American Songs

American Songs is a 1981 EP by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

Track listing

 * 1) "Ciquiri" (Discomix) (Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Michael Beinhorn, Robert Quine) – 6:22
 * 2) "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) – 5:02
 * 3) "Discourse" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri, Bill Bacon – 4:05
 * 4) "Slow Murder" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bacon) – 3:59

Personnel

 * Bill Laswell – bass
 * Michael Beinhorn – synthesizer, vocals
 * Fred Maher – drums, guitar, vocals (tracks 1 and 2)
 * Cliff Cultreri – guitar (tracks 3 and 4)
 * Bill Bacon – drums (tracks 3 and 4)


 * Additional personnel
 * Robert Quine – guitar (tracks 1 and 2)

Production

 * Tracks 1 and 2 recorded March 1 & 2, 1981. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.
 * Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.

Release history

 * American Songs – 1981 – Red Rec., EP 001 (12")
 * American Songs – 1981 – Celluloid, CEL 6596 (12")
 * "Ciquiri"/"Detached" single – 1982 – Red Rec., RS 12012 (12²)
 * "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 1980 – Red Rec., 45001 (7")
 * "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 198? – Celluloid, CEL 6219 (7")