Album · Veruca Salt
American Thighs by Veruca Salt
American Thighs is an album by Veruca Salt, released in 1994. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 54 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Seether”, on 52 lists with a best position of #3.
American Thighs, Veruca Salt's debut, came out on the independent Minty Fresh on September 27, 1994, and its title tips a hat to a line from AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long". Nina Gordon and Louise Post, both singing and playing guitar, had been working together since 1992 before rounding out the band with bassist Steve Lack and drummer Jim Shapiro, and the four of them hadn't been a band for even a year when Minty Fresh signed them.
"Seether" went out first as a single, backed with "All Hail Me", and caught fire on college and alternative radio, so they cut the album with Brad Wood producing. It plays like a sugar rush with a black eye: twinned sweet harmonies riding thick, crunching guitars. Geffen swooped in and reissued it, "Seether" became an MTV hit, and though neither "Number One Blind" nor "Victrola" matched it, the album went gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from American Thighs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seether | 52 | #3 | – | 1994–2025 | |
| 2 | Number One Blind | 2 | #78 | – | 1995–1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.