Hideaway is the sixth original studio album

Album

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 by American

United States

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 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 trio America

America (band)

America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...

, released by Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 in April 1976. The album was produced by legendary Beatles producer George Martin

George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...

.

This album was a hit in the US, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard album chart and being certified GOLD by the RIAA. It produced two hit singles: "Today's The Day" reached 23 on the Billboard singles chart and went all the way to number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks; and "Amber Cascades" which peaked at 75 on the Billboard singles chart and hit number 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks including "Jet Boy Blue", "Watership Down", "Don't Let It Get You Down" and "Lovely Night".

Track listing

1. "Lovely Night" (Gerry Beckley
   Gerry Beckley
   Gerald Linford "Gerry" Beckley is a founding member of the band America.Beckley was born to an American father, and an English mother. He began playing the piano at the age of three and the guitar a few years later. By 1962, Beckley was playing guitar in The Vanguards, an instrumental surf music...
   
   )
2. "Amber Cascades" (Dewey Bunnell)
3. "Don't Let It Get You Down" (Dewey Bunnell)
4. "Can't You See" (Dan Peek
   Dan Peek
   Daniel Milton 'Dan' Peek was a musician best known as a member of the rock band America from 1970 to 1977, together with Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell...
   
   )
5. "Watership Down" (Gerry Beckley)
6. "She's Beside You" (Dan Peek)
7. "Hideaway Part I" (Dewey Bunnell)
8. "She's A Liar" (Gerry Beckley)
9. "Letter" (Dewey Bunnell)
10. "Today's the Day" (Dan Peek)
11. "Jet Boy Blue" (Dan Peek)
12. "Who Loves You" (Gerry Beckley)
13. "Hideaway Part II" (Dewey Bunnell)

Additional musicians

• Mark Guercio Bass Guitar
• David Dickey Drums and Percussion
• George Martin
  George Martin
  Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
  
  Piano on "She's Beside You" and "Hideaway Part I"

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