America – Holiday (CD, Edition japonaise)
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- Dewey Bunnell – vocals, guitars
- Gerry Beckley – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass
- Dan Peek – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards
Willie Leacox – drums, percussion
Arranged by George Martin
Written by Dan Peek (4-5, 9, 12), Dewey Bunnell (2, 7, 10), Gerry Beckley (1, 3, 6, 8, 11)
1 CD, cardboard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Warner
Original Label : Warner
Recorded in Air Studios, London, England, April 17-May 7.
Tape Op – Peter Henderson
Engineered Geoff Emerick
Produced by George Martin
Digitally remastered by Isao Kikuchi by Customatrix
Art Direction by Gary Burden
Design by Gary Burden
Photography by Gered Mankowitz
Originally released in June 1974
Reissued in July 2007
Tracks :
- Miniature (Instrumental)
- Tin Man
- Another Try
- Lonely People
- Glad To See You
- Mad Dog
- Hollywood
- Baby It's Up To You
- You
- Old Man Took
- What Does It Matter
- In The Country
Reviews :
“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."” AllMusic Review by Mike DeGagne
Rating:
AllMusic : 3.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 3.92 / 5