The Complete Greatest Hits is the fourth principal major label compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 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 2001

2001 in music

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. This is the first America compilation to feature all 17 of the group's Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 singles. The album was intended to update and expand upon History: America's Greatest Hits

History: America's Greatest Hits

History: America's Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. It was a success in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard album chart and being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA...

, the group's all-time best selling album. It includes two new tracks released exclusively on this collection. This was the group's first album to chart since 1984's Perspective

Perspective (America album)

Perspective is the twelfth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records on September 21, 1984.- History :...

, reaching 152 on the Billboard album charts.

Track listing

1. "A Horse With No Name
   A Horse with No Name
   “A Horse with No Name” is a song written by Dewey Bunnell and originally recorded by the band America.  It was the band's first and most successful single, released in early 1972, topping the charts in several countries...
   
   " (Dewey Bunnell)
2. "Sandman", from America (Bunnell)
3. "I Need You", from America (Gerry Beckley
   Gerry Beckley
   Gerald Linford "Gerry" Beckley is a founding member of the band America.Beckley was born to an American father, and an English mother. He began playing the piano at the age of three and the guitar a few years later. By 1962, Beckley was playing guitar in The Vanguards, an instrumental surf music...
   
   )
4. "Everyone I Meet Is From California" (Dan Peek
   Dan Peek
   Daniel Milton 'Dan' Peek was a musician best known as a member of the rock band America from 1970 to 1977, together with Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell...
   
   )
5. "Ventura Highway
   Ventura Highway
   "Ventura Highway" is a popular 1972 song by the rock 'n' roll band America from its album, Homecoming.-Background:The vocalist and writer of the song Dewey Bunnell has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky...
   
   ", from Homecoming (Bunnell)
6. "Don't Cross The River", from Homecoming (Dan Peek)
7. "Only In Your Heart", from Homecoming (Beckley)
8. "Muskrat Love
   Muskrat Love
   "Muskrat Love" is a pop song by written by Willis Alan Ramsey and introduced on his sole album the 1972 release Willis Alan Ramsey; the song had its highest profile via a 1976 remake by Captain & Tennille...
   
   ", from Hat Trick
   Hat Trick (album)
   __notoc__Hat Trick is the third original studio album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1973 ....
   
   (Willis Alan Ramsey
   Willis Alan Ramsey
   Willis Alan Ramsey is an American singer/songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Dallas, Texas. Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969, and was a prominent baritone in the High School's Lads and Lassies...
   
   )
9. "Another Try", from Holiday
   Holiday (America album)
   Holiday is the fourth original studio album by American folk rock band America, released by Warner Bros. Records in June 1974 . The album was produced in London by noted Beatles producer George Martin....
   
   (Beckley)
10. "Tin Man
    Tin Man (song)
    "Tin Man" is the title of a 1974 song by the pop-rock band America. It was written by band member Dewey Bunnell and produced by the noted record producer George Martin, who also plays the piano part on the recorded version...
    
    ", from Holiday (Bunnell)
11. "Lonely People", from Holiday (Catherine Peek, Dan Peek)
12. "Sister Golden Hair
    Sister Golden Hair
    "Sister Golden Hair" is a song written by Gerry Beckley and recorded by the band America for their fifth album Hearts . It was their second single to reach number one on the U.S...
    
    ", from Hearts
    Hearts (album)
    -Track listing:#"Daisy Jane" – 3:07#"Half a Man" – 3:33#"Midnight" – 2:41#"Bell Tree" – 2:32#"Old Virginia" – 3:28#"People in the Valley" – 2:43#"Company" – 3:23...
    
    (Beckley)
13. "Daisy Jane", from Hearts (Beckley)
14. "Woman Tonight", from Hearts (Peek)
15. "Today's The Day", from Hideaway (Peek)
16. "Amber Cascades", from Hideaway (Bunnell)
17. "California Dreamin'" (John Phillips
    John Phillips (musician)
    John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
    
    , Michelle Phillips
    Michelle Phillips
    Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group.-Early life:...
    
    )
18. "You Can Do Magic
    You Can Do Magic (song)
    "You Can Do Magic" is a song by singer-songwriter Russ Ballard which was recorded as a 1982 single by folk rock duo America from their album View from the Ground....
    
    ", from View From The Ground (Russ Ballard)
19. "Right Before Your Eyes", from View From The Ground (Ian Thomas
    Ian Thomas
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    )
20. "The Border", from Your Move (Ballard, Bunnell)
21. "World Of Light" (new track) (Beckley)
22. "Paradise" (new track) (Beckley, Bunnell)