Engine is the second album by American Music Club

American Music Club

American Music Club is a San Francisco-based alternative rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel.-History:Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981...

. It was jointly released by Frontier

Frontier

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 and Grifter in the US and by Zippo

Zippo

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 in the UK and Europe in 1987. The 1998 Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 reissue added three additional tracks from the same period. The artwork for the Zippo UK release features an incorrect tracklisting, putting the songs in the wrong order.

Track listing

1. "Big Night" (Eitzel)
2. "Outside This Bar" (Eitzel)
3. "At My Mercy" (Eitzel)
4. "Gary's Song" (Eitzel)
5. "Nightwatchman" (Eitzel)
6. "Clouds" (Eitzel)
7. "Electric Light" (Eitzel/Mooney)
8. "Mom's TV" (Eitzel)
9. "Art of Love" (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
10. "Asleep" (Eitzel)
11. "This Year" (Eitzel)
12. "Away Down My Street" (Live at the Hotel Utah) (Eitzel)
13. "Art of Love" (Rock 'n Roll Version) (Eitzel/Pearson/Vudi/Norelli)
14. "Shut Down" (Live at the Hotel Utah) (Eitzel)

(Tracks 12, 13 and 14 only appear on the 1998 Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 reissue)

("Art of Love (Goof-Rock Version)" appears as a bonus track at the end of side one on the 1987 Frontier/Grifter cassette edition)

Personnel

• Mark Eitzel
  Mark Eitzel
  Mark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Vudi
  Vudi
  Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler , guitarist with San Francisco based indie rock band American Music Club. He is also the vocalist and guitarist in San Francisco based indie rock band Clovis de Floret....
  
   - Lead guitar, backing vocals, accordion, keyboard
• Dan Pearson - bass guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, guitar
• Tom Mallon - guitar, backing vocals, percussion, producer
• Dave Scheff - drums (Clouds, Gary's Song, At My Mercy, Nightwatchman)
• Matt Norelli - drums (Outside This Bar, Mom's TV, Art of Love, Asleep)
• Carla Fabrizio - cello
• Brian Schendele - keyboards
• Pamela Gentile - cover photo