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Everclear is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band American Music Club. It was released on October 5, 1991, on Alias Records.

Everclear
Studio album by
American Music Club
ReleasedOctober 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)
Recorded1991
Studio
  • Music Annex Studio A (Menlo Park, California)
  • Soma Sync Studios (San Francisco, California)
  • Brilliant Studios (San Francisco, California)
Genre
  • Indie rock
  • sadcore
Length36:36
LabelAlias
Producer
  • American Music Club
  • Bruce Kaphan
  • Norman Kerner
American Music Club chronology
United Kingdom
(1989)
Everclear
(1991)
Mercury
(1993)
Singles from Everclear
  1. "Rise"
    Released: September 1991 (1991-09)
  2. "Why Won't You Stay"
    Released: 1991 (1991) (Europe only)

"Rise" was released as a single in 1991 via the Rise CD maxi-EP on Alias Records, which contained the non-album tracks "Chanel #5", "The Right Thing" and an alternate version of "Crabwalk". The music video for "Rise" received minor play on MTV's 120 Minutes late-night program.


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Q[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[6]

On the strength of Everclear, Mark Eitzel was named Rolling Stone magazine's Songwriter of the Year in 1991. Rolling Stone also placed Everclear in their list of top five albums of the year.

In an article in the December 1994 – January 1995 issue of Addicted to Noise, the band recounted:

"I remember we were somewhere in Germany and we found out about the Rolling Stone poll," says Eitzel. "It made me feel really good. But for the next show there were about 20 people in the audience. And they were army guys and they thought American Music Club were some righteous American freedom-fighting, cool ass Springsteen-influenced Guns N' Roses kind of guys. And we did not rock." "They didn't know we'd made 'one of the best records of the year' and he was the 'best songwriter,'" adds bassist Dan Pearson. "They couldn't give a fuck about that shit," says Eitzel. "And they certainly didn't agree."


Track listing


All tracks are written by Mark Eitzel.

No.TitleLength
1."Why Won't You Stay"2:59
2."Rise"3:11
3."Miracle on 8th Street"4:07
4."Ex-Girlfriend"2:49
5."Crabwalk"3:33
6."The Confidential Agent"4:10
7."Sick of Food"4:02
8."The Dead Part of You"2:42
9."Royal Café"3:23
10."What the Pillar of Salt Held Up"2:38
11."Jesus' Hands"3:02

Personnel


Production notes

References


  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Everclear – American Music Club". AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. Caro, Mark (October 17, 1991). "American Music Club: Everclear (Alias)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "American Music Club: Everclear". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. "American Music Club: Everclear". Q (63). December 1991.
  6. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.





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