Homecoming (America album)

Homecoming
Studio album by America
Released	November 15, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Folk rock
Length	33:06
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	America
America chronology
America (1971) Homecoming (1972) Hat Trick (1973)

Homecoming is a 1972 (see 1972 in music) album by America. Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue America's success, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway".

Homecoming peaked at #9 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced three hit singles: "Ventura Highway" which peaked at #8 on the Billboard singles chart and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart; "Don't Cross the River" which hit #35 on Billboard and #23 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and "Only in Your Heart" peaked at #62 on Billboard's Pop singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks including "To Each His Own", "California Revisited", and "Cornwall Blank".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In his Allmusic review music critic David Cleary called Homecoming "America's finest album" and despite citing the lyrics as sometime banal, wrote that "each song here has something to recommend it. This top-flight album is a very rewarding listen."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Ventura Highway" - (Dewey Bunnell) 3:32
2. "To Each His Own" - (Gerry Beckley) 3:13
3. "Don't Cross the River" - (Dan Peek) 2:30
4. "Moon Song" - (Bunnell) 3:41
5. "Only in Your Heart" - (Beckley) 3:16
6. "Till the Sun Comes Up Again" - (Beckley) 2:12
7. "Cornwall Blank - (Bunnell) 4:19
8. "Head & Heart" - (John Martyn) 3:49
9. "California Revisited" - (Peek) 3:03
10. "Saturn Nights" - (Peek) 3:31

Personnel

• America - Guitar, Piano, Producer
• Dan Peek - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
• Hal Blaine - Percussion, Drums
• Gerry Beckley - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals (tracks 6 & 8)
• Dewey Bunnell - Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Vocals (track 8)
• Gary Mallaber - Percussion, Drums (track 6)
• Gary Burden - Art Direction, Design
• Henry Diltz - Banjo, Photography
• Bill Halverson - Engineer
• Lee Herschberg - Mastering
• Chuck Leary - Assistant Engineer
• Joe Osborn - Bass
• Mike "Clay" Stone - Engineer

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cleary, David. Homecoming (America album) at Allmusic. Retrieved August 15, 2011.