American Woman (album)

American Woman
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released January 1970
Recorded August 12 - November 16, 1969
Studio RCA Mid-America Recording Center, Studio B, Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length 38:17
Label RCA Victor
Producer Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Canned Wheat
(1969)		 American Woman
(1970)		 Share the Land
(1970)
Singles from American Woman
  1. "No Time"
    Released: November 1969
  2. "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight"
    Released: March 1970

American Woman is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, and the last to feature lead guitarist Randy Bachman until a reformation effort in 1983. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[1] It stayed on the charts for over a year and was their most successful release.

In addition to the title cut (the group's most successful song), this album also includes the number one American and Canadian single "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature," as well as a remake of "No Time," a song the group previously recorded for Canned Wheat. The newer version was released as a single and is the one most familiar to listeners. The album's musical styles consists of psychedelic rock and hard rock.[2][3]

A Quadraphonic mix was available on the Quadraphonic 8-track cartridge format. American Woman was first released on CD by RCA in 1998. Buddha Records released a remastered version in 2000 and included a bonus track, "Got to Find Another Way". In 2017, Iconoclassic Records released a two-disc deluxe version featuring various single edits, outtakes, and the entire 1976 The Way They Were release, which is a collection of tracks recorded in 1970 before Randy Bachman quit the band, intended for the follow-up album to American Woman.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Rolling Stone(favorable) [5]
The Village VoiceB+[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings except as noted. 969 (The Oldest Man) is the first song on Side two of the original LP.

Side one
  1. "American Woman" (Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings/Jim Kale/Garry Peterson)
  2. "No Time"
  3. "Talisman"
  4. "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"
Side two
  1. "969 (The Oldest Man)" (instrumental) (Bachman)
  2. "When Friends Fall Out"
  3. "8:15"
  4. "Proper Stranger"
  5. "Humpty's Blues/American Woman" (Epilogue)


2000 [Buddha Records] re-issue bonus track
10. Got to Find Another Way


2017 Iconoclassic Records deluxe 2-disc re-issue Bonus Tracks

Disc 1:

10. American Woman [single edit]
11. No Sugar Tonight [single edit]
12. Got To Find Another Way [session outtake]
13. Close Up The Honky Tonks [session outtake]
14. Not to Return [takes 1&2]
15. Talisman [take 1]
16. Talisman [session chatter]
17. No Sugar Tonight [takes 1&2]
18. American Woman [take 1]

Disc 2:

  1. Silver Bird
  2. Species Hawk
  3. Runnin’ Down the Street
  4. Miss Frizzy
  5. Palmyra
  6. The Answer
  7. Take the Long Way Home

Personnel

  • Burton Cummings – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, flute, harmonica
  • Randy Bachman – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Kale – bass, backing vocals
  • Garry Peterson – drums, backing vocals
  • Brian Christian - engineer
  • Jack Richardson - producer

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1970 Billboard 200 9

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1969 "No Time"[7] Canada 1
Australia 43
Billboard Hot 100 5
1970 "American Woman"[8] Canada 1
Australia 43
UK Singles Chart 19
Billboard Hot 100 1
"No Sugar Tonight"[8] Canada 1
UK Singles Chart 19
Billboard Hot 100 1

References

  1. ↑ The Guess Who, American Woman Chart Position Retrieved March 17, 2015
  2. ↑ Dave Marsh; John Swenson (12 October 1983). The new Rolling stone record guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-394-72107-1.
  3. ↑ American Woman at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Iconoclassic Records... Reissues Done Right". www.iconoclassicrecords.com.
  5. ↑ Young, J.R. (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (53): 50. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (April 23, 1969). "Consumer Guide (9)". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. ↑ The Guess Who, "No Time" Chart Position Retrieved March 17, 2015
  8. 1 2 The Guess Who, "American Woman"/"No Sugar Tonight" Chart Positions Retrieved March 17, 2015
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