American Fall

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American Fall
American Fall by Anti-Flag.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2017
RecordedMay–June 2017
Studio
Genre Punk rock
Length30:29
Label Spinefarm
Producer
Anti-Flag chronology
American Spring
(2015)
American Fall
(2017)
20/20 Vision
(2020)
Singles from American Fall
  1. "American Attraction"
    Released: August 18, 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 8/10 [2]
Rock Sound 7/10 [3]

American Fall is the eleventh studio album by American punk rock band Anti-Flag, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was released on November 3, 2017, via Spinefarm Records, making it their second record released through the label. In the US, the album debuted at No. 17 on the Hard Rock Albums chart, [4] No. 11 on the Independent Albums chart, [5] and No. 10 on the Tastemakers chart. [6] The album featured cover art by artist Noah Scalin. [7]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Sane, Chris Head, Chris Barker, Pat Thetic, and Stevie Aiello, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."American Attraction"2:56
2."The Criminals"2:44
3."When the Wall Falls"2:46
4."Trouble Follows Me"3:09
5."Finish What We Started"2:49
6."Liar"1:53
7."Digital Blackout"3:26
8."I Came. I Saw. I Believed."2:01
9."Racists"3:20
10."Throw It Away"2:50
11."Casualty"2:35
Total length:30:29

Personnel

Anti-Flag

Production

Artwork

Additional musicians

Chart

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 51
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 67
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 7

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