Holiday (America album)

Band member Dewey Bunnell was thrilled at the prospect of working with Martin as producer. He was quoted as saying that it "was great working with George. It was like we knew each other. We were familiar with the Beatles, of course, and we had that British sense of humor."[1] In a separate interview, Dan Peek recalled to Circus magazine: "Gerry (Beckley) had been in England, and we'd talked about using George Martin as our producer. He's such a hot arranger, thinking about all the stuff he's done. There were several other people we wanted to use, but that idea sort of flashed and George was available."[2]

It was the recording debut of America's longtime drummer Willie Leacox, who is in the car in the cover photo.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

In his Allmusic review music critic Mike DeGagne noted the effect of George Martin's production on the album as well as the rebound from the failure of Hat Trick, writing "this album as a whole ascertained that the group was definitely showing their true potential once more."[3]

America

• Dewey Bunnell - vocals, guitars
• Gerry Beckley - vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass
• Dan Peek - vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards

with:

• Willie Leacox - drums, percussion

Technical

• George Martin - producer, arranger, keyboards
• Geoff Emerick - engineering
• Peter Henderson - tape operator
• Gary Burden - art direction