Friday, May 3, 2024

Curtis Mayfield - There’s No Place Like America Today

Today Marks The 49th Anniversary of Curtis Mayfield’s 7th Studio Album “There’s No Place Like America Today” Originally Released on May 3, 1975.
“There's No Place Like America Today” is the seventh studio album by Curtis Mayfield, released in 1975 on Curtom Records.
The album peaked at #13 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and at #120 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Two singles were released from the album “So in Love” and “Love to the People”.
“So in Love” peaked at #9 on the US Billboard R&B chart and at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Love to the People” was the second single from the album but failed to chart on the Billboard charts.
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".
The original photograph was published in the February 15, 1937 edition of Life magazine.
The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2013, NME placed it at number 373 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
Track-listing
No. Title Length
1. "Billy Jack"
2. "When Seasons Change”
3. "So in Love"
4. "Jesus"
5. "Blue Monday People"
6. "Hard Times"
7. "Love to the People”
8. "Hard Times" (Long Version)
By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology.

 

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