American Woman - THE GUESS WHO****

American Woman/No Time/Talisman/No Sugar Tonight-New Mother Nature/969 (The Oldest Man)/When Friends Fall Out/8.15/Proper Stranger/Humpty's Blues - American Woman (epilogue)

American Woman was the highest charting album from the Canadian rock group The Guess Who. Features the US No. 1 title track hit single plus the US No. 5 No Time. (US:9)

"Their best studio album - a mix of hard rock and lounge music, as usual, but this time there are more toe-tappers. Some catchy tunes, with a massive lead guitar."

"By the time of this album's release, they were at the height of their commercial potency. The album is somewhat diverse, but containing primarily pop and hard rock, with plenty of good period flavour."

"The hits are here on The Guess Who's best-selling album, but really that's all this album packs. The rest is simply poppy filler with the final track adding a fraction of soul from the group."

"It's too bad that too many people simply regard The Guess Who as a singles oriented band geared for AM radio airplay. They were obviously wanting FM credibility, and they succeeded quite well with this, their third album for RCA. I really think some of their albums are really grossly overlooked, most people would pick up a Greatest Hits package over an album like this one."

"For the most part, all the psych explorations of Wheatfield Soul were abandoned for boogie and blues, with a little folk mixed in for good measure. Talisman is a pretty little acoustic number, a song I believe only the Bachman/Cummings songwriting partnership could produce. Bachman was soon to be gone though, taking care of business elsewhere. Other highlights include 8:15, with its funk grooves, and the guitar work on Proper Stranger."

"What you have here is a very solid album by a band that most consider a singles group. They're not. The talents of Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman combine to deliver a solid performance from start to finish. You know the hits and they're every bit as good as you remember. But this album isn't hits and filler. The Guess Who were an excellent band, and this is their best album."

This album came out during the rock era, back when the idea was to sound fresh and unique, as opposed to the way it is now, everyone trying to sound like the last guy that got famous. This album had a very unique sound."