Violent Femmes

The original album featured ten songs, every single one of which rates as an anthem in my book. No college party would ever have been complete without the blasting out of such tracks as Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, or Add it Up. The true heart of the group revealed itself on songs such as Promise, Prove My Love, and Gone Daddy Gone, while Please Do Not Go took me places I had never been before. Confessions is a bravely honest song set amidst a musical backdrop of sometimes pure cacophony. Then there was Good Feeling, a beautiful, almost happy song that sounded like nothing else on the album. Two songs Gordon Gano recorded over in London, Ugly and fan favorite Gimme the Car, were soon added onto the end of the album, but the group always intended for Good Feelings to close out the album.

What a joy to discover that I and all Violent Femmes fans would be celebrating the album's twentieth birthday with the release of a very special deluxe edition. The inclusion of nine demo versions of some of the group's most classic songs is a cause for celebration in and of itself (although I should point out that one of these, Waiting For the Bus, can be found on VF's Add it Up compilation album). But the fun doesn't stop there, as you get a full CD of unreleased live performances from the guys in their earliest days (one track, Special, was issued as a flexi-disc in Alternative Press magazine, but I can't imagine many fans have that little keepsake in their VF collections). Many of the live tracks included here date back to the group's very first year of existence (1981), and the majority of them pre-date the actual recording of the debut album in July 1982. I saw these guys perform live in 1989, and they were awesome, but the truly special live recordings released here for the first time possess a feeling and atmosphere actually surpassing what I experienced first-hand. The first four live tracks, featuring a lot of interaction between the musicians and the audience, were recorded in Milwaukee in September 1981; it sounds like the guys are just playing for a group of friends, with a lot of laughter and fun spread throughout the performance. One audience member, for example, calls out "That's some sad stuff" during Country Death Song, and Gano playfully asks "Can I start now?" over the audience's voices at the beginning of Never Tell. This song, I must say, is worth the price of the album all by itself; it resonates with the type of somber power than defined and distinguished The Violent Femmes at their grittiest best. In the midst of its serious nature, though, Gano uses his voice to supply the saxophone riffs for his absent sax player, bringing the house down with laughter. The next four tracks are taken from a performance in Milwaukee in December 1981, and these are followed by five songs taken from a live gig in New York in January 1983. Never Tell, Her Television, How Do You Say Goodbye, and In Style stand out as four noteworthy songs heard here for the first time. The final two tracks come from a 1982 appearance by VF on Michael Feldman's radio program. The newly-discovered musical trio shows just how funny each of them can be during a four-minute interview before delighting the crowd with a rousing rendition of Kiss Off.

I would be remiss not to mention another cool bonus of this deluxe edition. You get a book containing a number of vintage photos, a story of the group's amazing journey from performing on the Milwaukee streets to recording their first album on borrowed funds to hitting the jackpot of success at Slash Records in 1983. There are also comments about each of the album's original ten songs by Gordon, Brian, and Victor. This deluxe edition of VF's self-titled debut reinforces and cements the group's originality, lasting influence, and musical genius, and there are so many extras included in this two-disc set that I cannot conceive of a Violent Femmes fan who has not already updated his/her musical library to include it long before now.

Very nicely done.......2002-06-27

This is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time... To see it get this treatment makes me feel good, and listening to the additional material on the second disc (live) makes me feel even better. Popping this into my CD player warped me right back to 5th grade when I first heard this stuff and was changed forever. This album should be a part of everyone's childhood or adolescence. One of the great American albums. I cant say enough about some of the songs here. Just that they mean alot to me and again, it's great to see this reissued in such beautiful fashion. It's great to hear a green Gano doing his best Lou Reed on live versions of NEVER TELL & TO THE KILL. It's youth, baby. American youth. Trucks on the gutter. Black clouds on the horizon.

