American Football (1999 album)

American Football
Studio album by
American Football
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
RecordedMay 1999
StudioPrivate Studio (Urbana, Illinois)
Genre
Length40:52
LabelPolyvinyl
ProducerBrendan Gamble
American Football chronology
American Football
(1998) 		American Football
(1999) 		American Football
(2016)

American Football (also known as LP1) is the first studio album by American midwest emo band American Football. American Football was released on September 14, 1999.[1]

Lead singer Mike Kinsella said the band started to make the album when the member were attending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and it was only finished in the last four days before the band moved on to finish college.[2] On May 20, 2014, a deluxe reissue for the album was released under Polyvinyl.[3]

The cover art of the album features a picture of a house in Urbana, Illinois with a light shining through the window on the top of it.[4] In May 2023, the band went on to buy the house itself to save it from being demolished for condos.[5]

The reissue version of the album debuted at #68 on the Billboard 200.[6] The album has become one of the most influential albums in the emo genre.[7] The album's lead song "Never Meant" has went on to become popular and has been named on many lists discussing and ranking best and most influential emo songs.[8][9][10]

Songs

American Football track listing
No. Title Length
1. "Never Meant"   4:28
2. "The Summer Ends"   4:46
3. "Honestly?"   6:10
4. "For Sure."   3:16
5. "You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon"   3:43
6. "But the Regrets Are Killing Me"   3:54
7. "I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional"   3:42
8. "Stay Home"   8:10
9. "The One with the Wurlitzer"   2:43
Deluxe edition
No. Title Length
1. "Intro"   0:28
2. "Five Silent Miles"   3:39
3. "Untitled #1 (The One with the Trumpet)"   3:43
4. "Untitled #2"   2:13
5. "Stay Home"   5:58
6. "Untitled #3"   7:09
7. "Never Meant"   3:38
8. "But the Regrets Are Killing Me"   3:46
9. "I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional"   3:52
10. "The 7's"   7:26

References

  1. ↑ "On their self-titled debut, American Football documented the raw drama of young adulthood". Crack. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Not So Emotional?: American Football's Mike Kinsella on reflection, reminiscence and resurrection". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "American Football announce deluxe reissue of 1999 self-titled album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Emo Tourism: How the American Football House Became One of Music's Biggest Landmarks". Noisey. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "American Football Now Own Their Debut Album Cover House". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "American Football: Inside Emo Godfathers' Unlikely Return". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "American Football: "We fell into this thing totally backwards 25 years ago"". NME. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ "30 Essential Songs From The Golden Era Of Emo". Stereogum. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "The 25 Best Emo Songs of All Time". Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
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