America discography

America discography
The trio in 1976
Studio albums23
Live albums11
Compilation albums22
Singles47
#1 Singles5

America is an American rock group who have released 23 studio albums, 11 live albums and 22 compilation albums. They have also issued 47 singles, including two Billboard Hot 100 and three Adult Contemporary number ones.

America's best-known song is their 1972 debut single, "A Horse with No Name". It was the lead-off single to their self-titled debut album. The song became their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and was also a Top 5 hit in the United Kingdom, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, America had charted eleven Top 40 singles in the United States. However, in the 1990s, their popularity began to fade. They have not had a Billboard charted single in the United States since 1984, though "Young Moon" charted in Germany in 1994, peaking at number 59 on the country's Media Control Charts along with hitting #33 on the Radio & Records AC Airplay Top 40 charts. Additionally, in 1998 "From a Moving Train" charted on the Radio & Records AC Airplay Top 40 chart for six weeks and peaked at number 25, along with being #84 for the year. "Winter Wonderland" peaked on the same chart at number 26 in 2002.

Studio albums

1970s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
JPN
[6]
SPA
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
America 1 3 1 22 9 6 14
Homecoming
  • Release date: November 15, 1972
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
9 17 6 42 17 21
Hat Trick
  • Release date: October 26, 1973
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
28 24 44 24 41
Holiday
  • Release date: June 26, 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
3 25 3
Hearts
  • Release date: March 19, 1975
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
4 17 3 12 74
Hideaway
  • Release date: 9 April 1976
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
11 12 10 12 62 48
Harbor
  • Release date: March 1977[17]
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
21 19 16 13 31 33
Silent Letter
  • Release date: June 15, 1979
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
110 51 80
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
IT
[18][19]
JPN
[6]
Alibi
  • Release date: August 15, 1980
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, Cassette
142 100 2
View from the Ground
  • Release date: August 1982[20]
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
41 46 10 43
The Last Unicorn (with Jimmy Webb and the London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Release date: November 19, 1982
  • Label: Virgin Records
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
Your Move
  • Release date: June 3, 1983
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
81 66 16 58
The Lonely Guy Soundtrack
  • Release date: January 27, 1984
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
Perspective
  • Release date: September 21, 1984
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
185
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1990s

Title Album details
Hourglass
Human Nature
  • Release date: September 1998
  • Label: Oxygen Records
  • Formats: CD, Cassette

2000s, 2010s and 2020s

Title Album details Peak positions
US
[1]
Holiday Harmony
  • Release date: October 2002
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD
Here & Now 52
Hits – 40th Anniversary Edition
  • Release date: March 21, 2011
  • Label: America Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • New recordings of earlier hits and songs
Back Pages
  • Release date: July 26, 2011
  • Label: E1 Music
  • Formats: CD, music download
Lost & Found
  • Release date: May 5, 2015
  • Label: America Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Archives, Vol 1
  • Release date: November 24, 2015
  • Label: America Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970–1973
  • Release date: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Omnivore Recordings
  • Formats: CD, music download
Heritage II: Demos/Alternate Takes 1971–1976
  • Release date: April 19, 2020
  • Label: Omnivore Recordings
  • Formats: CD, music download
Alternates & Rarities
  • Release date: April 23, 2022
  • Label: Warner Brothers
  • Formats: LP
66[a]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

1970–1999

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[21]
CAN
[3]
NZ
[5]
UK
[9]
History: America's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 1975
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette
3 11 5 3 60
America's Gold
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Warner Special Products
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Encore: More Greatest Hits
  • Release date: June 24, 1991
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ventura Highway & Other Favorites
  • Release date: March 21, 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Premium Gold Collection
  • Release date: April 1, 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Legendary America
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, cassette
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

