American Don

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American Don

Studio album by Don Caballero
Released	October 3, 2000
Recorded	early 2000
Genre	Math rock
Length	55:48
Label	Touch and Go Records TG218
Producer(s)	Steve Albini
All Music Guide link Fake Jazz (10/12) link Pitchfork (7.5/10) link Splendid E-zine (favorable) link
Don Caballero chronology
Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1) (1999)	American Don (2000)	World Class Listening Problem (2006)

American Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000 and recorded by renowned Steve Albini. It is considered by some to be the definitive Don Caballero release and one of the most important math rock albums.

It is Don Caballero's fifth release and fourth studio album. But many consider it the group's final album due to the falling out between Ian Williams and Damon Che, the group's creative core, after the release of the album. Che has been the only original member on subsequent recordings.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Miscellanea
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex" – 4:42
"The Peter Criss Jazz" – 10:35
"Haven't Lived Afro Pop" – 7:34
"You Drink a Lot of Coffee For a Teenager" – 2:41
"Ones All Over the Place" – 9:00
"I Never Liked You" – 4:59
"Details on How to Get ICEMAN on Your License Plate" – 5:35
"A Lot of People Tell Me I Have a Fake British Accent" – 5:23
"Let's Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery" – 5:09

[edit] Personnel

Don Caballero:
- Damon Che – drums
- Ian Williams – guitars
- Eric Emm – basses
Steve Albini - recording engineer (credited only as "the proprietor" of Electrical Audio Studio A)

[edit] Miscellanea

The photos of car accidents in the CD booklet are ironic since this lineup of Don Caballero disbanded after being involved in a van accident while touring in support of American Don. Singer/guitarist Fred Weaver was the opening act on this tour and his exhaustive tour diary was published in issue 16 of Chunklet magazine as "The Dark Final Days of Don Caballero".

In late 1999, the song "Details on How to Get ICEMAN on Your License Plate" was provisionally titled "World Class Listening Problem"; a phrase which surfaced again in 2006 as the title of their sixth album, and a song on it as well. "Let's Face It Pal..." was originally called "Dumbass Is My Business, And Business Is Good". An early version of "You Drink A Lot Of Coffee..." was allegedly titled "That Badge Means You Suck", though this has yet to be verified by official sources.