America - View from the Ground

Today (July 15th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of View from the Ground, the tenth studio album from the American folk rock group America. At this point, they were a duo consisting of Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (found Dan Peek left the band in 1977).

In a number of ways, this was viewed as a comeback album for the group. It peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 200 (their previous two releases didn’t crack the top one hundred). It also provided them their last top 10 hit single to date.