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Released
  
18 August 2009

Release date
  
18 August 2009

Label
  
Compass Records

Artist
  
Colin Hay

Producer
  
Colin Hay

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American Sunshine(2009)
  
Gathering Mercury(2011)

Genres
  
Rock music, Blues rock, Country rock

Similar
  
Colin Hay albums, Rock music albums

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American Sunshine is the tenth solo album by Scottish-born, Australian-based singer Colin Hay, released on 18 August 2009.

Contents

As with all of Colin Hay's music, American Sunshine contains largely personal songs; for example, "There's Water Over You" describes Hay's relationship with his parents. Unlike Going Somewhere, the tracks of American Sunshine are backed by Hay's band. This move away from minimalist, acoustic music is something Colin Hay established with his previous album, Man @ Work. However, Hay performs a great many of these tracks solo at his live appearances.

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Reception

Allmusic called the album "a cheerfully mellow collection of easy rolling folk-pop", summarizing its mood by commenting that Hay "remains infatuated with what happens under the Southern Californian sun, whether it's rhapsodizing over the state itself or cherishing a flirtation with a shop girl, and it's easy to share his affections thanks to his easy, tasteful tunes." Popmatters also gave a firmly positive assessment of the album, commenting that "Throughout his solo career, Hay has specialized in agreeable, comfortable pop rock in the better sense of the words, and it’s safe to say he’s been getting better as he goes."

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Hay.

  1. "Oh California" - 4:02
  2. "Prison Time" - 4:05
  3. "There's Water Over You" - 3:57
  4. "I Came Into Your Store" - 3:17
  5. "No Time" - 3:02
  6. "Broken Love" - 3:55
  7. "I Can't Get Up Out of This Bed" - 3:31
  8. "The End of Wilhemina" - 3:41
  9. "Baby Can I See You Tonight?" - 4:39
  10. "Pleased to Almost Meet You" - 3:00
  11. "American Sunshine (instrumental)" - 4:06
  12. "Love Is Innocent (new recording)" [*] - 2:46
  13. "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin (new recording)" [*] - 5:54

[*] Bonus Tracks (iTunes exclusive)

Charts

Album

Songs

1Oh California3:56
2Prison Time3:59
3There's Water Over You3:52

References

American Sunshine Wikipedia
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