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'''''Homecoming''''' is a 1972 (see [[1972 in music]]) album by [[America (band)|America]]. [[Steel-string guitar|Acoustic guitar]]-based, with a more pronounced [[electric guitar]] and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] section than previous releases, ''Homecoming'' helped launch the career of America, and includes one of their best known hits, "[[Ventura Highway]]". |
'''''Homecoming''''' is a 1972 (see [[1972 in music]]) album by [[America (band)|America]]. [[Steel-string guitar|Acoustic guitar]]-based, with a more pronounced [[electric guitar]] and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] section than previous releases, ''Homecoming'' helped launch the career of America, and includes one of their best known hits, "[[Ventura Highway]]". |
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''Homecoming'' peaked at #9 on [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]]'s Pop Albums chart and was certified |
''Homecoming'' peaked at #9 on [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]]'s Pop Albums chart and was certified platinum by the [[RIAA]]. It produced three hit singles: "[[Ventura Highway]]" which peaked at #8 on the Billboard singles chart and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart; "[[Don't Cross the River]]" which hit #35 on Billboard and #23 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and "Only in Your Heart" peaked at #62 on Billboard's Pop singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks including "To Each His Own", "California Revisited", and "Cornwall Blank". |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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Homecoming is a 1972 (see 1972 in music) album by America. Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than previous releases, Homecoming helped launch the career of America, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway".
Homecoming peaked at #9 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced three hit singles: "Ventura Highway" which peaked at #8 on the Billboard singles chart and #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart; "Don't Cross the River" which hit #35 on Billboard and #23 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and "Only in Your Heart" peaked at #62 on Billboard's Pop singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks including "To Each His Own", "California Revisited", and "Cornwall Blank".
Track listing
- "Ventura Highway" - (Dewey Bunnell) 3:32
- "To Each His Own" - (Gerry Beckley) 3:13
- "Don't Cross the River" - (Dan Peek) 2:30
- "Moon Song" - (Bunnell) 3:41
- "Only in Your Heart" - (Beckley) 3:16
- "Till the Sun Comes Up Again" - (Beckley) 2:12
- "Cornwall Blank - (Bunnell) 4:19
- "Head & Heart" - (John Martyn) 3:49
- "California Revisited" - (Peek) 3:03
- "Saturn Nights" - (Peek) 3:31
Personnel
- America - Guitar, Piano, Producer
- Dan Peek - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Hal Blaine - Percussion, Drums
- Gerry Beckley - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals (tracks 6 & 8)
- Dewey Bunnell - Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Vocals (track 8)
- Gary Mallaber - Percussion, Drums (track 6)
- Gary Burden - Art Direction, Design
- Henry Diltz - Banjo, Photography
- Bill Halverson - Engineer
- Lee Herschberg - Mastering
- Chuck Leary - Assistant Engineer
- Joe Osborn - Bass
- Mike "Clay" Stone - Engineer
