American Songs
# American Songs

American Songs is a 1981 EP by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

## Track listing

* "Ciquiri" (Discomix) (Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Michael Beinhorn, Robert Quine) – 6:22
* "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) – 5:02
* "Discourse" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri, Bill Bacon – 4:05
* "Slow Murder" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bacon) – 3:59

## Personnel

* Bill Laswell – bass
* Michael Beinhorn – synthesizer, vocals
* Fred Maher – drums, guitar, vocals (tracks 1 and 2)
* Cliff Cultreri – guitar (tracks 3 and 4)
* Bill Bacon – drums (tracks 3 and 4)

### Additional personnel

* Robert Quine – guitar (tracks 1 and 2)

## Production

* Tracks 1 and 2 recorded March 1 & 2, 1981. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.
* Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.

## Release history

* American Songs – 1981 – Red Rec., EP 001 (12")
* American Songs – 1981 – Celluloid, CEL 6596 (12")
* "Ciquiri"/"Detached" single – 1982 – Red Rec., RS 12012 (12²)
* "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 1980 – Red Rec., 45001 (7")
* "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 198? – Celluloid, CEL 6219 (7")
