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Curtis Mayfield – (There's No Place Like) America Today
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Curtis Mayfield – (There's No Place Like) America Today (VG+/E) – LP, US 2009

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Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Cover: Excellent (E)
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  • (There's No Place Like) America Today is an LP by Curtis Mayfield from 2009 released on the Curtom label.

    About this album

    There's No Place Like America Today is one of Curtis Mayfield’s most searching and politically charged albums. Released in 1975, it pairs his supple falsetto and unhurried groove sense with lyrics shaped by urban hardship, economic pressure and disillusionment in post–civil rights America. The title track and songs such as Billy Jack and Hard Times show Mayfield turning social critique into subtle, melodic soul-funk rather than blunt protest. Produced by Mayfield himself, the album is widely regarded as a late-period highlight that deepened his reputation as a writer capable of making protest music intimate, humane and musically refined.

    Genre: Soul & Funk

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  • Artist: Curtis Mayfield
    Label: Curtom – CU 5001
    Format: LP, Reissue
    Units: 1
    Country: US
    Released: 2009
    Genre: Soul & Funk
    Style: Downtempo, Funk, Soul

  • A1 Billy Jack
    A2 When Seasons Change
    A3 So In Love
    B1 Jesus
    B2 Blue Monday People
    B3 Hard Times
    B4 Love To The People