There's No Place Like America Today

There's No Place Like America Today
Studio album by Curtis Mayfield
Released	May 1975
Genre	Funk, R&B
Length	35:23
Label	Curtom
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield chronology
Let's Do It Again (with The Staples Singers) (1975) There's No Place Like America Today (1975) Sparkle (with Aretha Franklin) (1976)

There's No Place Like America Today is the seventh studio album by Curtis Mayfield. "Billy Jack" updated the streetwise chic of "Superfly", while "So in Love" was one of his most affecting love songs. The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated.

The track "Hard Times" was originally recorded by Baby Huey & the Babysitters and later covered by John Legend and The Roots on the collaborative, cover album Wake Up!, featuring Black Thought, as the opening track.

The track "Blue Monday People" is a reference to the hit rock 'n' roll song "Blue Monday" by Fats Domino recorded in 1956.

The track "Billy Jack" was later covered by Lenny Kravitz on the compilation album A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield in 1994.

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Billy Jack"	6:10
2.	"When Seasons Change"	5:28
3.	"So in Love"	5:15
4.	"Jesus"	6:13
5.	"Blue Monday People"	4:50
6.	"Hard Times"	3:45
7.	"Love to the People"	4:07
Total length:		35:23

Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Hard Times (Long Version)"	3:57

Personnel

• Curtis Mayfield - guitar, vocals
• Gary Thompson, Phil Upchurch - guitar
• Joseph "Lucky" Scott - bass guitar
• Quinton Joseph - drums
• Henry Gibson - percussion
• Rich Tufo - arrangements