We're An American Band

Original Release Date: 07/15/73
Label: Capitol
Catalog number: SMAS-11027
Original Format: LP
(Limited Edition Gold Vinyl LP - 100,000 copies)
Highest Chart Position: 2
RIAA Awards:
GOLD - 08/21/73
PLATINUM - 12/03/91
RIAA Award for Single:
We're An American Band/Creepin'
 GOLD - 10/09/73

Recorded in June 1973 at Miami Criteria Studios in Miami Beach, Florida. The first 100,000 copies of the album were released in Virgin (gold) Vinyl as were a limited number of the "We're An American Band/Creepin'" singles. The album came with 4 decal stickers.

*New* 10/05/99
Digitally remastered limited edition Vinyl and CD replicas. See New Releases page for details.

Credits:

Don Brewer: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Mark Farner: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Piano, Conga, Vocals
Mel Schacher: Bass
Craig Frost: Organ, Clavinet, Moog, Electric Piano
Engineer: Todd Rundgren
Assistant: Seth Snyder
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Album Concept and Design: Lynn Goldsmith and Andy Cavaliere
Album Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
Art Direction: John Hoernle

Millennium reissues: Digitally remastered by Evren Goknar (1999, Capitol Mastering, Los Angeles, California)

Track Listing:

  1. We're An American Band**
  2. Stop Lookin' Back
  3. Creepin'
  4. Black Licorice
  5. The Railroad
  6. Ain't Got Nobody
  7. Walk Like A Man**
  8. Loneliest Rider

** Released as a single
Discography:

Format: LP
Label: Capitol
Catalog number: SMAS-11027 
Release Date: 07/15/73

Format: CD
Label: EMD/Capitol
Catalog number: 31929
Release Date: 01/09/96

Format: CS
Label: EMD/Capitol
Catalog number: 31929
Release Date: 01/09/96

Format: LP (Limited Edition - Remastered - 5000 copies)
Label: EMD/Capitol
Catalog number: 21692
Release Date: 10/05/99

Format: CD (Limited Edition - Remastered - Mini LP)
Label: EMD/Capitol
Catalog number: 21692
Release Date: 10/02/99 

 

 

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Singles:

Title: We're An American Band (Gold Vinyl and Picture Sleeve)
 B Side:  Creepin'
 Format: 7"
 Label: Capitol
 Catalog number:  3660
Import Catalog number: CL 15760
Release Date:  7/73
 Highest Chart Position: 1 (08/18/73) Stayed at number 1 for one week and in the Top Forty for 13 weeks.

Title: We're An American Band (Japanese w/Picture Sleeve)
 B Side:  Creepin'
 Format: 7"
 Label: Capitol
 Catalog number:  10405
Release Date:  1973

Title: Walk Like A Man (Picture Sleeve)
 B Side:  The Railroad
 Format: 7"
 Label: Capitol
 Catalog number:  3760
Import Catalog number: CL 15771
Release Date:  11/73
 Highest Chart Position: 19 (12/29/73) Stayed in Top Forty for 6 weeks.

Title: Walk Like A Man (Japanese w/Picture Sleeve)
 B Side:  The Railroad
 Format: 7"
 Label: Capitol
 Catalog number:  10468
Release Date:  11/73

Title: We're An American Band
 B Side:  The Loco-Motion
 Format: Cassette
 Label: Capitol
 Catalog number:  44394
Release Date:  May 1989