American English is the second studio album by the English new wave duo Wax released on August 31, 1987 on RCA records. It includes their biggest hit single "Bridge to Your Heart".
The album cover, designed by Storm Thorgerson, shows objects that all refer to wax.
The album was reissued in Japan in 2011 with bonus tracks including "People All Over The World", B-side to "In Some Other World" single, and singles' mixes of the songs "American English" and "Bridge to Your Heart".
Contents
Track listing
All songs were written by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman, except where noted.
Side one
"American English" – 4:25
"In Some Other World" – 4:45
"Ready or Not" – 3:31
"Call It Destiny" – 4:03
"Bridge to Your Heart" – 4:14
Side two
"Share the Glory" (Paul Bliss, Phil Palmer) – 3:56
"Alright Tonight" – 4:14
"The Promise" – 3:14
"Heaven in Her Bed" – 4:36
"Bug in the Machine" – 4:21
Personnel
Wax
Andrew Gold – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, funk guitar (10), drums, drum programming
Graham Gouldman – guitars (1–5, 7–9), bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (10)
Additional musicians and vocals
Adrian Lee – keyboards
Wix – keyboards
Paul Bliss – keyboards (6), programming (6)
Phil Palmer – guitars (6)
Peter Van Hooke – drums, drum programming
Paul Carrack – backing vocals
Christopher Neil – backing vocals
Tessa Niles – backing vocals
Jackie Rawe – backing vocals
Ruth Cuenca – voice (1)
Raissa Danilou – voice (1)
Kyoko Ono – voice (1)
Lorna Wright – voice (1)
Production
Christopher Neil – producer (1–3, 5–8)
Andrew Gold – producer (4, 9, 10)
Graham Gouldman – producer (4, 9, 10)
Simon Hurrell – engineer, recording (1–9), mixing (1–3, 5–10)
Peter Jones – assistant engineer (1–9), recording (10)
Phil Bodger – mixing (4)
Ian Cooper – mastering at The Town House (London, UK)
Storm Thorgerson – design
Christopher Bissell – photography