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The 100 Best Rock Classic Songs 1965-1979 (100 items)
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Rock Classic's Best Countdown # 41 To # 50 (10 items)
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Best Albums of the 1970s (201 items)
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Music...The 500 Greatest Album (464 items)
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1972 : My Top 10 Favorite Songs (11 items)
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Description: Amazon.ca Drawing upon the softer side of the hippie folk scene with a more refined sound, America garnered a string of hits for themselves in the 1970s. With a rich, acoustic base and lush, high tenor harmonies, songs like "Sandman" were instantly successful. The band's breakthrough single was the slightly country-tinged "Horse with No Name", that owed a debt to the craftsmanship of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. America displayed the band's sensitivities with "Clarice" and "I Need You". While the band made a name for itself on the strength of "Horse" alone, the rest of the re ... (more)

Manufacturer: Phantasm Imports (Music)
Release date: 1 January 2009
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075992725729 UPC: 075992725729

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