Hat Trick

America | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2005)
• Original Release Date: April 26, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0007US7O4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #72 in Music > Folk > Contemporary Folk > General
  • #87 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > General

Track Listings

1. Muskrat Love

2. Wind Wave

3. She's Gonna Let You Down

4. Rainbow Song

5. Submarine Ladies

6. It's Life

7. Hat Trick

8. Molten Love

9. Green Monkey

10. Willow Tree Lullaby

11. Goodbye

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked album, July 23, 2006

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hat Trick (Audio CD)

A solid album that may have been sterotyped by its first single, Muskrat Love. The album was produced by America and rivals their later work with George Martin. It was their third album (hence the name "Hat Trick") and was actually a bit of a let down after their first two albums (America and Homecoming) had been huge hits. This album was a moderate hit in the US in 1973 peaking at 28 on the album charts. This album was their most ambitous effort to date. They run the gammit on this one, from harder rock (Green Monkey), to soft pop (She's Going To Let You Down), to folk rock (Windwave) and everything in between (Hat Trick). They make more use of strings than on their any of their previous work. If you are an America fan this album is a must.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rediscovered Classic, April 3, 2009

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J. Rawlings (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hat Trick (Audio CD)

You know those records that you heard when you were too young to place who the band was, but you remember the songs fondly and once you hear them again there's a memory shockwave that hits you? For some of us, Hat Trick was one of those.

For those of us young enough to ignore critics, we simply enjoyed the music.

Now for specifics: the album comes off a bit more polished than America's previous two efforts, and as their third album it is evident they started to hit a stride. The original three are all here on this one, no breakup had occurred yet.

Some don't like their version of Muskrat Love -- I much prefer theirs over the 'hit' version that came later from C&T. If you've never owned this record, there are classic songs here that you haven't heard on the radio, songs that America still plays in concert because they're that good. This is a classic album from a time when albums, not singles, were the way a band made their art.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great America album, if relatively obscure, January 21, 2010

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Denis - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hat Trick (Audio CD)

While none of the biggest hits are on Hat Trick, there are many really great songs. If you are not familiar with this one, and enjoy America's vintage music, it is definitely worth owning. Muskrat Love is an anomaly on the album - lyrically silly and musically very spare, with none of the signature America layered guitar/banjo/etc instrumentation. Considering that it's a cover song, I've never undrstood why it was included (perhaps a favor). Most of the rest - Wind Wave, Rainbow Song, Submarine Ladies, It's Life, Hat Trick, Molten Love, Green Monkey - are really great. As a guitar player, I thnk they are worth learning. This album has more orchestration than others and, at times, I wonder what it would have sounded like with more of their regular stringed instruments, instead. Still very enjoyable. On the original vinyl album, a couple of the songs transition from one to the next without any gap. This is true for the transition from Rainbow Song to Submarine Ladies, and it is preserved in the CD transfer. It was also true for the end of Molten Love into Green Monkey, but on the CD there is a break/time gap which is disappointing. I presume this is some engineering mistake, not a transfer limitation, since the prior transition is maintained smoothly. Still, great to finally have on CD.