- American English (album)
Infobox Album
Name = American English
Type = studio
Artist = Wax
Released = Start date|1987
Recorded = Start date|1987|3|2 - Start date|1987|5|20, Westside Studios,London
Genre =
Length = 41:35
Label = RCA
Producer =Christopher Neil ,Andrew Gold ,Graham Gouldman
Reviews =
Last album = "Magnetic Heaven "
(1986)
This album = "American English"
(1987)
Next album = "100,000 in Fresh Notes "
(1988)
Misc = Singles
Name = American English
Type = studio
Single 1 = In Some Other World
Single 1 date = Start date|1986
Single 2 = Bridge to Your Heart
Single 2 date = Start date|1987|7
Single 3 = American English
Single 3 date = Start date|1987"American English" is a 1987 album by Wax, and includes their hit single "Bridge to Your Heart". The album cover, designed by
Storm Thorgerson , shows objects that all refer to wax. [cite web |url=http://www.andrewgold.com/photo42.htm |title=Andrew Gold website |accessdate=2008-06-22]Track listing
All songs were written by
Andrew Gold andGraham Gouldman , except where noted.ide one
# "American English" – 4:25
# "In Some Other World" – 4:45
# "Ready or Not" – 3:31
# "Call It Destiny" – 4:03
# "Bridge to Your Heart" – 4:14ide two
#
- "Share the Glory" (Paul Bliss,
Phil Palmer ) – 3:56
# "Alright Tonight" – 4:14
# "The Promise" – 3:14
# "Heaven in Her Bed" – 4:36
# "Bug in the Machine" – 4:21Personnel
*
Andrew Gold – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar on track 10, drums and programming, production on tracks 4, 9, and 10
*Graham Gouldman – bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar on tracks 1–5, and 7–9, vocals on track 10, production on tracks 4, 9, and 10
*Christopher Neil – production on tracks 1–3, and 5–8, backing vocals
*Phil Palmer – guitar on track 6
*Adrian Lee – keyboards
* Wix – keyboards
*Peter Van Hooke – drums and programming
*Paul Carrack – backing vocals
*Tessa Niles – backing vocals
* Jackie Rawe – backing vocals
* Lorna Wright – voice on track 1
* Raissa Danilou – voice on track 1
* Kyoko Ono – voice on track 1
* Ruth Cuenca – voice on track 1
* Simon Hurrell – engineer, recording engineer on tracks 1–9, mixing engineer on tracks 1–3, and 5–10
* Peter Jones – recording engineer on track 10, assistant recording engineer on tracks 1–9, assistant mixing engineer
* Ian Cooper – Mastering at the Town House, London
*Storm Thorgerson – design
* Christopher Bissell – photographyReferences
#Liner notes - "Share the Glory" (Paul Bliss,
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