{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Our First American Friends | type = studio | artist = Tubelord | cover = Tubelord_Our_First_American_Friends.png | alt = | released = October 12, 2009 | recorded = December 2008 – February 2009 | studio = The Pierce Rooms, Hammersmith and Livingston Studios, Wood Green, London, UK | genre = Alternative rock, math rock, indie pop | length = 40:49 | label = Hassle | producer = Tristen Ivemy | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Tezcatlipōca | next_year = 2010 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Classic Rock'' | rev1score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name="classic" >{{cite magazine |title=Tubelord - Our First American Friends |magazine=Classic Rock |date=November 2009 |last=Johnston |first=Emma |issue=138 |page=87}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Rock Sound'' |rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/tubelord-our-first-american-friends? |title=Tubelord - 'Our First American Friends' |last=Moffat |first=Iain |magazine=Rock Sound |date=8 October 2009 |accessdate=2019-10-13 }}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Our First American Friends''''' is the debut album by British alternative rock band Tubelord. It was released on October 12, 2009, through Hassle Records. The album mostly features newly written material but also features re-recorded version of songs such as "Night of the Pencils" and "Propeller" which have been staples in the band's live set and have been released in limited edition singles prior to the recording of Our First American Friends.
The album has been released on compact disc, digital download and vinyl, which contain a free bonus disc titled '''''One for the Grandparents''''' that featured many of the album's songs which have been completely re-worked acoustically.
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = Xoey Fourr and Tubelord | title1 = Your Bed Is Kind of Frightening | length1 =3:53 | title2 = Somewhere Out There a Dog Is on Fire | length2 = 3:43 | title3 = Night of the Pencils | length3 = 4:14 | title4 = Stacey's Left Arm | length4 = 4:10 | title5 = Propeller | length5 = 3:34 | title6 = He Awoke on a Beach in Abergavenny | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = I Am Azerrad | length7 = 3:31 | title8 = Cows to the East, Cities to the West | length8 = 3:40 | title9 = Synthesize | length9 = 4:13 | title10 = Our First American Friends | length10 = 5:36 |total_length = 40:49 }} {{track listing | headline = Bonus track | total_length = 45:08 | title11 = Half Man, Half Amazing | length11 = 4:19 }} {{track listing | headline = One for the Grandparents | total_length = 49:15 | title1 = Stacey's Left Arm | length1 = 4:01 | title2 = Somewhere Out There a Dog Is on Fire | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Night of the Pencils | length3 = 4:06 | title4 = I Am Azerrad | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = He Awoke on a Beach in Abergavenny | length5 = 2:21 | title6 = Your Bed Is Kind of Frightening | length6 = 3:23 | title7 = Our First American Friends | length7 = 4:47 | title8 = Propeller | length8 = 4:48 | title9 = Synthesize | length9 = 3:39 }}
==Personnel== ;Tubelord * Xoey Fourr - guitars, lead vocals * Sean Bamberger - bass guitar, backing vocals * David Catmur - drums, violin, viola, synthesizer [Casio Vl-1], chimes, glockenspiel, backing vocals
;Additional musicians *Caroline Court - additional violin *Rob Stanley-Smith - additional cello *Alan Welsh, James Elliott Field - backing vocals
;Production *Tristan Ivemy - producer, engineer *James Elliott Field, Darren Simpson - assistant engineers *John Davis - mastering
== References == <references/> {{authority control}}
Category:2009 debut albums Category:Tubelord albums Category:Hassle Records albums