2000s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[21]
NZ
[5]
UK
[9]
Highway
  • Release date: July 2000
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Definitive America
  • Release date: July 17, 2001
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
19 2 87
The Complete Greatest Hits
  • Release date: August 2001
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
152
A Horse With No Name & Other Hits
  • Release date: September 14, 2004
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Definitive Pop Collection
  • Release date: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD
Only the Best of America
  • Release date: September 30, 2008
  • Label: Collectables
  • Formats: CD
Collectables Classics
  • Release date: March 29, 2010
  • Label: Collectables
  • Formats: CD
Original Album Series
  • Release date: August 27, 2013
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD
Playlist: The Very Best of America
  • Release date: June 15, 2015
  • Label: SBME SPECIAL MKTS
  • Formats: CD
The Warner Bros. Years 1971–1977
  • Release date: July 17, 2015
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD
An Introduction To : America
  • Release date: May 12, 2017
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
The Archives: America
  • Release date: July 13, 2018
  • Label: Broadcast Archive
  • Formats: CD
The Capitol Years (box set)
  • Release date: May 17, 2019
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
50th Anniversary: The Collection
  • Release date: July 12, 2019
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Download
94[a]
13[b]
50th Anniversary: Golden Hits
  • Release date: July 12, 2019
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, Download
America 50: Half Century Box Set
  • Release date: September 11, 2020
  • Label: Gonzo Import
  • Formats: CD/DVD
Now Playing
  • Release date: January 5, 2024
  • Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: Vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
Live
  • Release date: October 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
  • Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette
129 74
Live in Central Park
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Pioneer
  • Formats: Laser Disc, VHS, DVD, CD
In Concert
  • Release date: July 1985
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
Horse with No Name
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: MasterTone Records
  • Formats: CD
In Concert (King Biscuit)
  • Release date: July 1995
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: CD
The Grand Cayman Concert
In Concert - Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Release date: May 23, 2006
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: DVD, CD
Live in Concert: Wildwood Springs
  • Release date: December 28, 2008
  • Label: America
  • Formats: CD, music download
Sigma Sound Studio 1972
  • Release date: September 11, 2015
  • Label: All Access
  • Formats: CD, music download
Universal Amphitheatre L.A. 1978
  • Release date: March 11, 2016
  • Label: Zip City
  • Formats: CD, music download
Live Whisky A-Go-Go 1972
  • Release date: May 11, 2018
  • Label: Rox Vox
  • Formats: CD, music download
Live in Central Park 1979
  • Release date: August 9, 2019
  • Label: America Records
  • Formats: CD, DVD
Live at the London Palladium
  • Release date: Nov 1, 2019
  • Label: America Records
  • Formats: DVD, CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Bootleg albums

Title Album details
On the Road America / Eagles Live
  • Release date: September 3, 1974
  • Label: Phonygraph
  • Formats: LP
  • Recording of America and The Eagles’ performances on the “In Concert” TV show. America is on side 1 and The Eagles are on side 2.
Heard
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Home Rolled
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains some studio and concert recordings.
Happenstance
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Marshall
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains concert recordings from the early 1970s.
Honor Bound
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Marshall
  • Formats: CD
  • Contains the Live In Central Park performance from 1979.
Ride That Highway in the Sky Volume 1
  • Release date: 2014
  • Label: Marshall
  • Formats: CD
  • Concert recordings from the early and mid-1970s.
Ride That Highway in the Sky Volume 2
  • Release date: 2014
  • Label: Marshall
  • Formats: CD
  • Concert recordings from the late 1970s.

Singles

1970s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Notes B-side
From same album as A-side except where indicated
Album
US
[25]
US AC
[26]
CAN
[27]
CAN AC
[27]
AUS
[2]
JPN
[28]
NL
[29]
NZ
[5]
UK
[9]
ZIM
[30]
1972 "A Horse with No Name" 1 3 1 7 2 16 12 3 7 "Everyone I Meet Is from California" (US) (From Encore: More Greatest Hits)
"Sandman" (UK, AUS, FR)
America
"I Need You" 9 7 5 81 64 18 16 "Riverside"
"Ventura Highway" 8 3 5 42 28 12 43 "Saturn Nights" Homecoming
1973 "Don't Cross the River" 35 23 49 21 94 "To Each His Own"
"Only in Your Heart" 62 "Moon Song"
"Muskrat Love" 67 11 68 30 "Cornwall Blank" (from Homecoming) Hat Trick
"Rainbow Song" 102[c] "Willow Tree Lullaby"
1974 "Green Monkey" Featuring Joe Walsh on lead guitar "She's Gonna Let You Down"
"Tin Man" 4 1 7 5 46 First single produced by George Martin "In the Country" Holiday
"Lonely People" 5 1 16 3 43 "Mad Dog"
1975 "Simple Life" "Lonely People" (from Holiday) Non-album track
"Sister Golden Hair" 1 5 11 3 28 73 26 1 "Midnight" Hearts
"Daisy Jane" 20 4 16 2 "Tomorrow"
"Woman Tonight" 44 41 69 "Bell Tree"
1976 "Today's the Day" 23 1 16 5 55 "Hideaway Part II" Hideaway
"Amber Cascades" 75 17 86 17 "Who Loves You"
"She's a Liar" "She's Beside You"
"Jet Boy Blue" "Watership Down"
1977 "God of the Sun" "Down to the Water" Harbor
"Don't Cry Baby" "Monster"
"Slow Down" "Sarah"
1979 "California Dreamin'" 56 84 "See It My Way" by FDR California Dreaming (soundtrack)
"Only Game in Town" 107 "High in the City" Silent Letter
"All My Life" 48 "One Morning"
"All Around" 93[d] 45 Last single produced by George Martin "1960"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. US charts are Billboard unless otherwise noted.

