American Music Club, The Restless Stranger - 56m 13s

Tracks & Durations

1. Room Above the Club	3:51
2. $1,000,000 Song	3:57
3. Away Down My Street	4:22
4. Yvonne Gets Dumped	3:18
5. Mr. Lucky	2:44
6. Point of Desire	4:31
7. Goodbye Reprise #54	3:56
8. Tell Yourself	4:05
9. When Your Love Is Gone	4:19
10. Heavenly Smile	1:59
11. Broken Glass	4:25
12. Hold On To Your Love	2:21
13. Restless Stranger	4:03
14. How Low	4:23
15. I'm In Heaven Now	3:50

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Review

It's hard to see why American Music Club disavow this album. Though not as sterling as their later work on Mercury and Everclear, it towers over the plodding and monotone Engine. Originally recorded in 1985 and rereleased in 1998, it sounds remarkably prescient, evoking the moody rock of their last album, San Francisco. "$1,000,000 Song" features Eitzel at his staggering best, crooning over a martial beat and road-trippy guitar, "I'm a good man / I'm a bad man!" The breathy and dark opening of "Goodbye Reprise #54" finds Eitzel in full beautiful-loser glory: "I only know how to lead with a losing hand." Though lacking the multi-instrumental eccentricities of Bruce Kaplan, who would join the band in later years, Restless Stranger is worth reassessment and should gain a stronghold in the band's impressive discography. --Tod Nelson

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