Homecoming

America | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KED
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Friday Music continues their superb 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl series with America's exceptional "Homecoming" album, released in 1972 by one of the most enduring and popular seventies rock acts. "Homecoming", America's 2nd album, was a smash platinum seller and regarded as one of their finest works. Remastered from the original Warner Music tapes, packaged in a gatefold cover and featuring the photography of the legendary Henry Diltz, this amazing audiophile recording will sit proudly with Friday Music's previous 180 gram self-titled America release. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i am a closet america fan., March 17, 2007

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fluffy, the human being. (forest lake, mn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homecoming (Audio CD)

for someone who loves the velvet underground, the clash, husker du, etc..., it does not really feel cool to admit that you like america. but i do. and i admit it (though you may have noticed that i am writing this under an alias name). this is a fine album. how could you honestly not like it? good songs, fine harmonies, gentle acoustic guitars carrying it all along. c'mon all you snobs out there, give it a chance. this is not bad. it really isn't. a very enjoyable early 70's release of well done folk/rock. and i recommend it. yes, i do.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums from the early 70s!, September 3, 2003

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homecoming (Audio CD)

A great album! It was a big hit in 1972 and went Platinum in the US. Contains the classic Ventura Highway and the hits Don't Cross the River and Only In Your Heart. Nearly every song on the album received airplay in 1972/1973. Plus it has one of my favorite album covers of all time! Very cool!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CELEBRATE AMERICA'S HOMECOMING ! (more excellent acoustic guitar and beautiful vocal harmonies), July 11, 2007

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ol' nuff n' den sum (the Virginia coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homecoming (Audio CD)

America's second album, Homecoming (1973), builds on the sound and success of their first album, but it also takes a step towards the commercial soft rock sound that would eventually lead to their demise. Fortunately, it stays within the bounds of down-to-earth hippie relevancy and doesn't alienate the fans of their debut album.

The opener, Ventura Highway, with it's creative acoustic guitar lines, smart vocal harmonies, and spacey California lyrics is a step up, and was a hit single. Of course, it's also a fan favorite and one of their best songs. To Each His Own features piano and thoughtful lyrics, and Don't Cross The River is a classic that includes a subtle banjo and great harmonies. Moon Song is an acoustic guitar song with images of an outside summer party, "Amidst the dancing paradise, a case of beer, a smile, a motorcycle child". Head And Heart and Only In Your Heart are both very good piano ballads. Cornwall Blank is a great song, one of America's best, and their most intense. It's a minor key acoustic/electric guitar lament of lost innocence.

I cannot learn much more life, I cannot see much more,
Somebody should stop the new sight, somebody should close the door.

The song is a hidden gem. California Revisited is an acoustic/electric, retitled update of their b-side single, Everyone I Meet Is From California, and along with Saturn Nights, closes the album perfectly.

Homecoming is an acoustic assortment of thoughtful, well-written, and professionally performed songs, embellished in the golden California sunset. It's one of America's better albums, possibly their best, and along with their self-titled debut, America, is essential for the America fan.