Americruiser

Americruiser
Studio album by
Urge Overkill
Released1990
GenreIndie rock
Length26:53
LabelTouch and Go[1]
ProducerButch Vig[2]
Urge Overkill chronology
Jesus Urge Superstar
(1989) 		Americruiser
(1990) 		The Supersonic Storybook
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[6]

Americruiser is the second album by American alternative rock group Urge Overkill, released in 1990.[7][8]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Butch Vig's production of Americruiser ... cleans the sound up enough to reveal the thin strings, clunky tempos and weak hooks holding the songs together."[9] Spin called the album "relentlessly hard and fast, but ... never murky."[10] The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that "the songs had improved ... perhaps because they seemed less desperate to impress as comic narratives."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser.

  1. "Ticket to L.A." – 2:16
  2. "Blow Chopper" – 3:11
  3. "76 Ball" – 2:59
  4. "Empire Builder" – 4:11
  5. "Faroutski" – 3:20
  6. "Viceroyce" – 2:59
  7. "Out on the Airstrip" – 4:08
  8. "Smoke House" – 3:49

Personnel

  • Eddie "King" Roeser – lead vocals, bass guitar, guitars
  • Nash Kato – guitars, vocals (lead: tracks 4 and 7)
  • Jack "Jaguar" Watt – drums

References

  1. ^ "Americruiser | Urge Overkill | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
  2. ^ "Urge Overkill". www.furious.com.
  3. ^ "Americruiser – Urge Overkill | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 359.
  5. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 838.
  6. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 421.
  7. ^ "Urge Overkill | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ "URGE OVERKILL". chicagotribune.com.
  9. ^ "Urge Overkill". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 24, 1990 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 1047.