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America
View from the Ground/Your Move
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Yan Can Do Magic - America, Ballard
2. Never Be Lonely - America, Beckley
3. You Girl - America, Bunnell
4. Inspector Mills - America, Beckley
5. Love on the Vine - America, Bunnell
6. Desperate Love - America, Aldridge
7. Right Before Your Eyes - America, Thomas
8. Jody - America, Ballard
9. Sometimes Lovers - America, Beckley
10. Even the Score - America, Bunnell
Track Listings (11) - Disc #2
1. My Kinda Woman - America, Ballard
2. She's a Runaway - America, Ballard
3. Cast the Spirit - America, Ballard
4. Love's Worn out Again - America, Beckley
5. The Border - America, Ballard
6. You Move - America, Kipner
7. Honey - America, Ballard
8. My Dear - America, Bunnell
9. Tonight Is for Dreamers - America, Ballard
10. Don't Let Me Be Lonely - America, Ballard
11. Someday Woman - America, Beckley

CD Details

All Artists: America
Title: View from the Ground/Your Move
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bgo
Original Release Date: 10/2/2007
Re-Release Date: 11/2/2007
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Soft Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5017261207739

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered edition of the duo's third and fourth albums recorded for the Capitol label in the early 1980's presented in a double CD set. View From The Ground features appearances by members of Toto (Steve Lukather, Mike Porcaro and Jeff Porcaro), Beach Boy Carl Wilson, Christopher Cross, Eagle Timothy B. Schmit and actor/guitarist Bill Mumy (Will Robinson on the TV series Lost In Space...and half of Barnes & Barnes). Blood Sweat & Tears veteran Bobby Columby produced two songs. Both albums were produced by Russ Ballard and come packaged in a slipcase with updated liner notes. Includes their biggest hit single of this era, 'You Can Do Magic'. BGO.

CD Reviews

Poor Sound Quality

H. T. Nguyen | Austin, TX | 11/24/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I picked this up because these albums are so hard to find on CD these days. I popped it in and was dismayed with how poor they sounded. Usually when a disc is remastered they tend to be loud and dynamically compressed, but usually make up for it with relative sonic clarity. This doesn't even give you that. The background hiss is still present and it sounds like listening to a cassette tape or an old vinyl copy. Pass this one up."

A nice set

A Fan | VA | 02/02/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"View From The Ground was one of their best albums as a duo (after Dan Peek left). They strike the right balance between their own material and that of outside writers. This was their comeback album in 1982 and produced one top ten hit (You Can Do Magic) and one minor hit (Right Before Your Eyes) which just missed the Top 40. The only song on it that I did not care for was Even The Score. The rest of the material is very good.

Your Move had too much Ballard and not enough America. I guess after the success of the Russ Ballard written "You Can Do Magic" the previous year, they figured if a little Ballard is a good thing, more Ballard would be even better! They were wrong. This is one of their weaker albums. America (Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell) only wrote or co-wrote 4 of the songs while the bulk are Ballard songs. It does contain some good songs including their last top 40 hit, "The Border" from 1983, and I also like "Tonight is for Dreamers" and "She's a Runaway." But as a whole, this was a letdown after their excellent "View from the Ground" album.

The sound quality of this release is not as good as previous releases.

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