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'''''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 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.
The band made a video for "[[Electric Light]]" from the album, directed by [[Tim Boxell]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Mark Eitzel]] except as noted.
{{track listing
# "[[Big Night]]"
| all_writing = [[Mark Eitzel]] except where noted
# "[[Outside This Bar]]"
| title1 = [[Big Night]]
# "[[At My Mercy]]"
| length1 = 3:16
# "[[Gary's Song]]"
| title2 = [[Outside This Bar]]
# "[[Nightwatchman]]"
| length2 =3:04
# "[[Clouds]]"
| title3 = [[At My Mercy]]
# "[[Electric Light]]" (Eitzel/Mooney)
| length3 = 4:11
# "[[Mom's TV]]"
| title4 = [[Gary's Song]]
# "[[Art Of Love]]" (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
| length4 = 2:57
# "[[Asleep]]"
| title5 = [[Nightwatchman]]
# "[[This Year]]"
| length5 = 4:49
# "[[Away Down My Street]]" (Live at the Hotel Utah)
| title6 = [[Clouds]]
# "[[Art Of Love]]" (Rock 'n Roll Version) (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
| length6 = 4:01
# "[[Shut Down]]" (Live at the Hotel Utah)
| title7 = [[Electric Light]] (Eitzel/Mooney)
| length7 = 3:04
| title8 = [[Mom's TV]]
| length8 = 4:28
| title9 = [[Art Of Love]] (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = [[Asleep]]
| length10 = 4:06
| title11 = [[This Year]]
| length11 = 3:01
}}
{{track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 1998 reissue CD bonus tracks
| title12 = [[Away Down My Street]] (Live at the Hotel Utah)
| length12 =
| title13 = [[Art Of Love]] (Rock 'n Roll Version) (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
| length13 = 4:23
| title14 = [[Shut Down]] (Live at the Hotel Utah)
| length14 = 3:51
}}


Tracks 12, 13 and 14 only appear on the 1998 [[Warner Bros. Records]] reissue. "[[Art Of Love]]" (Goof-Rock Version) appears 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. 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.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*[[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]]")
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello
*[[Brian Schendele]] - keyboards
*[[Brian Schendele]] - keyboards ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]")
*[[Brian Needham]] - mixing engineer (reissue tracks 12-14)
*[[Jeff Walker]] - design
*[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo
*[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo