American Nervoso

American Nervoso
Studio album by Botch
Released	May 20, 1998 2007-07-10 (reissue)
Recorded	March 1998
Genre	Mathcore
Label	Hydra Head Records (HH666-29) (HH666-129) (reissue)
Producer	Matt Bayles, Botch
Botch chronology
The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion (1997) American Nervoso (1998) We Are the Romans (2000)

American Nervoso is the first studio album by Botch, released in 1999 by 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.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Hutton's Great Heat Engine" – 4:25
2. "John Woo" – 3:14
3. "Dali's Praying Mantis" – 2:38
4. "Dead for a Minute" – 3:47
5. "Oma" – 4:40
6. "Thank God for Worker Bees" – 3:57
7. "Rejection Spoken Softly" – 3:44
8. "Spitting Black" – 3:07
9. "Hives" – 5:32

Bonus tracks on the re-issue

1. "Stupid Me" – 2:34
2. "Spitting Black (Extended Version)" – 4:27
3. "Hutton’s Great Heat Engine (Demo)" – 4:27
4. "Rejection Spoken Softly (Demo)" – 3:41
5. "John Woo (Demo)" – 3:25

Re-issue

Matt Bayles finished a remastering of American Nervoso, some time in late 2006. It was released in June 2007 and can be purchased at various independent records locations. 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.^[2]

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