American Songs is a 1981 EP by the New York based No Wave music group Material. Track listing "Ciquiri" (Discomix) (Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Michael Beinhorn, Robert Quine) – 6:22 "Detached" (Laswell, Maher, Beinhorn, Quine) – 5:02 "Discourse" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cliff Cultreri, Bill Bacon – 4:05 "Slow Murder" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Cultreri, Bacon) – 3:59 Personnel Bill Laswell – bass Michael Beinhorn – synthesizer, vocals Fred Maher – drums, guitar, vocals (tracks 1 and 2) Cliff Cultreri – guitar (tracks 3 and 4) Bill Bacon – drums (tracks 3 and 4) Additional personnel Robert Quine – guitar (tracks 1 and 2) Production Tracks 1 and 2 recorded March 1 & 2, 1981. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi. Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in March, 1980. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi. Release history American Songs – 1981 – Red Rec., EP 001 (12") American Songs – 1981 – Celluloid, CEL 6596 (12") "Ciquiri"/"Detached" single – 1982 – Red Rec., RS 12012 (12²) "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 1980 – Red Rec., 45001 (7") "Discourse"/"Slow Murder" single – 198? – Celluloid, CEL 6219 (7") References Material (band) albums Post-punk EPs 1980 EPs Celluloid Records albums