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

Americruiser
Studio album by Urge Overkill
Released	1990
Genre	Indie rock
Length	26:53
Label	Touch and Go[1]
Producer	Butch Vig[2]
Urge Overkill chronology
Jesus Urge Superstar (1989) Americruiser (1990) The Supersonic Storybook (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10[6]

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