http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68654&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rssWith hits like "Ventura Highway" and "A Horse With No Name," America took the California sound to new plateaus in the 1970s and '80s. Even with the innovative and pristine production of Elliott Shiner (who also produced Randy Newman) and Phil Galdston (Jill Sobule, Vanessa Williams), the folk-rock band still made the kind of free and easy music that rocked dads' leather-craft night classes and your moms' latch-hook rug-making parties. Their albums' popularity trickled off as the '80s progressed, possibly owing to the band's shift from a rootsier, Neil Young-influenced sound to more polished soft rock (complete with synthesizers), but the tours, live albums and greatest-hits collections continued to flow. In 2007, with younger, hipper listeners finding a new appreciation for lite-FM sounds of the '70s and '80s, the band reasserted its relevance with <I>Here & Now</I>, a double album produced by Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, featuring appearances by Bryan Adams and Ben Kweller, along with covers of songs by Nada Surf and My Morning Jacket. - Eric SheaClassic Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:01:44 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68654&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss With hits like "Ventura Highway" and "A Horse With No Name," America took the California sound to new plateaus in the 1970s and '80s. Even with the innovative and pristine production of Elliott Shiner (who also produced Randy Newman) and Phil Galdston (Jill Sobule, Vanessa Williams), the folk-rock band still made the kind of free and easy music that rocked dads' leather-craft night classes and your moms' latch-hook rug-making parties. Their albums' popularity trickled off as the '80s progressed, possibly owing to the band's shift from a rootsier, Neil Young-influenced sound to more polished soft rock (complete with synthesizers), but the tours, live albums and greatest-hits collections continued to flow. In 2007, with younger, hipper listeners finding a new appreciation for lite-FM sounds of the '70s and '80s, the band reasserted its relevance with <I>Here & Now</I>, a double album produced by Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, featuring appearances by Bryan Adams and Ben Kweller, along with covers of songs by Nada Surf and My Morning Jacket. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2208231&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2208231 tra.2208231 America art.68654 0.0 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true A Horse With No Name tra.2208231 249000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2208231&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2208231&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809298&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2809298 tra.2809298 America art.68654 1.29 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true Sister Golden Hair tra.2809298 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809298&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809298&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809296&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2809296 tra.2809296 America art.68654 0.0 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true You Can Do Magic tra.2809296 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809296&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809296&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809293&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2809293 tra.2809293 America art.68654 1.29 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true Ventura Highway tra.2809293 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809293&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809293&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809291&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2809291 tra.2809291 America art.68654 1.29 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true Tin Man tra.2809291 209000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809291&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809291&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632240&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 11 Oct 1977 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 11632240 tra.11632240 America art.68654 1.29 America's Greatest Hits - 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History alb.11621100 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/6/5/1845679_170x170.jpg 2007-01-09 00:00:00.0 1977-10-11 00:00:00.0 true Lonely People tra.11632235 148000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632235&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632235&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632236&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 11 Oct 1977 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 11632236 tra.11632236 America art.68654 1.29 America's Greatest Hits - History alb.11621100 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/6/5/1845679_170x170.jpg 2007-01-09 00:00:00.0 1977-10-11 00:00:00.0 true Sister Golden Hair tra.11632236 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632236&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632236&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809288&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 2809288 tra.2809288 America art.68654 1.29 The Complete Greatest Hits alb.109074 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/9/9/1339911_170x170.jpg 2008-12-09 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true Muskrat Love tra.2809288 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809288&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2809288&variant=data&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11632238&variant=play&rws=%2Famerica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Classic Rock Tue, 11 Oct 1977 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by America on Rhapsody Online 11632238 tra.11632238 America art.68654 1.29 America's Greatest Hits - 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