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American Songs

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Recorded
  
March, 1981

American Songs(1981)
  
Memory Serves(1981)

Released
  
June 17, 1981 (1981-06-17)

Genre
  
No Wave, post-disco, post-punk

Label
  
Celluloid Records, CEL 6596

Producer
  
Material with Martin Bisi

American Songs is a 1981 EP by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ciquiri" (Discomix) (Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Michael Beinhorn, Robert Quine) – 6:22
  2. "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) – 5:02
  3. "Discourse" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri, Bill Bacon – 4:05
  4. "Slow Murder" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bacon) – 3:59

Personnel

  • Bill Laswell – bass
  • Michael Beinhorn – synthesizer, vocals
  • Fred Maher – drums, guitar, vocals (tracks 1 and 2)
  • Cliff Cultreri – guitar (tracks 3 and 4)
  • Bill Bacon – drums (tracks 3 and 4)
    • Additional personnel
  • Robert Quine – guitar (tracks 1 and 2)

    • Production

  • Tracks 1 and 2 recorded March 1 & 2, 1981. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.
  • Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.

    • Release history

  • American Songs – 1981 – Red Rec., EP 001 (12")
  • American Songs – 1981 – Celluloid, CEL 6596 (12")
  • "Ciquiri"/"Detached" single – 1982 – Red Rec., RS 12012 (12²)
  • "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 1980 – Red Rec., 45001 (7")
  • "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 198? – Celluloid, CEL 6219 (7")

    • References

    American Songs Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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