Highway: 30 Years of America (2000)

About this title: America may be best-known for "A Horse With No Name" but they had a number of hits right into 1982. These weren't just Top 100 hits, but songs that remained staples of soft rock and oldies stations for years: "I Need You," "Ventura Highway," "Tin Man," "Lonely People," "Sister Golden Hair," and "You Can Do Magic," all well-crafted, melodic, memorable gems. Rhino's three-disc box set Highway: 30 Years of America proves that much, but if that's all that it did, it wouldn't be recommended over a hits collection. To some, a single-disc collection still may be preferable (although no single-disc ... read more

Tracks:

1. Riverside [Bunnell]
2. A Horse With No Name [Bunnell]
3. I Need You [Beckley]
4. Rainy Day [Peek]
5. Here [Beckley]
6. Three Roses [Bunnell]
7. Sandman [Bunnell]
8. Everyone I Meet Is from California [Peek]
9. Ventura Highway [Bunnell]
10. To Each His Own [Beckley]
11. Don't Cross the River [Peek]
12. Cornwall Blank [Bunnell]
13. Only in Your Heart [Beckley]
14. Saturn Nights [Peek]
15. Hat Trick [Peek/Bunnell/Beckle]
16. Molten Love [Bunnell]
17. It's Life [Peek]
18. Submarine Ladies [Unedited Alternate Mix] [Beckley]
19. Muskrat Love [Ramsey]
20. Green Monkey [Bunnell]
21. She's Gonna Let You Down [Single Edit] [Beckley]
22. Rainbow Song [Bunnell]
23. Tin Man [Bunnell]
24. Another Try [Beckley]
25. Lonely People [Peek/Peek]
26. Hollywood [Bunnell]
27. Baby It's up to You [Beckley]
28. Old Man Took [Bunnell]
29. Simple Life [#domestically] [Peek]
30. Sister Golden Hair [Beckley]
31. Daisy Jane [Beckley]
32. Woman Tonight [Peek]
33. Who Loves You [Alternate Mix] [Beckley]
34. Lovely Night [Beckley]
35. Amber Cascades [Bunnell]
36. Can't You See [Peek]
37. Watership Down [Alternate Mix] [Bunnell]
38. Letter [Alternate Mix] [Bunnell]
39. Today's the Day [Peek]
40. Sarah [Beckley]
41. Are You There [Bunnell]
42. God of the Sun [Beckley]
43. Sergeant Darkness [Beckley]
44. California Dreamin' [Phillips/Phillips]
45. All My Life [Beckley]
46. Only Game in Town [Kelly/Didier/Anders]
47. 1960 [Beckley]
48. Survival [Beckley]
49. The Last Unicorn [Webb]
50. You Can Do Magic [Ballard]
51. Inspector Mills [Beckley]
52. My Dear [Bunnell]
53. The Border [Ballard/Bunnell]
54. She's a Runaway [Ballard]
55. Lullaby (Can't Fall Asleep to A) [Bunnell/Perry/Mumy/]
56. Special Girl [Schwartz/Tyson]
57. Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday) [Bunnell/Mumy/Haimer]
58. Young Moon [Bunnell/Beckley]
59. Greenhouse [Bunnell/Mumy/Haimer]
60. Mitchum Junction [Demo#] [Bunnell]
61. Satan [Demo#] [Peek]
62. Ventura Highway [Demo#] [Bunnell]
63. James Holladay [Demo#] [Peek]
64. Riverside [Demo#] [Bunnell]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.