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| Label      = [[Frontier Records]]/[[Grifter Records]] (reissues [[Zippo]] (1990), [[Warner Bros. Records]] (1998))
| Label      = [[Frontier Records]]/[[Grifter Records]] (reissues [[Zippo Records]] (1990), [[Warner Bros. Records]] (1998))
| Producer    = [[Tom Mallon]]
| Producer    = [[Tom Mallon]]
|Last album = ''[[The Restless Stranger]]''<br/>(1985)
|Last album = ''[[The Restless Stranger]]''<br/>(1985)
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{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1      = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Ankeny, Jason "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r570|pure_url=yes}} American Music Club ''Engine'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved 15 May 2010</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Ankeny, Jason "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r570|pure_url=yes}} American Music Club ''Engine'' Review]", Allmusic, retrieved May 15, 2010</ref>
|rev2=''Underground''|rev2Score= (1<sup>5/6</sup>/3)<ref name="Henderson" />}}
|rev2=''Underground''|rev2Score= (1<sup>5/6</sup>/3)<ref name="Henderson" />}}


'''''Engine''''' is the second album by [[start|American Music Club]]. It was jointly released by [[Frontier Records|Frontier]] and [[Grifter Records]] in the US and by [[Zippo]] in the UK and Europe in 1987.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 202</ref><ref name="Henderson">Henderson, Dave (1987) "American Music Club - ''Engine'', Zippo", ''Underground'', December 1987 (Issue 9), p. 10</ref> The 1998 [[Warner Bros. Records]] reissue added three additional tracks from the same period. The artwork for the [[Zippo]] UK release features an incorrect track listing, putting the songs in the wrong order.
'''''Engine''''' is the second album by [[start|American Music Club]]. It was released by [[Grifter Records]] and licensed to [[Frontier Records|Frontier Records]] in the US and to [[Zippo Records]] in the UK and Europe in 1987.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 202</ref><ref name="Henderson">Henderson, Dave (1987) "American Music Club - ''Engine'', Zippo", ''Underground'', December 1987 (Issue 9), p. 10</ref> The 1998 [[Warner Bros. Records]] reissue added three additional tracks from the same period. The artwork for the [[Zippo Records]] UK release features an incorrect track listing, putting the songs in the wrong order.


The band made a video for "[[Electric Light]]" from the album, directed by [[Tim Boxell]].
The band made a video for "[[Electric Light]]" from the album, directed by [[Tim Boxell]].
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Tracks 12, 13 and 14 only appear on the 1998 [[Warner Bros. Records]] reissue. The "Rock 'n Roll Version" of "[[Art Of Love]]" is referred to as the "Goof-Rock Version" as a bonus track at the end of side one on the 1987 Frontier/Grifter cassette edition.
Tracks 12, 13 and 14 only appear on the 1998 [[Warner Bros.]] reissue. The "Rock 'n Roll Version" of "[[Art Of Love]]" is referred to as the "Goof-Rock Version" as a bonus track at the end of side one on the 1987 Frontier/Grifter cassette edition.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;American Music Club
*[[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitar
*[[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitar
*[[Vudi]] - Lead guitar, backing vocals, accordion, keyboard
*[[Vudi]] - Lead guitar, backing vocals, accordion, keyboard
*[[Danny Pearson]] - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar
*[[Danny Pearson]] - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar
*[[Tom Mallon]] - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
*[[Tom Mallon]] - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
;Additional musicians
*[[Dave Scheff]] - drums ("[[Clouds]]", "[[Gary's Song]]", "[[At My Mercy]]", "[[Nightwatchman]]")
*[[Dave Scheff]] - drums ("[[Clouds]]", "[[Gary's Song]]", "[[At My Mercy]]", "[[Nightwatchman]]")
*[[Matt Norelli]] - drums ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]")
*[[Matt Norelli]] - drums ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]")
*[[Tim Vaughan]] - drums ("[[Electric Light]]")
*[[Tim Vaughan]] - drums ("[[Electric Light]]")
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello
*[[Brian Schendele]] - keyboards ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]")
*[[Brian Schindele]] - keyboards ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]")
*[[Brian Needham]] - mixing engineer (reissue tracks 12-14)
 
;Technical
*[[Mark Needham]] - mixing engineer (reissue tracks 12-14)
*The Dimmer Twins (Eitzel & Vudi) - mixing engineers (reissue tracks 12-14)
*[[Jeff Walker]] - design
*[[Jeff Walker]] - design
*[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo
*[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo
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{{Reflist}}


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