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1974

Holiday

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Fourth studio album by the band, released on the Warner Bros. Records label on June 26, 1974. The album was produced in London by noted record producer George Martin.

The album was a big hit in the US, reaching #3 on the Billboard album chart and being certified gold by the RIAA. It produced two hit singles: “Tin Man” and “Lonely People” (#4 and #5 respectively on the Billboard singles chart).

It was the recording debut of America’s longtime drummer Willie Leacox, who is in the car in the cover photo.

Review by Mike DeGagne – Allmusic.com
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.”

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Recorded At – Air Studios
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Arranged By – George Martin
Art Direction – Gary Burden
Bass – Dan Peek, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley
Design – Gary Burden
Drums – Willie Leacox
Engineer – Geoff Emerick
Guitar [s] – Dan Peek, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley
Keyboards – Dan Peek, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley
Percussion – Willie Leacox
Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
Producer – George Martin
Tape Op – Peter Henderson
America is:
Dewey Bunnell
Gerry Beckley
Dan Peek

Recorded at Air Studios, London, England, April 17-May 7.

Explore the Discography

america debut album
america homecoming
america hat trick
america holiday
america greatest hits
america hearts
america hideaway
america harbor
america silent letter
america alibi
america view from the ground
america your move
america perspective
america venture-highway
america hourglass
america struttin our stuff
america human nature
america holiday harmony
america here and now
america back pages
america archives vol 1
america archives vol 1
america 50th anniversary collection
america palladium