Artist: AMERICA
Album: THE DEFINITIVE AMERICA (CD)

Release date: 2001
Media type: CD

Digitally remastered import-only compilation featuring all of the greatest hits since the '70s, for both Warner Brothers and Capitol Records, by this sensational soft rock trio! No single disc U.S. compilation contains as many songs as 'The Definitive America' as this set includes all 12 of the smashes from their 1975 retrospective 'History/ America's Greatest Hits' ('A Horse With No Name', 'Sister Golden Hair', 'Tin Man', 'I Need You', 'Ventura Highway', 'Lonely People', etc.), plus 11 more, including the top 10 'You Can Do Magic'. Accompanying the 23 mellow gems is a photo-packed 24 page booklet with a comprehensive essay by Barry Alfonso (who has also done the liner notes for releases by Bread, John Cale, Eric Burdon & Captain Beefheart, to name a few). The tracks were remastered by Bill Inglot, who has done the remastering on many of the reissues released by Atlantic Records, including Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding & Rhino's 2000 box set for America, 'Highway 30 Years Of America'.

TRACKLIST:

1. A Horse With No Name 
2. I Need You Sandman 
3. Ventura Highway 
4. Don't Cross The River 
5. To Each His Own 
6. Only In Your Heart 
7. Muskrat Love 
8. Rainbow Song 
9. She's Gonna Let You Down Again 
10. Tin Man 
11. Lonely People 
12. Sister Golden Hair 
13. Daisy Jane 
14. Woman Tonight 
15. Today's The Day 
16. Amber Cascades 
17. God Of The Sun 
18. Political Poachers 
19. Survival 
20. The Last Unicorn 
21. You Can Do Magic 
22. The Border 
23. Sandman