Atwater Afternoon was a limited edition CD released by the band American Music Club and initially sold on the tour to promote their album The Golden Age.

Two of the original songs on the album were written by members of the band other than Mark Eitzel.

The name of the album relates to the area in Los Angeles where the recording took place.

Jack Rabidof of All Music said "American Music Club and singer Mark Eitzel often bring limited-edition CDs to sell on their tours, and their 2008 world tour was no exception.

They tend to be high quality and sometimes indispensable (see Eitzel's Lovers Leap USA from 1997), and Atwater, recorded at their rehearsals for globe-trotting, is no exception.