New American Language

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = New American Language | type = Album | artist = Dan Bern | cover = New American Language.jpg | alt = | released = October 9, 2001 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock | length = 59:19 | label = Messenger, Cooking Vinyl | producer = Wil Masisak, Colin Mahoney, Chuck Plotkin, Brian Schey | prev_title = Smartie Mine | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = World Cup | next_year = 2002 }}

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'''''New American Language''''' is Iowa native singer/songwriter Dan Bern's first release with Messenger Records.

==Track listing== <small>Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by Dan Bern</small>

#"Sweetness" – 3:53 #"New American Language" – 5:12 #"Alaska Highway" – 4:05 #"God Said No" – 5:31 #"Turning Over" – 5:10 #"Black Tornado" – 5:24 #"Albuquerque Lullaby" – 3:54 #"Tape" – 3:37 #"Honeydoo!" – 2:14 #"Toledo" – 5:22 #"Rice" – 5:30 #"Thanksgiving Day Parade" – 10:27

== Personnel == *Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Illustrations, Paintings *Wil Masisak - Piano, Bass, Organ, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Guitar, Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Vocals *Eben Grace - Guitar, Banjo *Brian Schey - Bass, Guitar, Vocals *Spanky Mahoney - Drums *Jake Coffin - Drums, Vocals *Paul Kuhn - Cellocaster *Lisa Donnelly - Vocals *Randy Kaplan - Vocals *Brent Berry & Clark Jamison - Percussion *Scott Watson - Tuba

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:2001 albums Category:Dan Bern albums Category:Cooking Vinyl albums Category:Messenger Records albums Category:Albums produced by Chuck Plotkin