Hat Trick is the third studio album by the American folk rock trio America, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1973.
[5] It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard album chart; it failed to go gold, whereas the group's first two releases had platinum sales.
[6] In his AllMusic review, Mike DeGagne wrote that the album faltered "mainly because the songs lacked the cordial folk-rock melodies and mindful songwriting that prevailed on the earlier releases.
"She's Gonna Let You Down" and "Rainbow Song" are the album's best cuts, but banal offerings such as "Green Monkey", "Willow Tree Lullaby", and "Molten Love" have Bunnell and Peek straying off course, sounding stale and musically feeble.
"[7] The Rough Guide to Rock called Hat Trick "one of country-rock's great lost albums.