American Music (album)


American Music is the debut album by American rock and roll band The Blasters, released in 1980.
The song "Marie Marie" became a breakthrough hit for Shakin' Stevens in 1980. Matchbox recorded the song for their 1980 album Midnite Dynamos. In 1997, the album was released on CD by Hightone Records.
The tracks "Marie Marie" and "American Music" were rerecorded for The Blasters' second and wider-distributed eponymous album.

Track listing

All songs composed by Dave Alvin, except where noted.
;Side 1
  1. "American Music" – 2:08
  2. "Real Rock Drive" – 2:03
  3. "Barefoot Rock" – 2:19
  4. "I Don't Want To" – 1:56
  5. "Marie Marie" – 2:02
  6. "I Wish You Would" - 2:41
  7. "She Ain't Got the Beat" - 1:30
;Side 2
  1. "Flattop Joint" - 2:27
  2. "Crazy Baby" - 2:26
  3. "Never No Mo' Blues" - 2:46
  4. "Buzz Buzz Buzz" - 2:06
  5. "She's Gone Away" - 2:25
  6. "Barn Burning" - 3:36
;CD bonus tracks, 1997
  1. "21 Days in Jail" - 2:12
  2. "Love 24 Hours a Day" - 3:10
  3. "I Fell in Love" - 1:57
  4. "So Glad" - 2:19
  5. "Ashamed of Myself" - 2:24
  6. "Lone Wolf" - 3:19