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1987 Engine R	1988 California R	1989 United Kingdom R	1991 Everclear SR
1993 Mercury SR	1994 San Francisco SR	1995 Hello Amsterdam S	1998 The Restless Stranger R
2004 Love Songs for Patriots SR	2005 A Toast to You	2005 1984-1995	2008 Atwater Afternoon
2008 The Mercury Band Demos April 1992	$[ 14 / 14 ] 2008 The Golden Age The news is that Mark Eitzel and Vudi have resurrected American Music Club for the first time since 2004s Love Songs for Patriots (which was in turn the groups first album in a decade), but they havent gone terribly far out of their way to do it -- while pedal steel player Bruce Kaplan was absent from the Love Songs lineup, on 2008s The Golden Age, Eitzel and Vudi are the only holdovers from the bands original membership, with debuting bassist Sean Hoffman and percussionist Steve Didelot completing this new, leaner edition of AMC. While Love Songs attempted to evoke the grand, noisy soundscapes of albums like Everclear and Mercury, The Golden Age harks back to the more arid atmospherics of California and United Kingdom, and it does so quite well. Anyone hoping for a big dose of Vudis fractured guitar heroics will go wanting as he aims for a more subdued tone on most tracks, saving his more outré effects for the codas of "On My Way" and "The Windows on the World." But this is easily the best set of songs Eitzel has offered since his 2001 solo effort, The Invisible Man, and his vocals are in superb form; while much of his work since AMCs breakup seemed to find him looking for a new direction, these 13 songs are just the sort of thing he does best, compelling tales of lost souls and busted hearts that reveal as much compassion as despair, and he delivers them with a weary but heartfelt authority that few others could match. And if this album doesnt break much new ground or challenge anyones expectations of American Music Club, it also offers a clear and honest reminder of why this band made so much vital, lasting music during its original lifetime; The Golden Age may simply be the Eitzel and Vudi show, but thats more than enough to make this a rich and rewarding set of songs whose gentle surfaces belie their troubling strength.$ 2008 The Golden Age SR