Homecoming
by America

Homecoming by America
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 9,137th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (135th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,353rd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,137th)

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America bestography

Homecoming is ranked 3rd best out of 26 albums by America on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by America is America which is ranked number 2646 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 590.

America album bestography « Higher ranked (4,355th)
History - America's Greatest Hits
This album (9,137th)
Homecoming
Lower ranked (18,886th) »
Highway: 30 Years Of America

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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CRAZY TRAIN: America's Ozzy Experience
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Homecoming rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,137th | 1970s rank: 1,353rd | 1972 rank: 135th

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Homecoming ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
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70/100
 
01/03/2026 05:28 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79370/100
 
85/100
 
10/20/2025 07:10 iannicolson  Ratings distribution  1,03675/100
 
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07/14/2025 23:52 brucethorner  Ratings distribution  1681/100
 
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05/26/2025 14:29 luigybetis  Ratings distribution  1,52887/100
 
70/100
 
05/19/2025 20:21 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34871/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.

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Rating:  
70/100
From 09/07/2023 21:36 | #299030
Some songs remind me of CSN/Y
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/10/2023 14:27 | #296834
This is a spellbinding example of harmonics and melodies that are so good that they will be played as long as we love music. America is one of my favorite bands ever since a friend of mine loaned some of his brother's records, and America's Greatest Hits was one of them. Rest is history for me..
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70/100
From 07/21/2021 19:52 | #271805
It's a good album with some really awesome tracks, but it does have some weaker ones. The first three songs are awesome.
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80/100
From 03/09/2021 20:46 | #267140
I'm a sucker for harmonies and America knows how to do them well. On the first album I really only liked A Horse With No Name and I Need You but this album is nearly without any flaws, whether it is on slows or harder edged tracks. Of course the best harmonies are to be found on Ventura Highway, a gem of a song, but I nearly like every track here (maybe except for Head And Heart).
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