American English (album)

American English is a second studio album by Wax released in 1987. It includes their biggest hit single "Bridge to Your Heart".

American English
Studio album by Wax
Released	31 August 1987 (1987-08-31)
Recorded	March 2, 1987 (1987-03-02) – May 20, 1987 (1987-05-20)
Studio	Westside Studios, London
Length	41:35
Label	RCA
Producer	Christopher Neil, Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman
Wax chronology
Magnetic Heaven (1986) American English (1987) A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes (1989)
Singles from American English
"Bridge to Your Heart" Released: 6 July 1987 "American English" Released: October 1987 "In Some Other World" Released: January 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album cover, designed by Storm Thorgerson, shows objects that all refer to wax.^[2]

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".

Track listing

All songs were written by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman, except where noted.

Side one

1. "American English" – 4:25
2. "In Some Other World" – 4:45
3. "Ready or Not" – 3:31
4. "Call It Destiny" – 4:03
5. "Bridge to Your Heart" – 4:14

Side two

6. "Share the Glory" (Paul Bliss, Phil Palmer) – 3:56
7. "Alright Tonight" – 4:14
8. "The Promise" – 3:14
9. "Heaven in Her Bed" – 4:36
10. "Bug in the Machine" – 4:21

Bonus tracks on the 2011 Japanese reissue

No.	Title	Length
11.	"People All Over The World"	3:39
12.	"American English" (The Concorde Mix)	5:12
13.	"Bridge to Your Heart" (The Unabridged Version)	5:16
14.	"Bridge to Your Heart" (7" Version)	3:51

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^[3]

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	86
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	59

References

1. Dave Thompson. "American English > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. "Andrew Gold website". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
3. Liner notes
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 334. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.