America Live (album)

America Live is the first official live album by American folk rock duo America, released in December of 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The concert featured on the album was recorded on July 14, 1977, at the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. It was the first record to feature America as a duo, as Dan Peek had left the group to pursue a solo career just two months prior. The record was produced by George Martin, the fifth of six consecutive albums he produced with America.

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Live album by America
Released	December 1977[1]
Recorded	July 24, 1977
Venue	Greek Theater, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop rock
Length	46:28
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	George Martin
America chronology
Harbor (1977) Live (1977) Silent Letter (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Commercially, the album performed poorly when compared with America's other albums, only peaking at No. 127 on the Billboard 200.^[4] No singles were released from the album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tin Man"	Dewey Bunnell	3:38
2.	"Muskrat Love"	Willis Alan Ramsey	3:07
3.	"I Need You"	Gerry Beckley	2:41
4.	"Old Man Took"	Bunnell	3:29
5.	"Daisy Jane"	Beckley	3:04
6.	"Company"	Bunnell	3:21
7.	"Hollywood"	Bunnell	3:51
8.	"Sergeant Darkness"	Beckley	2:56
9.	"Amber Cascades"	Bunnell	2:47
10.	"To Each His Own"	Beckley	3:16
11.	"Another Try"	Beckley	2:59
12.	"Ventura Highway"	Bunnell	3:28
13.	"Sister Golden Hair"	Beckley	3:26
14.	"A Horse with No Name"	Bunnell	4:18

References

1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 16.
2. America Live at AllMusic
3. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "America". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 16. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
4. "America Live – America". AllMusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 13 August 2013. ^{[dead link‍]}