Highway: 30 Years Of
America is the third principal major label compilation album by American
folk rock duo America, released by Rhino Records in 2000 (see 2000 in music). 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. releases, with the
remainder of the group's career relegated to a portion of the third
disc. No material from
Human Nature, and only one
track from
Alibi, was
included. All songs which charted on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart are represented
with the exception of the group's
1982
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."
Track listing
Disc One
- "Riverside"
- "A Horse With No Name"
- "I Need You"
- "Rainy Day"
- "Here"
- "Three Roses"
- "Sandman"
- "Everyone I Meet Is From California"
- "Ventura Highway"
- "To Each His Own"
- "Don't Cross The River"
- "Cornwall Blank"
- "Only In Your Heart"
- "Saturn Nights"
- "Hat Trick"
- "Molten Love"
- "It's Life"
- "Submarine Ladies" (unedited, alternate mix)
Disc Two
- "Muskrat Love"
- "Green Monkey"
- "She's Gonna Let You Down" (single edit)
- "Rainbow Song"
- "Tin Man"
- "Another Try"
- "Lonely People"
- "Hollywood"
- "Baby It's Up To You"
- "Old Man Took"
- "Simple Life"
- "Sister Golden Hair"
- "Daisy Jane"
- "Woman Tonight"
- "Who Loves You" (alternate mix)
- "Lovely Night"
- "Amber Cascades"
- "Can't You See"
- "Watership Down" (alternate mix)
- "Letter" (alternate mix)
- "Today's The Day"
- "Sarah"
- "Are You There"
- "God Of The Sun"
- "Sergeant Darkness"
Disc Three
- "California Dreamin'"
- "All My Life"
- "Only Game In Town"
- "1960"
- "Survival"
- "The Last Unicorn"
- "You Can Do Magic"
- "Inspector Mills"
- "My Dear"
- "The Border"
- "She's A Runaway"
- "(Can't Fall Asleep To A) Lullaby"
- "Special Girl"
- "Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday)"
- "Young Moon"
- "Greenhouse"
- "Mitchum Junction" (demo)
- "Satan" (demo)
- "Ventura Highway" (demo)
- "James Holladay" (demo)
- "Riverside" (demo)
("Satan" was released on
America as "Donkey Jaw".)