-deluxe indeed-.......2002-06-26

Being a fan of the Violent Femmes and the know how of Rhino's excellent reissues, I had no hesitation on buying this deluxe edition of the VF's 1st album. Having over 20 unreleased songs, this 2 disc set is one that should be in the collection of any true fan of American Music(no pun intended).

A classic that should be in everyone's music library..........2002-06-24

Well, 20 years, and still "rocking".

Da femmes, an indescribably delicious band, have been fulfilling my music needs since I first heard a copy of a copy of a scratchy record of this fine album. On my...Western Auto Spark-O-Matic Tape player and home speakers bungee corded in the back of my 1980 Pontiac Sunbird, I found my music. Gano screeching my frustrations, Ritchie vibrating my car, and DeLorenzo pounding my senses... and now, here it is better, louder, and with new and improved features...

Girl Trouble, Breakin' Up, and In Style would make it worth the asking price alone, but instead I get it all. 2 CD's.. the original, the demos, the live stuff, and an interview... wow. Rhino got it right.

I bought the day it came out, bought a copy for my wife, and have been telling anybody who bothers to listen to me to get it..
No one has been disappointed, and no one will.

Tracks:

Nightmares
Just Like My Father
Dating Days
Fat
Fool In The Moon
Nothing Worth Living For
World We're Living In
Outside The Palace
Telephone Book
Mother Of A Girl
Lies
See My Ships

Customer Reviews:

Standard review.......2003-11-18

This album is one of the finest the femmes have recorded, especially the acoustical songs. Then again, all of the femmes albums i've heard are great. If you like the Violent Femmes, you can't go wrong with this album or any of their other albums. Buy this album; buy them all. Why not? Enrich your life and your ear. I don't care. The femmes are great!

A nice change........2003-10-28

After hearing "Blister In The Sun" at one too many parties, I decided to check out "3". I liked "Violent Femmes" enough to stick with them, and I'm glad I did. This may not be the crowd pleaser their other cd's are, but it's good none the less. And like the other albums, this one has it's share of sing-a-longs. "Nightmares" and "Outside The Palace" are both great. "Fat" has really funny lyrics". Then there's "Nothing Worth Living For", which is a pretty morbid change of pace, but is one of the most beautifully depressing songs ever. So if you're a fan of the band, but need a break from "Add It Up", get "3".

Soild Album.......2003-07-10

An strong album. Their best? No. But how many albums are as good as Hallowed Ground? If all you know of the femmes are songs you heard at frat parties than you might not like this or any of their albums other than the first

As "stripped down" as it gets!.......2003-03-06

I can't believe some of these reviews. This is an amazing album as long as you approach it on it's on terms. I can see how it might have been disappointing after the first two records because it's almost completely devoid of punk influences. However, it's dark, naked, acoustic, and beautiful. The songs are great, the performances are great, and the production is great. For once Gordon's performance sounds genuine and not just a quirky affectation. I think the two ballads get a bit melodramatic, but other than that, this CD is very, very good and definitely not "for completists only"

Thud.......2003-01-30

That's the sound of a once promising band hitting the bottom. The first release from this band set the bar very high. Their second release, Hallowed Ground, while not as good as the first, saw the band expanding their sound in exciting and eclectic ways. Then, I guess they lost their way. Outside of one song, Fool in the Full Moon, none of the material exhibits any of the old energy and inspiration. A shame.

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Essential for Road Trips
Incredible Violent Femmes
It's a shame these guys aren't huge...
Exotically Formal Femmes
Do you like American music?

Why Do Birds Sing?
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ASIN: B000002LNZ
Release Date: 1991-04-30

Tracks:

American Music
Out The Window
Look LIke That
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Hey Nonny Nonny
Used To Be
Girl Trouble
He Likes Me
Life Is A Scream
Flamingo Baby
Lack Of Knowledge
More Money Tonight
I'm Free

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Essential for Road Trips.......2006-11-28

Easily one of the VF's best albums. A great pick for your next road trip. Too bad it never got the attention it deserved.

