{"id":2452,"date":"2020-04-22T18:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T18:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2020-04-22T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T18:20:56","slug":"arachnophonia-america-the-complete-greatest-hits-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2020\/04\/arachnophonia-america-the-complete-greatest-hits-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: America “The Complete Greatest Hits Collection”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student worker Jane (class of 2022) and features the band America’s Complete Greatest Hits Collection<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks, Jane!<\/em><\/p>\n

America <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Complete Greatest Hits Collection<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"America<\/p>\n

If you know me, you know I listen almost exclusively to music from the 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s (see my posts about Steely Dan<\/a> and A Chorus Line<\/em>, the musical<\/a>). That\u2019s not to say that I don\u2019t love music being produced today\u2014I do–but my heart lies in my parents\u2019 music. And a band my parents absolutely loved is America<\/a>.<\/p>\n

America has been making music for decades \u2014 really. They have 16 albums, not including special anniversary editions, re-releases, or any other specialty disc. They published their first album, America<\/a><\/em>, in 1971, and their most recent album, Back Pages<\/a><\/em>, is from 2011. That might sound like a lot of music, and it is, but we luckily have a Greatest Hits CD<\/a>, which encompasses almost all of my favorite songs. \u201cDaisy Jane<\/a>\u201d is one of the sweetest love songs I know (and it\u2019s not just because 7 year-old me liked that my name was in the title). <\/p>\n

\"America

By Source, Fair use, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=19104741<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re a beginner at guitar, start with their arguably most famous song \u2014 \u201cA Horse With No Name<\/a>\u201d. It\u2019s literally two chords going back and forth throughout the entire song. When recently asked, I said that \u201cVentura Highway<\/a>\u201d is the song that best represents me. \u201cTin Man<\/a>\u201d (based on The Wizard of Oz<\/em>), \u201cSister Golden Hair<\/a>\u201d, \u201cYou Can Do Magic<\/a>\u201d, and \u201cI Need You<\/a>\u201d are some of my other favorites. <\/p>\n