Dan Peek – Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Bass
* Dave Atwood - Drums
* Ian Samwell - Producer
* Jeff Dexter - Executive producer
* Ray Cooper - Percussion
* Kim Haworth - Drums
* David Lindley - Electric guitar
* Ken Scott - Engineering
* Nigel Waymouth - Cover photos and design
* Flash Fox - Logo & graphics