There's No Place Like America Today
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| There's No Place Like America Today | ||||
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| Released | May 1975 | |||
| Studio | Curtom, Chicago, Illinois | |||
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| Length | 35:23 | |||
| Label | Curtom | |||
| Producer | Curtis Mayfield | |||
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There's No Place Like America Today is the seventh studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1975 on Curtom Records.[1] It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200 chart,[2] as well as number 13 on the Soul LPs chart.[3]
The album cover was based on a 1937 monochrome photograph by Margaret Bourke-White, titled At the Time of the Louisville Flood, on which the advertising slogan was "There's No Way Like the American Way".[1] The original photograph was published in the February 15, 1937, issue of Life.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | D+[6] |
| Paste | 10/10[7] |
The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8] In 2013, NME placed it at number 373 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Billy Jack" | 6:10 |
| 2. | "When Seasons Change" | 5:28 |
| 3. | "So in Love" | 5:15 |
| 4. | "Jesus" | 6:13 |
| 5. | "Blue Monday People" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Hard Times" | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Love to the People" | 4:07 |
| Total length: | 35:23 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Hard Times" (Long Version) | 3:57 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Curtis Mayfield – vocals, guitar, keyboards, production
- Rich Tufo – keyboards, arrangement
- Gary Thompson – guitar
- Phil Upchurch – guitar
- Joseph "Lucky" Scott – bass guitar
- Quinton Joseph – drums
- Henry Gibson – percussion
- Harold Dessent – woodwinds
- Roger Anfinsen – engineering
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Peter Palombi – illustration
- Lockart – design
