America / Hat Trick (US, Warner Bros. Records, BS 2728) <October 19, 1973>

America / Hat Trick (US, Warner Bros. Records, BS 2728) <October 19, 1973>
(SIDE Ⅰ) BS-2778 40554 RE-1 1B
(SIDE Ⅱ) BS-2778 40555 RE-1 1A

実は、最近まで聴いたことがありませんでした。名前から骨太のサザン・ロックをイメージして「もうそういうのはいいや」と思って敬遠していたので、さわやかなコーラスに面喰らいました。メンバーの3人ともロンドン在住のアメリカ軍人の息子だとか、デビューがUKだったというのも、今日始めて知りました。

・・・しかし、これは結構好きかも。コンガとか入って、たる～～い感じの1曲目"Muskrat Love"とか、最高ですやん。

"Hat Trick" is the third studio album by the American folk rock trio America, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1973. It was a modest hit in the US, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard album chart, although it failed to go gold, whereas the group's first two releases had platinum sales. The album produced one minor hit single, "Muskrat Love" which reached number 67 on the Billboard singles chart and number 11 on the adult contemporary chart. That song would become a bigger hit for Captain & Tennille three years later. The title track is the only song written by all three members of America.

"Muskrat Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgF3FIrJc6Q

Muskrat, muskrat candlelight
Doin' the town and doin' it right
In the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin'

Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy
And Sammy's so skinny

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love

Nibbling on bacon, chewin' on cheese
Sammy says to Susie "Honey, would you please be my missus?"
And she say yes
With her kisses

And now he's ticklin' her fancy
Rubbin' her toes
Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes
As they wriggle, and Sue starts to giggle

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love

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