Highway: 30 Years Of America is the third principal major label compilation album

Compilation album

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 by American

United States

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 folk rock

Folk rock

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 duo America

America (band)

America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...

, released by Rhino Records in 2000 (see 2000 in music

2000 in music

See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....

). The collection represented the first boxed set release of America's material. Originally, the collection was to promoted as including four discs, including newly-recorded material, but was scaled back to three discs shortly before release. The resulting collection was heavily tilted toward the Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Records

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 releases, with the remainder of the group's career relegated to a portion of the third disc. No material from Human Nature

Human Nature (America album)

Human Nature is the fourteenth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Oxygen Records in 1998 . It was their first new studio album since 1994's "Hourglass". "From a Moving Train" was released as a single and was a minor hit in the US reaching 25 on the Radio &...

, and only one track from Alibi, was included. All songs which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

Billboard Hot 100

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 are represented with the exception of the group's 1982

1982 in music

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 hit, "Right Before Your Eyes." The collection notably contains a demo of "Ventura Highway" prior to the addition of the famous guitar riff for which it is best known. Only two previously unreleased tracks were included in the 64-track set: "Mitchum Junction" and "James Holladay."

Disc One

1. "Riverside"
2. "A Horse With No Name"
3. "I Need You"
4. "Rainy Day"
5. "Here"
6. "Three Roses"
7. "Sandman"
8. "Everyone I Meet Is From California"
9. "Ventura Highway"
10. "To Each His Own"
11. "Don't Cross The River"
12. "Cornwall Blank"
13. "Only In Your Heart"
14. "Saturn Nights"
15. "Hat Trick"
16. "Molten Love"
17. "It's Life"
18. "Submarine Ladies" (unedited, alternate mix)

Disc Two

1. "Muskrat Love"
2. "Green Monkey"
3. "She's Gonna Let You Down" (single edit)
4. "Rainbow Song"
5. "Tin Man"
6. "Another Try"
7. "Lonely People"
8. "Hollywood"
9. "Baby It's Up To You"
10. "Old Man Took"
11. "Simple Life"
12. "Sister Golden Hair"
13. "Daisy Jane"
14. "Woman Tonight"
15. "Who Loves You" (alternate mix)
16. "Lovely Night"
17. "Amber Cascades"
18. "Can't You See"
19. "Watership Down" (alternate mix)
20. "Letter" (alternate mix)
21. "Today's The Day"
22. "Sarah"
23. "Are You There"
24. "God Of The Sun"
25. "Sergeant Darkness"

Disc Three

1. "California Dreamin'"
2. "All My Life"
3. "Only Game In Town"
4. "1960"
5. "Survival"
6. "The Last Unicorn"
7. "You Can Do Magic"
8. "Inspector Mills"
9. "My Dear"
10. "The Border"
11. "She's A Runaway"
12. "(Can't Fall Asleep To A) Lullaby"
13. "Special Girl"
14. "Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday)"
15. "Young Moon"
16. "Greenhouse"
17. "Mitchum Junction" (demo)
18. "Satan" (demo)
19. "Ventura Highway" (demo)
20. "James Holladay" (demo)
21. "Riverside" (demo)

("Satan" was released on America as "Donkey Jaw".)