America is the debut studio album by the rock band America, released in January 1972. It was initially released without "A Horse with No Name", which was first released as a single in Europe in late 1971. When "A Horse with No Name" became a worldwide hit in January of 1972, the album was re-released with the track that same month.
The album went to the top of Billboards album chart in the United States and stayed there for five weeks. It produced two hit singles; "A Horse with No Name", which spent three weeks on top of the Billboard singles chart in 1972, and "I Need You", which hit the ninth position on the Billboard singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations, including "Sandman" and "Three Roses". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of one million units in the United States.
The album cover art features band members Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley, and Dan Peek sitting in front of an 1887 picture of Crow prisoners captured by the United States Army in Montana.
In his AllMusic review, music critic David Cleary called the band's debut album a "folk-pop classic" and concluded, "In spite of its flaws, this platter is very highly recommended."
Credits are per back cover of 1972 vinyl issue.
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