Hourglass (America album)

Hourglass is the 13th studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by American Gramaphone in 1994. This was America's first new studio album since 1984's Perspective. Two singles were released from the album, "Young Moon" and "Hope", but did not chart in the U.S. The songs did receive more airplay in Europe. The song "Hope" became a theme song for the TJ Martell Foundation and was recorded by a group of country music stars in a fundraising effort for the Foundation. The recording of "You Can Do Magic" included here is not the hit version but a re-recording that is very similar.

Hourglass
Studio album by America
Released	May 17, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Country rock[1]
Length	48:16
Label	American Gramaphone
Producer	Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Steve Levine
America chronology
Encore: More Greatest Hits (1991) Hourglass (1994) In Concert (1995)

Actor/musician Bill Mumy contributed to this album, co-writing "Sleeper Train" and "Greenhouse" and providing additional guitar work.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

AllMusic asserted that the album "sounds both familiar and fresh" and that the songs are uniformly excellent, a surprise for a band as old as America. The opening track "Young Moon" "is as good as any of the group's hits."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Young Moon"	Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell	4:27
2.	"Hope"	Beckley	5:21
3.	"Sleeper Train"	Bunnell, Bill Mumy, Robert Haimer	4:20
4.	"Mirror to Mirror"	Beckley	4:08
5.	"Garden of Peace"	Beckley, Bunnell	4:21
6.	"Call of the Wild"	Beckley	3:17
7.	"Whole Wide World"	Bunnell	3:25
8.	"Close to the Wind"	Beckley, Steve Levine	5:33
9.	"Greenhouse"	Bunnell, Mumy, Haimer	2:35
10.	"Ports-of-Call"	Beckley, Bunnell	4:11
11.	"Everyone I Meet Is From California"	Dan Peek	2:51
12.	"You Can Do Magic"	Russ Ballard	3:44