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  • Audio CD (12 April 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: London
  • ASIN: B00002DE49
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 41,626 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Blister in the sun
2. Kiss off
3. Please do not go
4. Add it up
5. Confessions
6. Prove my love
7. Promise
8. To the kill
9. Gone daddy gone
10. Good feeling

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An undisputed classic of the American rock underground, theViolent Femmes' 1982 self-titled debut still shines with its original luster. Quirky, catchy, innovative, and explosive, the Femmes made what was probably the first acoustic punk-folk-rockabilly-New Wave document for the dispossessed. The formula is as ingenious as it is simple--a trio playing guitar, bass, and drums runs through songs of adolescent angst, vulnerability, and social/sexual frustration.
In additionto their distinctive, minimal sound--guitarist Gordon Gano's rhythmic chord progressions filled out by Brian Ritchie's fluid bass and Victor De Lorenzo's aggressive brushwork on the drums--it is Gano's singing and superb songwriting that earmarks VIOLENT FEMMES. For the most part, Gano sounds like a psychotic, self-pitying, hormonally crazed teenager as he whines, stutters, and yowls his way through these remarkablesongs. The CD includes two tracks not on the original album, in addition to the paranoid "Kiss Off", the slinky "Gone Daddy Gone", and the lusty "Add It Up". And, of course, anyone who was a teenager in the '80s knows the glorious "Blisterin the Sun", a seemingly permanent staple of dance venues across the United States.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, 12 April 2000
Still one of the best albums I've ever heard..and I first heard it around 10 years ago. Everyone should listen to Add It Up and fall asleep to Good Feeling, just once in their lives. If you're thinking about buying a VF album, this is the one...and if you're not..it's still this one! Buy it.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic. A truly seminal eighties album., 2 Dec 1999
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Picture the scene. The year is 2015. Music journo types are fawning over this skaggy little album from the early eighties. They have realizd that it is THE true masterwork of the post punk era. New trenoid indie lo-fi mpc3 bands are worshipping every track and claiming the femmes as a huge influence.

This album is more relevant now than ever before. It is strange that in an era dominated by the digital revolution - the use of technology is becoming less and less relevant in music. The reason musicians like the idea of the net is because it allows the free flow of ideas - direct, from the artist to the audience, without the need to turn to a big budget to make the ideas palatable. The first violent Femmes album is a very now record. It sounds awful. