Homecoming (America album)


Homecoming is the second studio album by America, released on November 15, 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue the band's success, and includes one of their best known hits, "Ventura Highway."
Homecoming peaked at number 9 on Billboards Pop Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced three hit singles: "Ventura Highway", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard singles chart and number 3 on the adult contemporary chart; "Don't Cross the River", which hit number 35 on Billboard and 23 on the AC chart; and "Only in Your Heart" peaked at number 62 on Billboard's Pop singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks, including "To Each His Own", "California Revisited", and "Cornwall Blank".
For this album and the next six throughout the next five years, the group traditionally chose titles beginning with the letter "H".

Reception

In his AllMusic review music critic David Cleary called Homecoming "America's finest album" and despite citing sometimes banal lyrics, wrote that "each song here has something to recommend it. This top-flight album is a very rewarding listen."

Track listing

Personnel

Album
YearChartPeak
position
1972US9
1972AUS17
1972UK21

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1972"Ventura Highway"US8
1972"Ventura Highway"US AC3
1972"Ventura Highway"AUS28
1972"Ventura Highway"UK43
1973"Don't Cross the River"US35
1973"Don't Cross the River"US AC23
1973"Don't Cross the River"AUS94
1973"Only in Your Heart"US62