American Woman (album)

American Woman
Studio album by
The Guess Who
ReleasedJanuary 1970
RecordedAugust – November 1969
StudioRCA Mid-America Recording Center, Studio B, Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length38:17
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJack 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [2]
The Village VoiceB+[3]

American Woman is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released in January 1970. It was the last to feature lead guitarist Randy Bachman until a reformation effort in 1983. The album was one of their most successful releases, receiving Gold certification in the United States.[4]

The album contains several of the group's most popular hits, including the title cut and "No Sugar Tonight", which together reached number one in Canada and the US, and 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.[5][6]

  1. ^ American Woman at AllMusic
  2. ^ Young, J.R. (7 March 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 53. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 50. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 23, 1969). "Consumer Guide (9)". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). Top 40 Albums. Billboard.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ American Woman at AllMusic