The Definitive America Explained

The Definitive America
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	America
Cover:	America (band) - The Definitive America.jpg
Released:	July 17, 2001
Recorded:	1971–83
Studio:	Abbey Road Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders
Genre:	Pop rock soft rock
Length:	76:47
Label:	Warner Bros., Rhino
Producer:	George Martin, America, Bill Inglot, David McLees, Stuart Batsford
Prev Title:	Highway
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	The Complete Greatest Hits
Next Year:	2001

The Definitive America is a compilation album by American rock band America, released in 2001. The album was certified Platinum in Australia.^[1]

Personnel

• Gerry Beckley – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, harmonica
• Dewey Bunnell – lead and backing vocals, guitars, percussion
• Dan Peek – lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, harmonica
• David Dickey - bass (tracks: 8 to 10, 13 to 19)
• Joe Osborne - bass (tracks: 4 to 7)
• Chris McCracken - congas (tracks: 8 to 10)
• Hal Blaine - drums, percussion (tracks: 4 to 10)
• Willie Leacox - drums, percussion (tracks: 11 to 19)
• Robert Margouleff - synthesizer (tracks: 8 to 10)

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Charts^[2]	23
Italian Albums Chart^[3]	26
New Zealand Recorded Music NZ^[4]	2
UK Official Charts Company^[5]	87

Notes and References

1. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2003.htm ARIA Charts Accreditations Albums 2003
2. https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=America&titel=The+Definitive+America&cat=a Australian Charts - America - The Definitive America
3. https://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=America&titel=The+Definitive+America&cat=a Italian Charts - America - The Definitive America
4. https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=America&titel=The+Definitive+America&cat=a Charts NZ - America - The Definitive America
5. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14505/america/ America - Compilation Albums Charts