Incredible Violent Femmes.......2005-07-07

All i can say about this album is that it really grows on you. It's the kind of music you want to hear when you want to dance by yourself in the living room.
If you are a Violent Femmes fan, buy this album... If you are looking for a starter, I'd recommend Add It Up, it covers more bases. This album is great.
"American Music" gets tiring after a few times of hearing it, but the Boy George.. or was it Culture Club... cover of "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" makes up for it.

It's a shame these guys aren't huge..........2004-06-12

...considering the quality of the music they have shared with the world throughout the last 21 years or so.
While not as urgent and raw as their masterpiece first album, Why Do Birds Sing? is their second best. I picked this up in June of 1991, after having heard their first album a few times while in high school a few years earlier and forgetting about them. What sold me on this album was the cover...for some reason, it was (and still is) one of my favorite album covers of all time.
Of course, after unwrapping the cassette and popping it in, I realized it was much more than a nice package. "American Music" should have become an American anthem that summer (a summer when "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones just wouldn't go away), and "Out the Window" is very catchy (as well as disturbingly funny).
One of my favorite tracks, and still one of the greatest cover tunes of all time, is the Femmes' remake of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Gordan Gano changes the lyrics up a bit and makes it an achy, bittersweet tune, as opposed to the keyboarded stiffness of the original.
The addition of strings makes "Used to Be" a little overproduced sounding, but it's a depressing song and the brushed snare drum (one of the Femmes' signature sounds) help make it work. Allow yourself into it for a lovely, melancholy few minutes.
The album closes with "I'm Free," a sweet little ode to Gordan's own life. Almost a country song, it's a great way to finish the album.
Overall, it's a great, great album, and it's shameful that it was so overlooked. Gordan Gano's amazing ability to sound both geniunely sad and geniunely insane at the same time is one of their unique characteristics, and the multi-talented Brian Ritchie brings all sorts of new and fresh musical expressions. As I mentioned earlier, this is their second best, behind their first, quintessential, self-titled album. If you consider yourself a Violent Femmes fan, or you've never heard anything by them, then this is a must have.

Exotically Formal Femmes.......2003-12-27

What a great album. Opens with the notorious "American Music", ends with the country inspired gem "I'm Free", and in between exhibits a vibrant variety of music, using elements of Pop, Folk, Country, Rock and Punk to generate a sort of "undressed new wave sound" that only the Violent Femmes could have the ingenuity to create. As with every Femmes album, "Why Do Birds Sing?" puts an interesting spin on the established Femmes sound. Keyboards and Organs play a previously nonresident role, and many instruments are introduced into the Femmes' musical vocabulary. Ukeleles, Conga Drums, Tambourines, Jaw Harps, Mellotrons, and drummer Victor Delorenzo's own invention, the "Tranceaphone" are among the interesting tools used to create the album. Though do not be fooled by the seemingly odd choice of instrumentation, the Violent Femmes are anything but some obscure emotionless act. Their unique sonances blend with accustomed Rock melodies to develop a very natural and pure sound, creating songs of exclusive charm.

Gordon Gano, Singer/Guitarist, presents beautifully ambigious songwriting in a class of its own. The reason Femmes songs are loved so dearly by so many different types of people, is that they represent that which we can all relate to; the inevitable clash of venerating, joyous innocence, with dark, dolorous truths which will always haunt our psyche. Harsh realities affect our emotions in a way that nothing else can, and Gordon uses humour to deliver recollections of these disturbingly honest moments we all share. Using humour to describe sorrow, two emotions in such contrast to one another, harnesses a wide range of emotions, all meeting together at one moment; the end result being unsure of whether you should laugh, be confused, angry, or simply break down and cry. These moments of such emotionally plenary uncertainty strike us all in the same way, in the sense that we are all struck in different ways. So quite naturally, it is of impeccable appropriateness that "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" is covered on this album, a song dealing with these exact issues, seemingly written for Gordon's writing style.

