The Ugly American (album)

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The Ugly American
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Studio album by
Released2002
Genre Rock
Label Thirsty Ear Recordings [1]
Mark Eitzel chronology
Music for Courage and Confidence
(2002)
The Ugly American
(2002)
Candy Ass
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [3]
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The Ugly American is an album by singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. [5] The second of Eitzel's two covers albums released in 2002 (along with Music for Courage and Confidence ), The Ugly American was put out by Thirsty Ear Recordings. It contains new versions of songs Eitzel wrote with his earlier band American Music Club, as arranged by an ensemble of Greek musicians playing in the Rebetiko style. [2] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "a fascinating and pleasurable detour that casts some of [Eitzel's] best songs in a new light." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Western Sky"
  2. "Here They Roll Down"
  3. "Jenny"
  4. "Nightwatchman"
  5. "Take Courage"
  6. "Anything"
  7. "What Good is Love"
  8. "Will You Find Me"
  9. "Last Harbor"
  10. "Love's Humming"

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