Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

If you have to ask then you’ll never email: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Mark Eitzel “West”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Panties down the toilet is the answer to no question.

0:05: Scripts to the West

4:25: John Beam, Whiskey Scion & Play-by-Play Specialist

8:13: REM in the place where you live. Now face West.

18:18: Copyright? More like copywrong!

26:06: Buck’s Promiscuity

33:46: The Basics

34:07: The Mystery of the “West” Cover Photo

35:30: The Band, the Production, and the Vibe Vibes

59:10: Side A, Track 1: “If You Have to Ask”

55:48: Side A, Track 2: “Free of Harm”

1:20:20: Side A, Track 3: “Helium”

1:23:33: Side A, Track 4: “Stunned & Frozen”

1:33:09: Side A, Track 5: “Then It Really Happens”

1:36:00: Side A, Track 6: “In Your Life”

1:43:51: Two episodes? Heck yeah!

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web
- American Music Club on Bandcamp
- American Music Club on Spotify
- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

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