While I favor some songs over others, all are interesting in their own way. "Used To Be", perhaps my favorite track on the album, is sad to the point where hopelessness becomes beautiful. I love how well Victor's double snare fits the song, and the tone is Gordon's voice is in magical correspondance to the lyrics. The first 2 tracks, "American Music" and "Out The Window", both found on the "Add it Up" album, are classics. As the chorus of "American Music" sings, "Every time I look at that ugly lake it reminds of me." Brilliant line. Looking at a lake will show you your reflection, and if the lake is ugly and it reminds him of him, well, you get the idea. Gordon always amazes me with using such unique ways to bring up common ideas we all share. We can all relate to "Look Like That", or "Girl Trouble". The witty "Lack Of Knowledge" is a Punk Rock inspired tune about intelligence and confusion. It's impossible to not enjoy Gordon's clever anthem of revenge "More Money Tonight".

Femmes fans who don't already own "Why Do Birds Sing?" must buy this majestic masterpiece for their own sake, as the benefits of this purchase extend far beyond the material world. As good as this album is, it is not the ideal place to start for listeners who haven't heard, or are new to the Violent Femmes. Acquire "Violent Femmes - Deluxe Edition", the highly distinguished self-titled album, first. I definitely recommend the Deluxe Edition as it contains a bonus disc that will reveal to you a whole nother aspect of their genius - the live act. Though the album "Viva Wiconsin" is definitely the ultimate document of the Femmes live, the bonus live disc is an interesting chronicle that you will thank yourself for later.

Do you like American music?.......2002-11-10

1991's Why Do Birds Sing?, the Violent Femmes' fifth album, has never received the acclaim it deserves. Only the trio's first album is more consistently enjoyable. This album does not have the raw passion of the Femmes' earliest music, but it showcases the kind of quirky, unique sound that defines this eccentric band. American Music really should have been a hit, featuring the kind of pop sound that should appeal to a mainstream audience that, to a significant degree, doesn't even know this group exists. Out the Window, Look Like That, Used to Be, and Girl Trouble are toe-tappers easy and fun to sing along with. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me is a classic; don't worry about this being a Culture Club cover because its delivery is so uniquely Femmes that it took me a while to even realize the original source of the song. Hey Nonny Nonny and Flamingo Baby are just fun, somewhat nonsensical tracks. Life is a Scream is, ahem, a real scream, providing the listener with a great outlet for releasing any pent-up frustrations of his/her own. The whole album is rather cathartic, with the final track, I'm Free, basically summing up the effect of this music on the listener.

More Money Tonight is a little celebration of revenge, as lead singer Gordon Gano taunts all the people who laughed at him in the past, proclaiming he can make more money tonight than they can even dream of. One of my favorite VF songs of all time is He Likes Me. Don't get the wrong idea about this one-the "he" Gano is talking about is "her" new man. Anyone who has been forced to be nice to the guy dating the girl you are crazy about will have no trouble relating to these lyrics.

Tracks:

Old Mother Reagan
No Killing
Faith
Breakin' Hearts
Special
Love & Me Make Three
Candlelight Song
I Held Her In My Arms
Children Of The Revolution
Good Friend
Heartache
Cold Canyon
Two People

Customer Reviews:

More VF Awesomeness.......2007-07-13

I love this cd... A lot. It's at the low end of the Femmes discography, but it still feels like an endless experiment in diversity. That's pretty impressive, when some of the best music in the past thirty years is some of the Femmes worst.
"No Killing" is a fist pumping, relentless anthem. Playful songs like "Breakin' Hearts" and "I Held Her In My Arms" remind me why the Femmes have had such staying power in the hearts of music lovers throughout the world.
It may not be their best, but this album rocks.

originators.......2005-11-14

One of the most original sounding bands ever. This is my favorite femmes album. Knowone sounds like them. Pioneers of alternative music.

