Violent Femmes (remastered & expanded)
~ Release by Violent Femmes (see all versions of this release, 23 available)
Annotation
CD 1:
- Tracks 1-10 are from the original album.
- Tracks 11-19 are home demos (all previously unreleased except track 13, which appeared on Add It Up), recorded fall 1981 in producer Mark Van Hecke's home studio.
- Tracks 20-21 were released as a UK single on Rough Trade in December of 1983. They also appear on the 12-track version of the original album.
CD 2:
- Tracks 1-4 recorded live at The Beneath-It-All Cafe, Milwaukee, WI, September 12, 1981
- Tracks 5-8 recorded live at the Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, December 8, 1981
- Tracks 9-13 recorded live at Folk City, New York, NY, January 26, 1983
- Tracks 14-15 recorded live on WHA Radio (date not shown in liner)
Annotation last modified on 2020-09-01 22:00 UTC.
Tracklist
| 1CD: Original Album, Demos & More |
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| 2CD: Live Recordings | |||
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| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Special (live)
| 4:27 | |
| 2 | Country Death Song (live)
| 5:25 | |
| 3 | To the Kill (live)
| 4:19 | |
| 4 | Never Tell (live)
| 7:17 | |
| 5 | Break Song (live)
| 0:41 | |
| 6 | Her Television (live)
| 2:28 | |
| 7 | How Do You Say Goodbye (live)
| 2:43 | |
| 8 | Theme and Variations (live)
| 0:54 | |
| 9 | Prove My Love (live)
| 3:19 | |
| 10 | Gone Daddy Gone (live)
| 3:32 | |
| 11 | Promise (live)
| 3:09 | |
| 12 | In Style (live)
| 3:43 | |
| 13 | Add It Up (live)
| 6:15 | |
| 14 | Michael Feldman Interview
| 4:09 | |
| 15 | Kiss Off (live)
| 3:31 | |
Credits
Release
| manufactured in: | United States |
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| printed in: | United States |
| art direction: | Maria Villar (art director, graphic designer) |
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| photography: | Ron Hugo George Lange (photographer) |
| liner notes: | Michael Azerrad Marc Salata |
| executive producer: | Marc Salata |
| producer: | Victor DeLorenzo Brian Ritchie |
| remastering: | Dan Hersch (mastering engineer) Bill Inglot (archival music producer/remastering engineer) |
| acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar and xylophone: | Brian Ritchie (from 1981 until 1983-09-01) |
| bass drum [scotch marching bass drum], drums (drum set), percussion [tranceaphone] and snare drum: | Victor DeLorenzo (from 1981 until 1983-09-01) |
| guitar, violin and lead vocals: | Gordon Gano (from 1981 until 1983-09-01) |
| vocals: | Victor DeLorenzo (from 1981 until 1983-09-01) Brian Ritchie (from 1981 until 1983-09-01) |
| design: | Geoff "Stinky" Worman Laurie Lindblom Jeff Price (art, design) Maria Villar (art director, graphic designer) |
| copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002) |
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| licensed from: | WHA Radio |
| remastered at: | DigiPrep Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| remaster of: | Violent Femmes Violent Femmes Violent Femmes |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/670705 [info] https://www.discogs.com/release/1183003 [info] |
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| ASIN: | UK: B000066RM6 [info] US: B000066RM6 [info] |
Release group
| included in: | Original Album Series |
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| part of: | Paste: The 50 Best Post‐Punk Albums (by Josh Jackson 2016‐07‐13) (number: 7) (order: 7) Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (number: 34) (order: 34) Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 65) (order: 65) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2022-07-01) (number: 88) (order: 88) Jaguaro: One Hundred Albums You Should Remove From Your Collection Immediately (number: 92) (order: 94) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 513) (order: 514) |
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