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    Posted: March 22 2007 at 05:09
Saw America perform at St.Davids Hall in Cardiff on Monday night..... they were incredible...... such great stuff.....

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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2007 at 05:51
Good band and great harmonies. If you have their greatest hits album Phil Hartman of Saturday Night Live designed that. His brother managed both them and Poco, to which he was art director for many albums. As talented as he was funny.

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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2007 at 17:34
I've been meaning to pick up something from them for the longest time...any advice on where to start?
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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2007 at 20:22
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

I've been meaning to pick up something from them for the longest time...any advice on where to start?


NS,

I'd go with a recent greatest hits package they released on Rhino (I believe) a couple of years ago. Blue cover and the America logo looks as if it was etched in glass. Has all of the 'hits', but other songs, as well. A lot of them, too.

"Daisy Jane" is a beautiful song. Really like his voice.

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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2007 at 22:19
Thanks E, I'll put it on the list.
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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2007 at 05:13
Gotta agree with e-dub there......
check out their website, in 37 years they have about 30+ releases........incredible! The new album is really, really good too!!!

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After reading a couple of nice reviews of thair last cd,I bought it on I-Tunes.Got the studio album + the live cd for the price of 1.
Never heard much of their stuff before except a few of their hits.I must say I was pleasantly surpriced.Nice and mellow.
May have to get a hits package now.
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

I've been meaning to pick up something from them for the longest time...any advice on where to start?


Non-compilation wise; Start with their sophomore album, Homecoming.Next,go backwards to the Neil Young influenced
debut, America and lastly, IMHO the fourth album Holiday. If you notice,other that the debut album, all of their albums (70s-early 80s) begin with the letter H.

This post was brought to you by the letter 'H'...'h'

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Very good group for just kicking back and letting the stress of the day go....  Nice and calming.  My only wish is that they had never even considered recording "Muskrat Love."
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How did they sound?
Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man.
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The only album I really love by them is their flawless debut. So I'd say its the perfect place to start. It has Sandman and A Horse With no Name. The rest I've heard is a bit too slick for my tastes. I think compilations are always a bad idea. 
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