American Water (album)

American Water
Studio album by Silver Jews
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded Rare Book Room, Brooklyn
Genre Indie rock
Length 47:53
Label Drag City
Producer
Silver Jews chronology
The Natural Bridge
(1996)		 American Water
(1998)		 Bright Flight
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound9/10[2]
The List[3]
NME7/10[4]
Pitchfork9.9/10 (1998)[5]
9.4/10 (2017)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin[9]

American Water is the third studio album by indie rock group Silver Jews. Released in 1998 as an LP and CD on Drag City (DC149) in America and Domino (WIG56) in Europe, American Water was recorded at The Rare Book Room in Brooklyn and mastered at Abbey Road Studios. The album features musicians Tim Barnes, David Berman, Mike Fellows, Stephen Malkmus, Chris Stroffolino, and artwork by Chris Kysor.

According to a 1998 article in online zine Addicted to Noise, the working title for this album was The Late, Great Silver Jews — a reference to the similarly titled 1972 album by Townes Van Zandt. Among the songs recorded for the album, but omitted from the final product, were "Self-Ignition" (released as a B-side on the "Send in the Clouds" single) and "Police Conversation, 1783", which was never released.[10]

Track listing

All tracks written by David Berman, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Random Rules" 4:00
2."Smith & Jones Forever" 3:20
3."Night Society" 2:19
4."Federal Dust"
4:03
5."People" 4:45
6."Blue Arrangements"
  • Berman
  • Malkmus
4:40
7."We Are Real" 4:24
8."Send in the Clouds" 5:26
9."Like Like the the the Death" 4:00
10."Buckingham Rabbit" 4:58
11."Honk If You're Lonely"
2:49
12."The Wild Kindness" 3:54
Total length:47:53

References

  1. ↑ Phares, Heather. "American Water – Silver Jews". AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Stevens, Jamie (July 7, 2003). "Album Review: Silver Jews – American Water". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Whitelaw, Paul (October 8, 1998). "Silver Jews: American Water (Domino)". The List (344): 50. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Goldsmith, Mike (October 29, 1998). "Silver Jews – American Water". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hammerman, Zach. "Silver Jews: American Water". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 3, 2003. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ Powell, Mike (July 30, 2017). "Silver Jews: American Water". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Healy, Mark (October 20, 1998). "Silver Jews: American Water". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Silver Jews". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 735. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (March 2008). "Discography: Stephen Malkmus". Spin. 24 (3): 82. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ Tom Sugden. "The Corduroy Suit - a Silver Jews homepage". Weeblackskelf.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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