| 词条 | Silent Letter (album) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Silent Letter | type = Album | artist = America | cover = Silent letter cover art.jpg | alt = | released = June 15, 1979 | recorded = March - April 1979, AIR Studios, Montserrat | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop rock | length = 34:50 | label = Capitol 85917 | producer = George Martin | prev_title = America Live | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Alibi | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Silent Letters | type = studio | single1 = Only Game in Town"/"High in the City | single1date = August 1979 | single2 = All My Life"/"One Morning | single2date = October 1979 | single3 = All Around"/"1960 | single3date = January 1980 }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1] }} Silent Letter is the eighth studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records in June 1979. This was the first America studio album following the departure of Dan Peek, the first America release on Capitol Records, and the last to feature George Martin as producer. It was also their first studio album since their debut to have a title beginning with a letter other than "H". The title itself acknowledges the missing "H" by its wry reference to silent letters in the English language. The album contains fast-paced disco songs, piano-based power ballads (often sung by Gerry Beckley), and midtempo pop rock songs. ReceptionIn his Allmusic retrospective review, music critic Steven Thomas Erlewine noted the band's transition from "folky California soft rock" to adult contemporary. He wrote of the album: "The end result may be flawed, but in an enjoyable way. And compared to the records that preceded it and some of albums that followed it, Silent Letter certainly seems like a latter-day highlight for America."[1] The album was not a commercial success, reaching only number 110 on the Billboard album chart. However, it did produce three minor hit singles. "Only Game in Town" bubbled under the Hot 100 chart, peaking at # 107. "All My Life" and "All Around" narrowly missed the Top 40 on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at # 48 & 45 respectively. The former was a big hit in Asia. Track listing{{Track listing| title1 = Only Game in Town | writer1 = Lewis Anderson, Julie Didier, Casey Kelly | length1 = 4:12 | title2 = All Around | writer2 = Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell | length2 = 3:21 | title3 = Tall Treasures | writer3 = Beckley, Bunnell | length3 = 3:15 | title4 = 1960 | writer4 = Beckley | length4 = 3:10 | title5 = And Forever | writer5 = Bunnell | length5 = 3:11 | title6 = Foolin' | writer6 = Beckley, Ricky Fataar | length6 = 2:53 | title7 = All Night | writer7 = Bunnell | length7 = 3:19 | title8 = No Fortune | writer8 = Beckley | length8 = 3:18 | title9 = All My Life | writer9 = Beckley | length9 = 3:02 | title10 = One Morning | writer10 = Bunnell | length10 = 2:12 | title11 = High in the City | writer11 = Beckley, Bunnell | length11 = 3:02 }} Personnel
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References1. ^1 {{cite web |first=Steven Thomas |last=Erlewine |title= Silent Letter > Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r523 |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 15, 2011}} {{America (band)}}2. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards |id=r29005 |label=America – America > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=3 April 2008 |ref=BillboardAlbum}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/america-p3538/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=America : Allmusic : Billboard Singles|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=April 2, 2015}} 4 : 1979 albums|America (band) albums|Albums produced by George Martin|Capitol Records albums |
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