Down to the water (America) (LP 255 - 256)

America Harbor (Vinyl- Warner Bros, 1977) **

America Perspective (Vinyl- Capitol, 1984) *

Genre:  American pop/rock

Places I remember:  Real Groovy Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: God Of The Sun (Harbor)




Gear costume:  Down To The Water (Harbor)

Active compensatory factors: From the mid seventies George Martin produced era of America, Harbor didn't contain any hit singles, so it tends to get forgotten about.

That's unfortunate, as it's also their last to feature Dan Peek, and therefore it continues the generally appealing America patented harmony work throughout.

The synths are a tad off putting on a couple of the tracks, and a few of the songs are sub par America, so, all up, it's not their best work before the fragmentation started.

Speaking of which: Perspective. Oh dear. The eighties have a lot to answer for - drum machines, synths (eek) and that tinny production (clearly NOT by Sir George).  

Not a total waste - those vocals! But approach with caution!

Where do they all belong? Diminishing returns after the golden early seventies, sad to say.