Great Once I Listened To It.......2005-05-12

This is definately one of the Femmes' lower records. They wanted to give their band more of a mainstream sound and thats what they did. And when they did it they realized they sounded much better sounding original. Thus came 3 and Why do Birds Sing. Original is good.
The first song on this album that I heard was No Killing. Which does have a folk sounding tune in there. I later listened to the whole CD and it is VERY mainstream sounding. At least for the Femmes.
When I first listened to this album by the Violent Femmes I was very disappointed. Yet as I listened more and more I really got into such songs as Children of the Revolutin, I Held Her in my Arms, Old Mother Reagen, and mentioned above, No Killing. This is a very good record though and that is why I give it a 4 out of 5. You should buy it.

Just give it a chance!

bland leading the naked.......2003-05-15

A little better than "3" but not by much. The music has a fuller sound and more instrumentation is used in a kind of country-blues format. However, non of these things rescue the album from the weak songwriting and again songs meander to the point of becoming obselete. Gano's vocals like "3" are annoying and whining.

I've only heard this and "3" - maybe there are better albums, but i won't have either in my CD player anytime soon.

Bump and grind; have a good time.......2002-12-01

The Blind Leading the Naked, the third album from the Violent Femmes, has never received the attention and acclaim it deserves. It has its own sound and identity; moving away from the brash, angst-ridden testimonials of the group's early days toward a softer, sometimes mellow sound. Love & Me Make Three, World Without Mercy, Candlelight Song, Two People, and Good Friend are rather somber and sometimes soothing. Of course, Gordon Gano can only be mellow for so long. Old Mother Reagan provides a quick and furious introduction to the album, and this initial energy carries over into the first third of the tracks. No Killing is great, and Faith follows up on the sort of driving religious track introduced on the Hallowed Ground album. Breakin' Hearts has a Buddy Holly feel to it that I really like. Gano turns his frenzied vocals loose on Special and I Held Her in My Arms; these two songs, combined with the unrestrained Heartache and Cold Canyon tracks, help give this album a great balance between the hard-hitting songs you would expect from the Violent Femmes and the unusual softer side that Gano and the guys give birth to here. Accompanied by the unique musical stylings of The Horns of Dilemma and produced by the Talking Heads' very own Jerry Harrison, The Blind Leading the Naked is a great album that introduces us to an entirely new type of sound from this always unpredictable and unorthodox trio of musical entrepreneurs.

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Happiness is...
Probably only femmes fans will get something out of it.
Re-issue Rip-off!

Freak Magnet
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ASIN: B0009A1BEU
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Hollywood Is High
Freak Magnet
Sleepwalkin
All I Want
New Generation
In The Dark
Rejoice And Be Happy
Mosh Pit
Forbidden
When You Died
At Your Feet
Im Bad
Happiness Is
A Story (featuring Pierre Henry)
Rejoice And Be Happy (live bonus track)
Freak Magnet (live bonus track)
Positively 4th Street (live bonus track)

Album Description

The rockingest Femmes album returns!

Originally scheduled for a 1998 release on Interscope, Freak Magnet was pulled when the band was dropped from the label. Promo copies fetched upwards of $50 until the album was released in improved form by indie label Beyond in 2000. Beyond soon went under, leaving Freak Magnet in limbo once again. Now, Shout! Factory is reissuing an even more improved version of Freak Magnet—including bonus tracks—finally giving it the widespread exposure it deserves.

Customer Reviews:

Happiness is..........2007-03-12

Happiness is finding out, (much to your surprise), that in the year 2000, the Violent Femmes put out a great record (and it seems nobody, including myself, was listening). I think this record is as good as their early '80's stuff (which means everything before "3").
I didn't like alot of the stuff they did in the '90's. (After "New Times" and "Why Do Birds Sing", I basically quit listening to them).
Not every tune here is a winner, but overall I am really surprised at how good this record is. The liner notes to the re-issue CD begin with the statement, "some of us thought this record was going to be a hit. Some of us were wrong". Even though this album didn't sell, it is a hit with me.

