America Town

America Town
Studio album by Five for Fighting
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	Late 1998 - May 2000
Genre	Rock soft rock
Length	45:39
Label	Aware Columbia
Producer	Gregg Wattenberg
Five for Fighting chronology
Message for Albert (1997) America Town (2000) The Battle for Everything (2004)
Singles from America Town
"Easy Tonight" Released: September 2000 "Superman (It's Not Easy)" Released: April 2001 "America Town" Released: 2002 "Something About You" Released: 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Melodic.net	[2]
Q	[3]

America Town is the major label debut of American recording artist John Ondrasik, under the Five for Fighting moniker. It was released through Aware Records, a Columbia Records subsidiary, in 2000. It contains two of his most well-known songs, "Easy Tonight" and "Superman (It's Not Easy)". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 1, 2001, and Platinum on October 22, 2004.^[4] has sold 966,000 copies in the US as of November 2009.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by John Ondrasik.

1. "Easy Tonight" – 4:09
2. "Bloody Mary (A Note on Apathy)" – 3:46
3. "Superman (It's Not Easy)" – 3:45
4. "America Town" – 3:52
5. "Something About You" – 4:02
6. "Jainy" – 3:53
7. "Michael Jordan" – 3:04
8. "Out of Love" – 3:53
9. "The Last Great American" – 3:00
10. "Love Song" – 3:41
11. "Boat Parade" – 2:50
12. "Alright" – 5:39
    • Includes hidden song "Do You Mind?", at the 3:34 mark on "Alright".

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	30
Irish Albums (IRMA)[7]	72
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]	24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9]	20
US Billboard 200[10]	54

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[11]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. America Town at AllMusic
2. Wippsson, Johan (2000). "Five For Fighting - America Town". Melodic.net. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
3. "Five For Fighting - America Town CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
4. "American album certifications – Five for Fighting – America Town". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
5. Gary Trust (November 6, 2009). "Ask Billboard: Swift's Latest 'Fearless' Feat". Billboard.
6. "Australiancharts.com – Five for Fighting – America Town". Hung Medien.
7. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 28, 2002". Chart-Track. IRMA.
8. "Charts.org.nz – Five for Fighting – America Town". Hung Medien.
9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Five for Fighting – America Town". Hung Medien.
10. "Five for Fighting – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Five for Fighting.
11. "Canadian album certifications – Five for Fighting – America Town". Music Canada.