America is the third studio album by American electronic musician Dan Deacon, released August 27, 2012, on Domino Records.

[4]Deacon described the album as "political", saying that the lyrics were "inspired by my frustration, fear and anger towards the country and world I live in and am a part of.

The music video, directed by Ben O' Brien and Deacon, featured teams of people playing a skit-based game of telephone.

"[17] AllMusic's Gregory Heaney also praised the album, writing "America's artful merging of the electronic and the acoustic shows that these tools we dedicate so much time and brain space to can also be used to create something free and emotionally invigorating.

[16] NME's John Calvert called America "a profound statement," writing "Deacon proves once and for all that there's nothing wrong with being cool, as long as you're awesome.

"[26] While criticizing the lyrics for being "hard to discern," Neil Ashman of Drowned in Sound concluded his review with: "No one concept album, even one with the complexity of America, could ever hope to fully address the manifold problems of the USA, but in searching for his own answers Dan Deacon has crafted an [sic] unique testament to this fact and to his own inimitable, and ever increasing, talents.

Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan gave the album a mixed review, writing: "[T]he most enjoyable bits here are the least grandiose, like the zippy, pastoral 'True Thrush.