| American Music | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:AmericanMusicAlbumCover.jpg) 1997 CD issue artwork | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Rollin' Rock Studio | |||
| Label | Rollin' Rock Records | |||
| Producer | Ronny Weiser | |||
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American Music is the debut album by American rock band The Blasters, released in 1980.[1]
The song "Marie Marie" became a breakthrough hit for Shakin' Stevens in 1980 (from This Ole House). Matchbox recorded the song for their 1980 album Midnite Dynamos. In 1997, the album was released on CD by Hightone Records.[2]
"American Music" became title track of the early 1980s music television series New Wave Theatre.
The tracks "Marie Marie" and "American Music" were rerecorded for The Blasters' second and wider-distributed eponymous album.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[4] |
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Blasters". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ "'Music' Recalls the Blasters From the Past". Los Angeles Times. October 31, 1997.
- ^ "American Music - The Blasters | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.