There's No Place Like America Today is the seventh studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1975 on Curtom Records. It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200 chart, as well as number 13 on the Soul LPs chart.
Album cover 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, issue of Life.
Critical reception
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
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
Charts Chart Peakposition US Billboard 200 120 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 13
References
External links
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