American Football (1999 album)

American Football
Studio album by American Football
Released	September 14, 1999 (1999-09-14)
Recorded	May 1999
Studio	Private Studios, Urbana, Illinois
Genre	Emo indie rock math rock post-rock
Length	40:52
Label	Polyvinyl
Producer	Brendan Gamble
American Football chronology
American Football (1998) American Football (1999) American Football (2016)
Alternative cover
25th anniversary edition cover[1]

American Football, also known retrospectively as LP1,^[a] is the debut studio album by the American rock band American Football. It was released on September 14, 1999, on the record label Polyvinyl. At the time of recording, the group comprised Mike Kinsella on vocals and guitar, Steve Holmes on guitar, and Steve Lamos on drums. LP1 was recorded in May 1999 at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois, with production from Brendan Gamble.

Although LP1 received positive reviews from critics and highly performed at US college radio stations, the band split up soon after its release because the band members no longer lived in the same city. Since then, the album has attained cult status and has received further critical acclaim. It is considered one of the most important emo records of all time. A deluxe edition was released by Polyvinyl in May 2014, shortly after American Football announced their reunion, the demand for which crashed the label's website and peaked at number 68 on the US Billboard 200. A month later, a music video was released for the song "Never Meant", directed by Chris Strong, who created the cover artwork for LP1.

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