(although Everclear is not currently available on bandcamp, unfortunately)
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 7 May 2021 09:51 (three years ago) link
I'd recommend Everclear as the starting point to anyone. Not on bandcamp, no, but might be on streaming services; if not, it's def on youtube. Everclear is, AFAIK, the only one of the albums that is problematic because Alias (the label that released it) apparently still exists, somehow, and asserts ownership of it, but has never paid anyone in the band a dime.
― akm, Friday, 7 May 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
... tim.... start with the golden age
no one here is steering you wrong by recommending everclear first tho
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
at this point it might be the best overall starting point...the early records can be a bit forbidding at times to a newcomer
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
Also Eitzel's Songs of Love Live is essential imho
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
The Golden Age is good but it doesn't really sound like AMC because Danny wasn't involved, the drummer plays things very differently than anyone else AMC ever had on drums, and Vudi's contributions are only minimally audible. But it is a good album.
― akm, Friday, 7 May 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
Huh, you guys are crazy.For Tim F its Mercury , or more probably the UK/California twofer
― Tib, Saturday, 8 May 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
mercury would also be a good intro
how about any record except sf and restless stranger
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 May 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
Engine was my intro to AMC back in the day, and I will admit that it took a few spins but once I was in there was no getting out.
― henry s, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
Big Night (the first song on that one) is one of my favorite AMC songs overall
― Evan, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
Which is a maybe a weird favorite but I love the atmosphere
― Evan, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the atmosphere on most of that album was initially impenetrable but once I got it, like esp. on Night Watchman, I was hooked.
― henry s, Saturday, 8 May 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
Engine was my starting point, hated it for about 10 plays and then realised its brilliance. Still one of my favourites (they all are to be honest, I even think San Francisco is a work of genius).
― yugi ex, Saturday, 8 May 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
Engine seems to be the forgotten AMC album. To the extent you read about this band, it's about how great California and Everclear are, how forgettable Restless Stranger is, how enigmatic United Kingdom is, how overblown Mercury and San Francisco are, but nothing about Engine.
― henry s, Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
I first encountered AMC with "I'm in Heaven Now' on the Homestead Human Music compilation (1988). In fact I discovered so many of my all time favourite bands through that one album.
― Grantman, Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
Engine is phenomenal, it's probably my #2 after California.
― Grantman, Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
Engine got them enough attention in the UK music press to pave the way for the accolades that were showered onto California when it came out. At least that's the way I recall it.
― I'm not eating that foreign muck *pulls face* (Matt #2), Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Just relistened to The Golden Age. It's great. It's maybe a bit too long. 2 or 3 of its 13 songs could maybe be cut.
― Duke, Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
i knowi know
that's not really you
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
that recent vinyl reissue of The Ugly American is really really great. that is all.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
I hope to nab that at some point.
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 May 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
Re-listening to Engine. I still don't quite get it. I've been listening to AMC since buying United Kingdom in 1989. For me the "canon" begins with California. But I'm probably influenced by the UK press at the time,
― Duke, Thursday, 13 May 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
It was Allan Jones waxing lyrical about Engine in Melody Maker that first turned me onto AMC.
― yugi ex, Thursday, 13 May 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
I recall he described it as a masterpiece.
― yugi ex, Thursday, 13 May 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
there's a bit about the UK reception for Engine in Sean Body's AMC book:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4jgb3PDUuPkC&pg=PA56&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
― building a hole (NickB), Thursday, 13 May 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link
Big night, Nightwatchmen, This year are all unfuckwithable.other than that Outside this bar, and ...maybe... Gary's song are fine but maybe rely too heavily on the solipsism of alcoholism (I used to love both).
― Tib, Friday, 14 May 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
alcoholism and solipsism that is.
― Tib, Friday, 14 May 2021 10:01 (three years ago) link
For me At My Mercy is one of the great early AMC songs, and Asleep/This Year is a fantastic way to close the album.
― yugi ex, Friday, 14 May 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
Actually fuck yeh the first side
― Tib, Friday, 14 May 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
https://twitter.com/AMCofficialCLUB?s=09
― Duke, Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
Now on Twitter
AMC hail from San Francisco and were one of the greatest bands in the world.
no lies detected
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
We are here pic.twitter.com/o3CFlnHGEk— American Music Club (@AMCofficialCLUB) May 27, 2021
― Duke, Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Reissue announcement imminent?
― Duke, Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
some of the bandcamp listings - Restless Stranger/Engine/UK/California now renamed as 'digi only release before 2022 physical remasters'
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 09:11 (three years ago) link
Someone from Decor Records (who I assume are doing the reissues) just tweeted out a request for old (pre-1994) AMC concert photos, posters etc. Hope this means there'll be some nice illustrated booklets with them. I sent them a couple of old ticket stubs, be still my beating heart.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 09:21 (three years ago) link
wonder if i have anything. I think I had a habit of picking up posters from gigs I went to in my hitching years. So now have to wonder where they might be, if i could have actually brought them over with me.& if i have a ticket from The Tivoli in Dublin or if my chance meeting of them outside the Virgin on the Quays meant I never got one
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 10:05 (three years ago) link
I'm hearing that Mark had a heart attack, but is ok right now.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
yeah from his facebook:
Hey everybody, Mark had a heart attack yesterday but is resting now and doing ok. He is hoping to be back home soon. Sending good health to him now in bed.
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
oh jeez, I hate this
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 11 November 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
That would be his second, right? He had one in 2011, IIRC. Glad to hear he's doing ok.
― Duke, Thursday, 11 November 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
protect mark eitzel at all costs
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 November 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
yes this is his second, it was apparently worse than the first one which is troubling though he was up telling everyone about it on instagram when it happened.
― akm, Thursday, 11 November 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
When she first saw himIn her blood she knew her roleHe'd be king of the castleShe'd be the riches he stole
Some only wander throughThe empty rooms of their soulThey need the ashes of othersTo make them whole
― ivy., Monday, 24 July 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
anyone with a big living room in those locations?https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02SEWmBNBbsVqeTe7LHiN2qjR6EM6Qw6MGTiKxr3n5fuRNz1ANmT1Kw198V4Cma3wHl&id=100063608964832
― StanM, Friday, 25 August 2023 07:40 (one year ago) link
“Cleopatra Jones is an exile with a lot of class”
― calstars, Sunday, 12 November 2023 19:37 (ten months ago) link