An American Stranger

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An American Stranger
An American Stranger Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
Genre Indie rock, Pop rock
Label Edmond Records
Producer Ari Ingber (The Upwelling)
Jason Hill (Louis XIV)
Tyson Ritter (AAR)
Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
Mark Plati (Producer/Guitarist for David Bowie)
The Upwelling chronology
2006 EP
(2006)
An American Stranger
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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An American Stranger is the debut album from indie rock band The Upwelling, released on August 25, 2009. [2] It was released after the band was signed to Edmond Records, owned by The All-American Rejects, in partnership with Doghouse Records and Warner Bros..

The Upwelling is a band with roots in the New York City, Washington, D.C., and Boston areas that currently resides in Queens. The band was founded by and originally consisted of brothers Ari and Josh Ingber on guitar and drums respectively. Their self-recorded, self-titled EP achieved the rare feat of finding distribution without being released by a label, partly due to its "Recommended" status by the Virgin Megastore—the first time the retail chain awarded such an honor to an unsigned band or an EP. Without an agency or a label, the band won Karma Production's Ireland tour, a Sonic Bid's contest.

The All-American Rejects American band

The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bassist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor. Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter are the band's songwriters; Wheeler is the primary composer and Ritter is the main lyricist. Although Kennerty and Gaylor are not founding members of the band, they are generally considered to be original members, appearing in all of the band's music videos, and on all studio releases except for the band's self-titled debut.

Doghouse Records is record label started in Toledo, Ohio in 1988 by Dirk Hemsath for early recordings of his band Majority of One. The label later contracted with WEA.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Ari Ingber.

No.TitleLength
1."American Girls"3:21
2."Garden"4:04
3."Wanderlust"3:22
4."Who Needs You Now"3:32
5."Losers"3:29
6."My Worthy Enemy"5:12
7."I Love That Girl"4:00
8."Murdered by a Big Bomb"3:50
9."Paris"2:05
10."Little Darling"3:33
11."The Sun"3:10
12."Ladder 116"5:34
13."Untitled" (Hidden Track)0:56

Personnel

Tyson Ritter American singer

Tyson Jay Ritter is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and model. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, pianist, and songwriter of the multi-platinum selling American alternative rock band The All-American Rejects. As an actor, Ritter appeared as Dane on Amazon Video's Betas, recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome on NBC's Parenthood, and has had supporting roles in films, including The House Bunny (2008) and Miss You Already (2015). As of 2018, Ritter plays recurring characters on two television series on AMC, Preacher and Lodge 49.

Brian Sperber is a rock producer/sound engineer/mixer. He has spent the bulk of his career at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. After years as an audio engineer for artists as varied as Whitney Houston, Patti Smith, De La Soul, and Ozzy Osbourne, he moved to the post-production side of the recording process.

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References

  1. Glide Magazine review Archived August 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1622873