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Album: Permanent Record: Very Best Of Violent Femmes
# Song Title   Time
1)    Gimme the Car More Info... 0:05
2)    Blister in the Sun More Info... 0:02
3)    Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You More Info... 0:03
4)    Kiss Off More Info... 0:03
5)    Add It Up More Info... 0:04
6)    Black Girls More Info... 0:05
7)    Jesus Walking On the Water More Info... 0:03
8)    Children of the Revolution More Info... 0:04
9)    I Held Her in My Arms More Info... 0:03
10)    Nightmares More Info... 0:03
11)    American Music More Info... 0:04
12)    Breakin' Up More Info... 0:04
13)    Color Me Once More Info... 0:04
14)    I Danced More Info... 0:02
15)    Country Death Song More Info... 0:05
16)    Freak Magnet More Info... 0:02
17)    Good Feeling More Info... 0:04
 

Album: Permanent Record: Very Best Of Violent Femmes
# Song Title   Time
1)    Gimme the Car More Info... 0:05
2)    Blister in the Sun More Info... 0:02
3)    Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You More Info... 0:03
4)    Kiss Off More Info... 0:03
5)    Add It Up More Info... 0:04
6)    Black Girls More Info... 0:05
7)    Jesus Walking On the Water More Info... 0:03
8)    Children of the Revolution More Info... 0:04
9)    I Held Her in My Arms More Info... 0:03
10)    Nightmares More Info... 0:03
11)    American Music More Info... 0:04
12)    Breakin' Up More Info... 0:04
13)    Color Me Once More Info... 0:04
14)    I Danced More Info... 0:02
15)    Country Death Song More Info... 0:05
16)    Freak Magnet More Info... 0:02
17)    Good Feeling More Info... 0:04
 
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  • Intense, wry, risque, and dependably quirky, the music of Violent Femmes helped define "college rock" in the 1980s. The Wisconsin trio's willfully primitive folk-punk emerged fully formed on the group's 1983
  • eponymous debut, unleashing such classic acoustic barnstormers as "Kiss Off," "Add It Up," and the dance-floor sing-along favorite "Blister in the Sun." These tracks are all present on PERMANENT RECORD, a
  • band retrospective that follows the Femmes through the fuller sound of HALLOWED GROUND and beyond, touching down on the Talking Heads-like rendition of T.Rex's "Children of the Revolution" (which features the Heads' Jerry Harrison) and the oddly uplifting, nostalgic "American Music."
  • Although this 16-song set overlaps somewhat with ADD IT UP: 1981-1993, it follows the Femmes catalog through 2000's FREAK MAGNET (including the melancholy, soul-tinged "Color Me Once" from the soundtrack to 1994's THE CROW), making for a more wide-ranging overview. Throughout the compilation, frontman Gordon
  • Gano's unmistakably whiny vocals, caustic lyrics, and fierce acoustic-guitar strumming are at the fore, embodying the skewed charm of this utterly unique ensemble.
Professional Reviews
Mojo (Publisher) (p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Singer Gordon Gano's oeuvre vacillates between extremes of rootsy, lyrical majesty and They Might Be Giants whimsy."
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