American Child

American Child
Studio album by Phil Vassar
Released	August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06) January 6, 2003 (2003-01-06) (re-issue)
Studio	Ocean Way Recording and Emerald Entertainment (Nashville, Tennessee) Essential Sound Studios (Franklin, Tennessee) Extasy Recording Studio South (Los Angeles, California) Record One (Sherman Oaks, California)
Genre	Country
Length	44:11, 50:57 (re-issue)
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Byron Gallimore Phil Vassar Dann Huff
Phil Vassar chronology
Phil Vassar (2000) American Child (2002) Shaken Not Stirred (2004)
Singles from American Child
"American Child" Released: April 29, 2002 "This Is God" Released: January 6, 2003 "Ultimate Love" Released: June 9, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	(favorable)[1]
AllMusic	[2]

American Child is the second studio album by American country music artist Phil Vassar. Released in 2002, the album initially contained twelve tracks, with the title track serving as the lead-off single, reaching top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

After the lead-off single fell from the charts, Arista tested another song entitled "This Is God". This song received such positive feedback from its test audience that the album was recalled and re-released in 2003 with "This Is God" (and a cover of Huey Lewis and the News' "Workin' for a Livin'") added to the track listing. The former was also released as a single, reaching Top 20 on the country charts, while the third single ("Ultimate Love") peaked at number 41, becoming the first single of Vassar's career to miss Top 40 entirely.

Vassar produced the album with Byron Gallimore except for "This Is God", which Vassar produced with Dann Huff instead.

Although it was not issued as a single, "Athens Grease" was made into a music video.^[3]