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California
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Studio album by American Music Club
Released	October 1988
Length	41:32
Label	Frontier Records
Producer	Tom Mallon
American Music Club chronology

Latest revision as of 00:34, 29 January 2018

California is the third album by American Music Club, licensed from Grifter Records in 1988 for US release on Frontier Records and Demon Records in the UK. It was included as a bonus album on Demon Records' 1989 limited edition CD release of United Kingdom.

The album remains out of print worldwide.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Eitzel.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Firefly"	2:49
2.	"Somewhere"	3:01
3.	"Laughingstock"	4:17
4.	"Lonely"	2:42
5.	"Pale Skinny Girl"	3:33
6.	"Blue And Grey Shirt"	3:33
7.	"Bad Liquor"	1:57
8.	"Now You're Defeated"	2:28
9.	"Jenny"	2:38
10.	"Western Sky"	3:28
11.	"Highway 5"	3:49
12.	"Last Harbor"	4:35

Promotional video

American Music Club issued a promotional video for California featuring songs from the album, live performances and an interview with Mark Eitzel. The film was directed by Tim Boxell.

Credits

American Music Club

Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
Danny Pearson - bass
Vudi - guitar, accordion
Tom Mallon - drums, producer, engineer

Others

Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel
Lisa Davis - bass on "Firefly"
Bobby Neel Adams - photography

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-{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
+{{Infobox album
 | Name        = California
-| Type        = [[Album]]
+| Type        = Studio
 | Artist      = [[American Music Club]]
-| Cover       = amc_california.jpg
+| Cover       = AMC-California.jpg
 | Released    = October 1988
-| Genre       = [[Indie rock]], [[slowcore]]
 | Length      = 41:32
 | Label       = [[Frontier Records]]
-| Producer    = Tom Mallon
+| Producer    = [[Tom Mallon]]
+| Last album  =''[[Engine]]''<br/>(1987)
-| Last album  =''[[Engine (American Music Club album)|Engine]]''<br/>(1987)
 | This album  ='''California'''<br/>(1988)
-| Next album  =''[[United Kingdom (album)|United Kingdom]]''<br/>(1989)
+| Next album  =''[[United Kingdom]]''<br/>(1989)
 }}
 {{Album ratings
-| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
+| rev1      = Allmusic
-| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r571|pure_url=yes}} link]
+| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r571}}</ref>
 }}
-'''''California''''' is the third album by [[American Music Club]], released in 1988.
+'''''California''''' is the third album by [[American Music Club]], licensed from [[Grifter Records]] in 1988 for US release on [[Frontier Records]] and [[Demon Records]] in the UK. It was included as a bonus album on [[Demon Records]]' 1989 limited edition CD release of ''[[United Kingdom]]''.
+The album remains out of print worldwide.
 ==Track listing==
-All songs written by [[Mark Eitzel]].
+{{track listing
+| all_writing = [[Mark Eitzel]]
+| title1 = [[Firefly]]
+| length1 = 2:49
+| title2 = [[Somewhere]]
+| length2 = 3:01
+| title3 = [[Laughingstock]]
+| length3 = 4:17
+| title4 = [[Lonely]]
+| length4 = 2:42
+| title5 = [[Pale Skinny Girl]]
+| length5 = 3:33
+| title6 = [[Blue And Grey Shirt]]
+| length6 = 3:33
+| title7 = [[Bad Liquor]]
+| length7 = 1:57
+| title8 = [[Now You're Defeated]]
+| length8 = 2:28
+| title9 = [[Jenny]]
+| length9 = 2:38
+| title10 = [[Western Sky]]
+| length10 = 3:28
+| title11 = [[Highway 5]]
+| length11 = 3:49
+| title12 = [[Last Harbor]]
+| length12 = 4:35
+}}
-#"Firefly"  (2:49)
+==Promotional video==
-#"Somewhere"  (3:01)
+American Music Club issued a promotional video for ''California'' featuring songs from the album, live performances and an interview with [[Mark Eitzel]]. The film was directed by [[Tim Boxell]].
-#"Laughingstock"  (4:17)
+<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwW-MEM-TQ</embedvideo>
-#"Lonely"  (2:42)
-#"Pale Skinny Girl"  (3:33)
-#"Blue and Grey Shirt" (3:33)
-#"Bad Liquor"  (1:57)
-#"Now You're Defeated"  (2:28)
-#"Jenny"  (2:38)
-#"Western Sky"  (3:28)
-#"Highway 5"  (3:49)
-#"Last Harbor"  (4:35)
 ==Credits==
 ===American Music Club===
-* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals/guitars
+* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitars
-* Dan Pearson - bass
+* [[Danny Pearson]] - bass
-* [[Vudi]] - guitar/accordion
+* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion
-* Tom Mallon - drums/producer/engineer
+* [[Tom Mallon]] - drums, producer, engineer
 ===Others===
 * [[Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel
-* Lisa Davis - bass on "Firefly"
+* [[Lisa Davis]] - bass on "[[Firefly]]"
-* Bobby Neel Adams - photography
+* [[Bobby Neel Adams]] - photography
+{{AmericanMusicClub}}
+{{MarkEitzel}}
-[[Category:1988 albums]]
+[[Category:AMC albums]]
-[[Category:American Music Club albums]]
+[[Category:AMC studio albums]]
-[[Category:Frontier Records albums]]