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".

Contents

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

References

  1. ^ a b Cleary, David. Homecoming (America album) at Allmusic. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
America
Gerry Beckley · Dewey Bunnell
Dan Peek  · David Dickey · Jim Calire · Tom Walsh  · Tony Garofolo  · Brad Palmer  · Richard Campbell  · Michael Woods  · Willie Leacox
Studio albums
America · Homecoming · Hat Trick · Holiday · Hearts · Hideaway · Harbor · Silent Letter · Alibi · View from the Ground · Your Move · Perspective · Hourglass · Human Nature · Holiday Harmony · Here & Now · Hits: 40th Anniversary Edition · Back Pages
Compilations
Live albums
Live · In Concert · In Concert (King Biscuit) · Horse with No Name · The Grand Cayman Concert · Live In Concert: Wildwood Springs
Video albums
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