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{{Infobox | {{Infobox album | ||
| Name = Engine | | Name = Engine | ||
| Type = | | Type = Studio | ||
| Artist = [[American Music Club]] | | Artist = [[start|American Music Club]] | ||
| Cover = AMC-Engine.jpg | | Cover = AMC-Engine.jpg | ||
| Recorded = | |||
| Released = 1987 | | Released = 1987 | ||
| Format = LP / CS / CD | |||
| Length = | | Length = | ||
| Label = [[Frontier Records | | Studio = | ||
| 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) | ||
|This album = '''''Engine'''''<br/>(1987) | |This album = '''''Engine'''''<br/>(1987) | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Album ratings | {{Album ratings | ||
| rev1 = | | rev1 = Allmusic | ||
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Ankeny, Jason "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r570|pure_url=yes}} American Music Club ''Engine'' Review]", | | 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 [[American Music Club]]. It was | |||
'''''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]]. | |||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
{{track listing | |||
| all_writing = [[Mark Eitzel]] except where noted | |||
| title1 = [[Big Night]] | |||
| length1 = 3:16 | |||
| title2 = [[Outside This Bar]] | |||
| length2 =3:04 | |||
| title3 = [[At My Mercy]] | |||
| length3 = 4:11 | |||
| title4 = [[Gary's Song]] | |||
| length4 = 2:57 | |||
| title5 = [[Nightwatchman]] | |||
| length5 = 4:49 | |||
| title6 = [[Clouds]] | |||
| length6 = 4:01 | |||
| 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. | 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]]") | |||
*[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello | *[[Carla Fabrizio]] - cello | ||
*[[Brian | *[[Brian Schindele]] - keyboards ("[[Outside This Bar]]", "[[Mom's TV]]", "[[Art Of Love]]", "[[Asleep]]") | ||
;Technical | |||
*[[Mark Needham]] - mixing engineer (reissue tracks 12-14) | |||
*The Dimmer Twins (Eitzel & Vudi) - mixing engineers (reissue tracks 12-14) | |||
*[[Jeff Walker]] - design | |||
*[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo | *[[Pamela Gentile]] - cover photo | ||
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