Perspective (America album)
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| Studio album by America | ||||
| Released | September 21, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 38:38 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Matthew McCauley, Richie Zito, Richard James Burgess | |||
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Perspective is the twelfth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records on September 21, 1984.
After several years of failed albums and singles, America returned to the Top Ten in 1982 with their Russ Ballard-penned single, "You Can Do Magic." In an effort to recreate this success, America had Ballard produce their 1983 album, Your Move. The results of that collaboration, however, were not altogether successful on an artistic or a commercial level. On America's next album, Perspective, the group went in a radically different direction.
The album, featuring three different producers - Matthew McCauley, Richie Zito and Richard James Burgess — and a multitude of prominent session musicians, represented America's foray into the synthesizer-laden music popular in the mid-1980s, including the use of DMX Drums. Band members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell were credited as executive producers on the project. It reached #185 on the Billboard pop album charts in November 1984, and was the last America album to make the charts at all until The Complete Greatest Hits did so in 2001. It was America's last studio album for Capitol Records, the last full-length studio album from the group until Hourglass was released in 1994, and the group's last major-label studio album until Here & Now in 2007.
Perspective contains two minor hit singles, "Special Girl" and "Can't Fall Asleep To A Lullabye." "Special Girl," with lead vocals by Beckley, hit #106 on Billboard's singles charts and #15 on its adult contemporary charts in October 1984. "Can't Fall Asleep To A Lullaby" (misspelled as "Lullabye" on the album cover) features lead vocals by Bunnell and backing vocals by Steve Perry of Journey. It reached #26 on the Billboard adult contemporary charts in January 1985. Perry returned the favor by featuring Bunnell in a brief cameo appearance in the video for his 1984 hit single, "Oh Sherrie."
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