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Being a life long America fan, this 1987 LP "Perspective" probably ranks among the worst output of this talented group. Trying to adapt to a synthesized age of music, the band falls radically short in production and songwriting. This is very sad, considering a few years earlier America (Gerry Beckley & Dewey Bunnell) revitalized their career with a hit single with Russ Ballard's gem "You Can Do Magic". They could have really capitalized on that momentum, but this was the last LP with their Capitol Records contract. On "Perspective", the best song here is in Bunnell's collaboration with Journey's Steve a Perry with "Can't Fall Asleep To A Lullaby". We sure could have used more songs like this and a live drummer (rather than a drum machine) for the entire project. Even the Beckey / Jimmy Webb song "Stereo" doesn't match up to the talent these two songwriters could come up with.