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View From the Ground 1982
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View From the Ground

America released View From the Ground in August 1982. It was recorded between 1981 and 1982 in various studios: Amigo, Capitol and Criteria in the United States, and Abbey Road in England. The album marked a change in their career, after one of the members had left five years earlier.

Year
1982
Songs
10
Duration
39 min 44 seg
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10 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

You Can Do Magic

3:55
02

Never Be Lonely

3:57
03

You Girl

3:31
04

Inspector Mills

5:10
05

Love on the Vine

3:17
06

Desperate Love

3:54
07

Right Before Your Eyes

3:57
08

Jody

3:53
09

Sometimes Lovers

4:35
10

Even the Score

3:35

About the album

View From the Ground, according to DoReSol

The album wasn't a big success, but it did gain some recognition. Two songs became singles: You Can Do Magic reached number eight on the singles chart and number five on adult contemporary, while Right Before Your Eyes (also known as Rudolph Valentino) reached number fourteen and sixteen on adult contemporary. The first stayed on the charts longer, twenty weeks, than any other single by the band.

In the Philippines, Inspector Mills was a local hit and remains one of the most recognized songs there. Although View From the Ground received good reviews for its songs, it was considered a rather polished but not very deep album. Many recommended listening to those singles in compilations.

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