American Nervoso
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| name = American Nervoso
| type = studio
| artist = Botch
| cover = American Nervoso.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 20, 1998
| recorded = March 1998
| venue =
| studio = Stepping Stone Studio Litho (Seattle, Washington){{cite web|last1=n/a|title=American Nervoso Information|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-nervoso-mw0000669289|website=allmusic.com|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2018-02-07}}
| genre = {{hlist|Metalcore|mathcore}}
| length = 35:04
| label = Hydra Head
(HH666-29)
(HH666-129) (reissue)
| producer = Matt Bayles, Botch
| prev_title = The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = We Are the Romans
| next_year = 1999
}}
American Nervoso is the first studio album by American metalcore band Botch, released in 1998 through Hydra Head Records. It was re-issued in 2007, with five bonus tracks appended to the end of the record, consisting of demos and extended versions.{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/24148|title= Hydrahead announces Botch, Dälek releases|date=2007-06-13|publisher= Punknews.org|accessdate=2008-01-09}} The re-issue includes demos, extended versions of songs and the two opening measures of "Hives", which were accidentally clipped off in the original mastering, and was remastered by Matt Bayles sometime in 2006.[http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=175144 Info On Botch Reissue - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net]
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Ox-Fanzine
| rev1score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Hiller |first=Joachim |date=October 2007 |title=Review - Botch - American Nervoso - CD |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/american-nervoso-cd-59280 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Ox-Fanzine |language=de}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 6.6/10{{cite web |website=Pitchfork |last=Baron |first=Zach |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10489-american-nervoso/ |title=Botch: American Nervoso Album Review |date=August 6, 2007 |accessdate=November 20, 2021}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev4 = Stylus Magazine
| rev4score = A–{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |date=August 18, 2007 |title=Botch - American Nervoso - Review |url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/botch/american-nervoso.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011170649/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/botch/american-nervoso.htm |archive-date=2007-10-11 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Stylus Magazine}}
}}
Writing about the album's re-issue in 2007, Adrien Begrand of PopMatters said "eight years after the fact, Botch's debut album is still as awe-inspiring as it ever was."{{Cite web |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |date=2007-09-04 |title=Botch: American Nervoso |url=https://www.popmatters.com/botch-american-nervoso-2496216596.html |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=PopMatters |language=en}}
Track listing
{{Tracklisting
|title1 = Hutton's Great Heat Engine
|length1 = 4:25
|title2 = John Woo
|length2 = 3:14
|title3 = Dali's Praying Mantis
|length3 = 2:38
|title4 = Dead for a Minute
|length4 = 3:47
|title5 = Oma
|length5 = 4:40
|title6 = Thank God for Worker Bees
|length6 = 3:57
|title7 = Rejection Spoken Softly
|length7 = 3:44
|title8 = Spitting Black
|length8 = 3:07
|title9 = Hives
|length9 = 5:32
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Re-issue bonus tracks
|title10 = Stupid Me
|length10 = 2:34
|title11 = Spitting Black
|note11 = extended version
|length11 = 4:27
|title12 = Hutton's Great Heat Engine
|note12 = demo
|length12 = 4:27
|title13 = Rejection Spoken Softly
|note13 = demo
|length13 =3:41
|title14 = John Woo
|note14 = demo
|length14 = 3:25
|total_length = 53:38
}}
Credits
;Band members
- Brian Cook – bass guitar, backing vocals and production
- Dave Knudson – guitar, production, layout and design
- Tim Latona – piano, drums and production
- Dave Verellen – vocals and production
;Other personnel
- Matt Bayles – production, engineering and mixing
- Joe Denardo – photography
- Sig Skavlan – mixing
References
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