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New American Language
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2001
Genre Folk rock
Length59:19
Label Messenger, Cooking Vinyl
ProducerWil Masisak, Colin Mahoney, Chuck Plotkin, Brian Schey (uncredited)
Dan Bern chronology
Smartie Mine
(1999)
New American Language
(2001)
World Cup
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Dayton Daily NewsB [2]
Des Moines Register [3]

New American Language is Iowa native singer/songwriter Dan Bern's first release with Messenger Records.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by Dan Bern

  1. "Sweetness" – 3:53
  2. "New American Language" – 5:12
  3. "Alaska Highway" – 4:05
  4. "God Said No" – 5:31
  5. "Turning Over" – 5:10
  6. "Black Tornado" – 5:24
  7. "Albuquerque Lullaby" – 3:54
  8. "Tape" – 3:37
  9. "Honeydoo!" – 2:14
  10. "Toledo" – 5:22
  11. "Rice" – 5:30
  12. "Thanksgiving Day Parade" – 10:27

Personnel

  • Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Illustrations, Paintings
  • Wil Masisak - Piano, Bass, Organ, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Guitar, Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Vocals
  • Eben Grace - Guitar, Banjo
  • Brian Schey - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
  • Spanky Mahoney - Drums
  • Jake Coffin - Drums, Vocals
  • Paul Kuhn - Cellocaster
  • Lisa Donnelly - Vocals
  • Randy Kaplan - Vocals
  • Brent Berry & Clark Jamison - Percussion
  • Scott Watson - Tuba

References

  1. ^ Jarnow, Jesse. "Dan Bern - New American Language". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  2. ^ Rollins, Ron (2001-12-28). "Short Tracks". Dayton Daily News.
  3. ^ Munson, Kyle (2001-10-11). "Add 'accessible' to Dan Bern's list". Des Moines Register.