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Revision as of 10:24, 1 November 2025
1975 studio album by Curtis Mayfield
| There’s No Place Like America Today | |
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| Released | May 1975 (1975-05) |
| Studio | Curtom, Chicago, Illinois |
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| Length | 35:23 |
| Label | Curtom |
| Producer | Curtis Mayfield |
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There’s No Place Like America Today is the seventh studio album by Curtis Mayfield, released in 1975 on Curtom Records.[1] It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200 chart,[2] as well as number 13 on the Soul LPs chart.[3]
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”.[1] The original photograph was published in the February 15, 1937 edition of Life magazine.[4]
Critical reception
The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8] In 2013, NME placed it at number 373 on the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield.
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Billy Jack” | 6:10 |
| 2. | “When Seasons Change” | 5:28 |
| 3. | “So in Love” | 5:15 |
| 4. | “Jesus” | 6:13 |
| 5. | “Blue Monday People” | 4:50 |
| 6. | “Hard Times” | 3:45 |
| 7. | “Love to the People” | 4:07 |
| Total length: | 35:23 | |
| Title | ||
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| 8. | “Hard Times” (Long Version) | 3:57 |
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
- Marv Stuart – management
Charts
References
- ^ a b Bennun, David (April 16, 2015). “Revisiting Curtis Mayfield’s There’s No Place Like America Today”. The Quietus. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ a b “Curtis Mayfield – Billboard 200”. Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ a b “Curtis Mayfield – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums”. Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Cosgrove, Ben (March 24, 2014). “Behind the Picture: ‘The American Way’ and the Flood of ’37”. Time. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. “There’s No Place Like America Today – Curtis Mayfield”. AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). “Consumer Guide ’70s: M”. Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Matt Mitchell (August 24, 2024), “Time Capsule: Curtis Mayfield, There’s No Place Like America Today”, Paste, retrieved January 14, 2025
- ^ Dimery, Robert, ed. (2005). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing.
- ^ “The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 400-301”. NME. October 23, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
