History Music / America

* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: Hat Trick is a kind of StealthPun example; it's their third album, and "hat trick" is a sports term that denotes a player or team accomplishing a feat three times.

America is a pop/rock band based out of California who had its greatest success in TheSeventies. They have never been critical favorites, but they had a handful of hits which are fondly remembered by fans. The band's vintage lineup consisted of Gerry Beckley, Dan Peek, and Dewey Bunnell. Peek left the group in 1977, but Beckley and Bunnell continue to tour and record as America to this day.

[[Music/TheBeatles George Martin]] produced three of this band's albums.

Songs recorded by America include "Ventura Highway," "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," and "Muskrat Love." That last song makes them worth remembering; after all, [[Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes that song kills killer tomatoes.]] "A Horse with No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair" are more pleasant to humans.

America is a pop/rock band based out of California who had its greatest success in TheSeventies. They have never been critical favorites, but they had a handful of hits which are fondly remembered by fans.

* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming They once gave seven consecutive albums titles beginning with the letter H.]] Later in their careers, they did four more in a row like that.

* Main/MilitaryBrat: In real life; see Everyone Went to School Together. Note also that Dewey Bunnell was born in England.

* IntercourseWithYou

* BuffySpeak: 'There were plants and birds and rocks and things' in 'A Horse With No Name'.
* CaptainObvious: In ''A Horse with No Name'', the singer feels the need to point out that "The heat was hot."

* GreatestHitsAlbum: Which featured cover art by Creator/PhilHartman, who was an artist before he became a comedian and actor.

* TextlessAlbumCover: The aforementioned ''History: America's Greatest Hits''.

* EveryoneWentToScholTogether: The three members of the classic lineup met while attending a U.S. military high school near London.

* Main/MilitaryBrat: In real life, all three members of the classic lineup were sons of American soldiers, and met while they were attending a U.S. military high school near London. Dewey Bunnell was born in England.

Songs recorded by America include "Ventura Highway," "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," and "Muskrat Love." That last song makes them worth remembering; after all, [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes that song kills killer tomatoes.]] "A Horse with No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair" are more pleasant to humans.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: Which featured cover art by Creator/PhilHartman, of all people.

Songs recorded by America include "Ventura Highway," "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," and "Muskrat Love." That last song makes them worth remembering; after all, that song kills killer tomatoes. "A Horse with No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair" are more pleasant to humans.

* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: They once gave seven consecutive albums titles beginning with the letter H. Later in their careers, they did four more in a row like that.

America is a pop/rock band based out of California who had its greatest success in the 1970s. They have never been critical favorites, but they had a handful of hits which are fondly remembered by fans.

!!'''Tropes''':

* CoveredUp: "Muskrat Love" was originally by Willis Alan Ramsey. America's version of the song was in turn CoveredUp by Captain and Tennille.
* EarWorm
* GreatestHitsAlbum: Which featured cover art by PhilHartman, of all people.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a NeilYoung tune. Understandable, since the tune was directly influenced by Young's work.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Ventura Highway" contains a couple of lines which writer Dewey Bunnell claims contain meaning but which listeners would be hard pressed to decipher, chiefly the line about "alligator lizards in the air".

[[TheBeatles George Martin]] produced three of this band's albums.

George Martin produced three of this band's albums.

* MisattributedSong: "A Horse with No Name" is commonly mistaken for a NeilYoung tune.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: They once gave seven consecutive albums titles beginning with the letter H. Later in their careers, they did four more in a row like that.

George Martin produced one of this band's albums.

America is a pop/rock band of the 1970s based out of California. They are not highly esteemed now, but they had an album's worth of hits in their time.

Songs recorded by America include "Ventura Highway," "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Goldenhair," and "Muskrat Love." That last song makes them worth remembering; after all, that song kills killer tomatoes. "A Horse with No Name" and "Sister Goldenhair" are more pleasant to humans.

* IceCreamKoan -- "A Horse with No Name"
* IntercourseWithYou

America is a band of the 1970s.

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