| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | My Definition of a Bombastic Jazz Style | Dream Warriors | 3 | 3:40 |
| 2 | Jerry Was a Race Car Driver | Primus | 4.55 | 3:12 |
| 3 | Don't Fix What Ain't Broke | Gang of Four | | 4:02 |
| 4 | Shoot You Down [electric] | Birdland | 4 | 3:14 |
| 5 | My Heart Is a Flower | King Missile | | 2:40 |
| 6 | Psych Out | The Seers | | 3:49 |
| 7 | American Music- recording engineer:
- Susan Rogers
- producer:
- Michael Beinhorn, Victor DeLorenzo, Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie
- mixer:
- Eric "E.T." Thorngren
- acoustic bass guitar, didgeridoo, electric guitar and handclaps:
- Brian Ritchie
- acoustic guitar and handclaps and solo electric guitar:
- Gordon Gano
- bell [sleigh bells], handclaps, snare drum [brushed snare drum], tambourine and timpani [tympani]:
- Victor DeLorenzo
- Hammond organ and handclaps:
- Michael Beinhorn
- handclaps:
- Alex Alvarez , Carmaig de Forest and Mike Kloster
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Tom Mandell
- background vocals:
- Alex Alvarez , Michael Beinhorn, Carmaig de Forest and Mike Kloster
- vocals:
- Victor DeLorenzo, Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie
- recorded at:
- American Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California, United States
- mixed at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- American Music
- lyricist and composer:
- Gordon Gano
- publisher:
- Gorno Music (in 1990)
| Violent Femmes | 4 | 3:51 |
| 8 | Radioactive | Downtown Science | | 4:27 |
| 9 | Actions Speak Louder Than Words | Junior Reid | | 3:56 |
| 10 | Not Afraid of the Dark | Kelly Willis | | 4:39 |
| 11 | Eat Your Heart Out | King of Fools | | 3:58 |
| 12 | Love of Midnight | Peter Himmelman | | 4:12 |
| 13 | Black Halo | Three Merry Widows | | 4:25 |
| 14 | Diane | Material Issue | 2 | 2:57 |
| 15 | She's a Girl | Dots Will Echo | | 4:08 |
| 16 | Daddy Freddy's in Town | Daddy Freddy | | 5:09 |
| 17 | I'm the One | Cadillac Tramps | | 4:44 |
| 18 | On the Way to Heaven | Breathers | | 2:51 |
| 19 | Shoot You Down [acoustic] | Birdland | | 2:36 |