There's No Place Like America Today (1975)

There's No Place Like America Today is the seventh studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1975 on Curtom Records. It peaked at number 120 on the Billboard 200 chart, as well as number 13 on the Soul LPs chart.

Album cover

The album cover was based on a 1937 monochrome photograph by Margaret Bourke-White, titled At the Time of the Louisville Flood, on which the advertising slogan was "There's No Way Like the American Way". The original photograph was published in the February 15, 1937, issue of Life.

Critical reception

The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2013, NME placed it at number 373 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Curtis Mayfield – vocals, guitar, keyboards, production
• Rich Tufo – keyboards, arrangement
• Gary Thompson – guitar
• Phil Upchurch – guitar
• Joseph "Lucky" Scott – bass guitar
• Quinton Joseph – drums
• Henry Gibson – percussion
• Harold Dessent – woodwinds
• Roger Anfinsen – engineering
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Peter Palombi – illustration
• Lockart – design