American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)

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American Standard
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1995
RecordedJune – July 1995
at Morrisound Recording
in Tampa, FL
Genre
Length46:15
Label Mammoth
Producer Jason Ross
Jason Pollock
Tom Morris
Seven Mary Three chronology
Churn
(1994)
American Standard
(1995)
RockCrown
(1997)
Singles from American Standard
  1. "Cumbersome"
    Released: January 9, 1996
  2. "Water's Edge"
    Released: 1996
  3. "My My"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

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 [5] and was certified platinum in the United States and Canada. [6] [7] Many of the songs were rerecorded versions of tracks off Seven Mary Three's independent debut, Churn .

Contents

Overview

The album's biggest hit single was "Cumbersome" (#1 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, #7 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and #39 on the Billboard Hot 100). [8] [9] Other Billboard-charting singles were "Water's Edge" (#7 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #37 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks), [10] [11] and "My My" (#19 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks). [12]

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

All tracks are written by Jason Ross and Jason Pollock, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Water's Edge"3:52
2."Cumbersome"3:59
3."Roderigo"4:24
4."Devil Boy"4:24
5."My My"2:52
6."Lame"4:52
7."Headstrong" (Casey Daniel, Ross, Pollock)4:46
8."Anything"3:40
9."Margaret"3:42
10."Punch In Punch Out" (Giti Khalsa, Ross)2:48
11."Favorite Dog"6:51

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of American Standard. [13]

Seven Mary Three
Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [7] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [6] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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