1980s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions B-side
From same album as A-side except where indicated
Album
US
[25]
US AC
[26]
CAN
[27]
CAN AC
[27]
AUS
[2]
GER
[32]
IT
[33]
JPN
[28]
NL
[29]
NZ
[5]
UK
[9]
1980 "You Could Have Been the One" 114[d] "Catch That Train" Alibi
"Hangover" "One in a Million"
"Survival" 2 Italy-"Only Game in Town" (from Silent Letter)
Germany-"Catch That Train"
1982 "You Can Do Magic" 8 5 37 13 30 23 68 12 59 "Even the Score" View from the Ground
"Right Before Your Eyes" 45 16 22 "Inspector Mills"
"Jody" "Inspector Mills"
1983 "The Border" 33 4 39 1 22 "Sometimes Lovers"(from View From The Ground) Your Move
"Cast the Spirit" "My Dear"
1984 "The Last Unicorn" 38 "Man's Road" The Last Unicorn (soundtrack)
"Special Girl" 106 15 7 "Unconditional Love" Perspective
"Can't Fall Asleep to a Lullaby"
(featuring Steve Perry)
26 "Fallin' Off the World"
1989 "5th Avenue"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. US charts are Billboard unless otherwise noted.

1990s singles

Year Single Peak positions B-side Album
US AC
[26]
GER
[32]
1990 "The Last Two to Dance" "The Last Two to Dance" (instrumental) Non-album track
1991 "Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday)" Encore: More Greatest Hits
1994 "Young Moon" 33[e] 79 "Call of the Wild" Hourglass
"Hope" "Whole Wide World"
"Greenhouse"
1995 "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" various Christmas compilations
1998 "From a Moving Train" (single edit) 25[e] "From a Moving Train" (album version) Human Nature
"Wednesday Morning" "Town and Country"
"Moment to Moment"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. US chart information Billboard unless otherwise noted.

2000s singles

Year Single/Track Peak positions Album
US AC
[26]
US Rock Dig.
[35]
2002 "Winter Wonderland" 26[e] Holiday Harmony
2007 "Chasing the Rainbow" 13[f] Here & Now
"Ride On"
2011 "A Horse with No Name" 49 The Complete Greatest Hits
2015 "Driving" Lost & Found
2019 "Ventura Highway" 24 50th Anniversary: The Collection
2020 "Remembering" America 50: Half Century Box Set
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
US chart information Billboard unless otherwise noted.

Billboard year-end positions

Year Song Year-end
position
1972 "Horse with No Name" 27
1972 "I Need You" 71
1972 "Ventura Highway" 94
1974 "Tin Man" 85
1975 "Sister Golden Hair" 33
1975 "Lonely People" 83
1982 "You Can Do Magic" 65

Notes

  1. ^ a b Billboard Top Current Album Sales
  2. ^ Billboard Folk Albums
  3. ^ Cashbox Singles Chart.[31]
  4. ^ a b Record World Singles Chart.[31]
  5. ^ a b c Radio & Records Adult Contemporary Chart.[34]
  6. ^ FMQB Top 40 Chart.[36]

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