American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)


American Standard is the second studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was released on September 5, 1995, on Mammoth Records. The album would be Seven Mary Three's breakthrough success, rising to number 24 on the Billboard 200 and going platinum. Many of the songs were rerecorded versions of tracks off Seven Mary Three's independent debut, Churn.

Overview

The album's biggest hit single was "Cumbersome". Other Billboard-charting singles were "Water's Edge", and "My My".
Additionally, the song "Roderigo" was inspired by the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
Future albums by the group would see shifts in musical style and would ultimately fail to match the success of American Standard. "We made American Standard when we were fresh out of college, and it represented that time" said Giti Khalsa in an interview with Rolling Stone. Regarding the album's overall style, Jason Ross explained:

Vinyl release

On April 13, 2019, in conjunction with Record Store Day, American Standard was released on vinyl record for the first time. Wardog Records produced a limited edition of 800 black vinyl copies and 200 yellow vinyl copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of American Standard.
;Seven Mary Three
;Production