With their thin, singsong vocals and fuzzed-out guitars, Veruca Salt may sound like the Breeders and the Pixies, but lack either band's talent for inverting pop conventions or taste for the bizarre.
What Veruca Salt has instead is a raw talent for simple, infectious pop songs; the result is a surprisingly fresh fusion of alternative pop and bubblegum.
Nina Gordon and Louise Post try hard to inject meaning into the sweet, distorted rush of "Seether," but all that sticks is the infectious melody and crushing guitars.
That also applies to the slower songs, from the enchanting lust of "Spiderman '79" to "Forsythia," which is too close to the Breeders' Pod for comfort.
But musically, American Thighs is surprisingly satisfying; it's a pure pop album masquerading as the next big thing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get BackNina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | All Hail MeLouise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | SeetherNina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | Spiderman '79Louise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 05:16 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | ForsythiaNina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | WolfLouise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Celebrate YouLouise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | FlyLouise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 9 | Number One BlindNina Gordon, Jim Shapiro | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | VictrolaLouise Post | Veruca Salt | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 11 | TwinstarNina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 12 | 25Nina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 07:56 | 18 MB | 46 MB |
| 13 | Sleeping Where I WantNina Gordon | Veruca Salt | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| 52 mins | 120 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 341 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Gordon | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 2 | Steve Lack | Guitar (Bass) |
| 3 | Christian Lane | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Louise Post | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 5 | Jim Shapiro | Composer, Drums, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Veruca Salt | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Brad Wood | Engineer, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |