American Football (2019 album)

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American Football
American Football (LP III).png
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2019
StudioARC Studios, Omaha, Nebraska
Genre
Length47:16
Label
Producer Jason Cupp
American Football chronology
American Football
(2016)
American Football
(2019)
Year One Demos
(2019)
Singles from American Football
  1. "Silhouettes"
    Released: December 11, 2018
  2. "Uncomfortably Numb"
    Released: January 22, 2019
  3. "Every Wave to Ever Rise"
    Released: February 28, 2019

American Football (also known as LP3) is the third studio album by American rock band American Football, released on March 22, 2019 through Polyvinyl and Big Scary Monsters. [1] [2]

Contents

American Football is the third self-titled album by American Football and the second release since their reunion in 2014.

Background

On December 11, 2018, the first single from the album, "Silhouettes", was released, along with the band teasing a third project on Instagram, [3] and the listing for a third self-titled album appearing on Apple Music. A music video for "Silhouettes" was released on January 8, 2019. [4] Later that month, the band released a new single, "Uncomfortably Numb", which references the similarly titled song by Pink Floyd and features vocals from Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams. It was released with an accompanying music video, starring former Workaholics star Blake Anderson and pro skater Paul Rodriguez. [5] This is their first album to not feature the American Football House on any cover or the artwork, as they did on their first two albums.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence of Sound B+ [8]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [9]
Exclaim 8/10 [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [12]

American Football was met with highly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews. [13]

Track listing

American Football track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Silhouettes"7:21
2."Every Wave to Ever Rise" (featuring Elizabeth Powell)5:54
3."Uncomfortably Numb" (featuring Hayley Williams)4:10
4."Heir Apparent"5:53
5."Doom in Full Bloom"7:48
6."I Can't Feel You" (featuring Rachel Goswell)4:47
7."Mine to Miss"5:23
8."Life Support"5:57
Total length:47:16

Personnel

American Football

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for American Football
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 38
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [15] 22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 45
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [17] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [18] 4
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [19] 2

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