Probably only femmes fans will get something out of it........2006-04-17

Some of the music on this CD is very catchy, I'm a fan of the first few songs Freak Magnet, Sleepwalking, and Hollywood is High. If you're looking for something the quality of Hallowed Ground or the Violent Femmes, this isn't it, but it still is an entertaining album. It is sort of a different type of sound, but if you like the femmes you will be able to find something good in this album, otherwise you probably won't like it so much.

Re-issue Rip-off!.......2005-10-09

I'm so sick of new labels buying up old label scraps, and issuing a "re-issue" to try and make money. Screw this new label, and this "re-issue" with one bonus track. Tell record companies you're sick of this. Let them reissue an album as is, and make a whole new bonus tracks EP. You want to know why the music audience is stealing tunes off the internet? Because you record labels are pulling lame-o tactics like this. You deserve to go under!!!!!

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the greatest
One Album Wonders
5 Stars (Add it Up)
Angst filled debut still sounds amazingly fresh
poppy tunes with desperate lyrics

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ASIN: B000004D0B
Release Date: 1996-07-30

Tracks:

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please do not go
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confessions
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promise
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Emerging, literally, from the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it gained notoriety through busking, this strange trio led by guitarist/vocalist Gordon Gano became a cult favorite with its 1983 debut album. Influenced greatly by Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, the Femmes' minimalist sound pitted Gano's low-volume electric guitar against Brian Ritchie's acoustic bass guitar and Victor De Lorenzo's ashcanlike homemade drum kit--all of which only served to make Gano's angst-ridden adolescent tirades that much more arresting. Highlights here are the almost-rockabillyish "Gone Daddy Gone," the snotty "Kiss Off," and the emblematically nervous "Blister in the Sun." All in all, a fond reminder of the innocent days of alt-rock. --Billy Altman

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the greatest.......2007-05-25

In my opinion, this is one of the best cds of the 80's. If you've never owned a Violent Femmes album, this is definitely the one to start with!

One Album Wonders.......2000-09-07

Violent Femmes only made one good album, but what a great album it is! The sound and attitude are absolutely unique and combine with a batch of great songs to make for a thoroughly enjoyable album. It is filled with classic songs, including "Blister in the Sun," "Add it Up," "Please Do Not Go," "Kiss Off," Gone Daddy Gone," and "Good Feeling." A pure blast of post-punk pleasure, it is the one Femmes album that qualifies as a must-own.

5 Stars (Add it Up).......2000-06-28

If I could get up on stage, and have a drummer and bassist with me, then this is the sound and these would be the words I'd wanna perform...brilliant, sparse but melodic, mournful and passionate, catchy and clever. Listening to it recently, it remains remarkable undated, and the lead singer reminds me of Lou Reed backed by a skiffle band. Excellent!

Angst filled debut still sounds amazingly fresh.......2000-06-28

As the Femmes' career continued it became harder and harder to recall just how amazing this debut sounded upon its release. As the so-called New Wave petered out in the early 80s, the stripped down, angry, desparate, angst-ridden folk-punk of the Femmes cut through all those synthesizers like a red-hot knife.

Writer/guitarist/vocalist Gordon Gano not only gave words to his sexual (and other) angst, but performed on record and in concert as though the emotions were gripping him at that very moment. The back-to-basics instrumentation, including an acoustic mariachi bass and a minimal snare drum set-up only accentuated Gano's presence.

Their succeeding albums all contained moments of brilliance, but their debut was the one solid effort from top to bottom. A landmark debut that still packs a punch.

poppy tunes with desperate lyrics.......2000-06-02

i never thought i'd do this, but when i saw the review posted below this, i felt i should. violent femmes isn't about nonsensical lyrics and little happy ditties. despite it's melodic pop beats, there is a blatant desperation and depression if you only take the time to listen to the text. because of this mix, this is my favourite violent femmes' debut album. it is one of the best cd's i've come across in my life, and would easily get a place among the twenty cd's i would bring to a deserted island.

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