America - Holiday

Title: Holiday Artist: America Release Date: 1974 Re-Released On: 7/16/2007 Label: WEA/Warner, Collectables Records, Rhino/Warner Bros., WEA International Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 075992750127, 090431670729, 4943674072712, 081227860769, 766482990429 Genre: Rock Styles: Adult Contemporary, Psychedelic, Soft Rock, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, AM Pop Moods: Melancholy, Reflective, Romantic, Searching, Sentimental, Smooth, Soothing, Summery, Warm, Wistful, Autumnal, Gentle, Intimate, Pastoral, Poignant, Earnest, Laid-Back/Mellow, Relaxed, Soft, Sweet, Amiable/Good-Natured, Calm/Peaceful, Springlike, Organic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 11 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Miniature
2. Tin Man
3. Another Try
4. Lonely People
5. Glad to See You
6. Mad Dog
7. Hollywood
8. Baby It's Up to You
9. You
10. Old Man Took
11. What Does It Matter
12. In the Country

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD WEA/Warner 12681 2005 CD Collectables Records 6707 2005 CD Rhino/Warner Bros. 1998 CD WEA International 27501

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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." ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Name Credits America Guitar, Bass, Keyboards Dan Peek Vocals, Guitar Dewey Bunnell Guitar, Drums, Vocals Gary Burden Art Direction, Design Geoff Emerick Engineer George Martin Producer, Arranger Gerry Beckley Vocals, Guitar Peter Henderson Tape Operator Willie Leacox Percussion, Drums