Americruiser

Americruiser
Studio album by
Urge Overkill
Released1990
GenreIndie rock
Length26:53
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerButch Vig
Urge Overkill chronology
Jesus Urge Superstar
(1989)		 Americruiser
(1990)		 The Supersonic Storybook
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStar
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStar
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10

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

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." Spin called the album "relentlessly hard and fast, but ... never murky." The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that "the songs had improved ... perhaps because they seemed less desperate to impress as comic narratives."

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

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 February 24, 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.