View from the Ground | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 1982 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1981–82 | |||
Studio | Amigo Studios and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California); Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida); Abbey Road Studios (London, England). | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 39:44 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Russ Ballard, Bobby Colomby | |||
America chronology | ||||
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View from the Ground is the tenth studio album by British-American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records in August 1982.
This album marked a comeback for a group that had been generally written off since Dan Peek's departure five years before. It was a modest hit in the US, reaching number 41 on the Billboard album chart, and produced two hit singles: "You Can Do Magic" reached number eight on the Billboard singles chart and number five on the adult contemporary chart, and "Right Before Your Eyes" (also popularly known as "Rudolph Valentino") peaked at 45 on the Billboard singles chart and 16 on the adult contemporary chart. "You Can Do Magic" spent more time on the charts, 20 weeks, than any other America single.
The song "Inspector Mills" was a hit in the Philippines in the '80s and remains one of the band's best-known songs in the country to date.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
AllMusic gave high praise to the hit songs "You Can Do Magic" and "Right Before Your Eyes", but deemed View from the Ground "an exceptionally slick-sounding yet pedestrian album overall". They recommended that listeners instead seek out the two hits, especially "You Can Do Magic", on greatest hits compilations. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Can Do Magic" | Russ Ballard | 3:48 |
2. | "Never Be Lonely" | Gerry Beckley, Bill Mumy | 3:45 |
3. | "You Girl" | Dewey Bunnell, Mumy, Robert Haimer | 3:32 |
4. | "Inspector Mills" | Beckley | 5:10 |
5. | "Love on the Vine" | Bunnell, Mumy, Haimer | 3:02 |
6. | "Desperate Love" | Lenny LeBlanc, Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson | 3:51 |
7. | "Right Before Your Eyes" | Ian Thomas | 3:47 |
8. | "Jody" | Ballard | 3:49 |
9. | "Sometimes Lovers" | Beckley | 4:37 |
10. | "Even the Score" | Bunnell | 3:36 |
America
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Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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US | 41 [4] |
AUS | 55 |
NOR | 49 |
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