Released October 19, 1973 Hat Trick
(1973) Holiday
(1974) Release date 19 October 1973 Genres Rock music, Folk rock | Length 41:39 Artist America Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Recorded 29 May – 12 July 1973 at The Record Plant, Los Angeles Producers Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek Similar America albums, Blues rock albums | ||
Hat Trick is the third original studio album by the American folk rock trio America, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1973. It was a modest hit in the US, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard album chart, although it failed to go gold, whereas the group's first two releases had platinum sales. The album produced one minor hit single, "Muskrat Love" which reached number 67 on the Billboard singles chart and number 11 on the adult contemporary chart. That song would become a bigger hit for Captain & Tennille three years later. The title track is the only song written by all three members of America.
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In his Allmusic review music critic Mike DeGagne wrote that the album faltered "mainly because the songs lacked the cordial folk-rock melodies and mindful songwriting that prevailed on the earlier releases. "She's Gonna Let You Down" and "Rainbow Song" are the album's best cuts, but banal offerings such as "Green Monkey," "Willow Tree Lullaby," and "Molten Love" have Bunnell and Peek straying off course, sounding stale and musically feeble."
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1Muskrat Love3:06
2Wind Wave2:55
3She's Gonna Let You Down3:39