Hat Trick
by America
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America bestography
Hat Trick is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by America on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by America is America which is ranked number 2801 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 559.
(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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Hat Trick track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hat Trick rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 12/39 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | America: So Far.. | 4/6 | - |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 39/48 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (59), #0201-0300* | 13/43 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | Daredevil42 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1973 | 25/52 | 3 |
| 2022 | zowie | Top 16 Music Albums of 1973 | 10/16 | 2 |
| 2022 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 90/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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Hat Trick ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/04/2026 10:55 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 10:44 | AAL2014 | 4,273 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2026 15:52 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 64.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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CaptainPain 03/06/2026 09:17 | #313451
For a long time, I personally perceived "America" as a simplified version of Crosby/Stills/Nash, sometimes even as a "girl's" version. However, years of listening have changed my opinion. Yes, some of the songs sound like a copy of CSN, but they also have original and beautiful melodies!
If on the first album they performed unkempt and a little wild folk-rock, here they already shine with arrangements and melodies. Hat Trick is probably their best album and at the same time the peak of the quality of their music. Further there will be already more straightforward music. And here they are happy to write and perform the most beautiful melodies.
In the center of the album is a monumental 8-minute title track, in which they managed to famously combine several songs at once. I must say, all the parts of this great song are just gorgeous! Another of my favorites here is It's Life. However, I note that there are no bad, weak songs here at all. The album is really amazing and clearly has to take its rightful place among the world's rock productions.
Joe Walsh even played in one of the songs here. Bruce Johnson and Carl Wilson from the Beach Boys sang in the title song. (Edited)
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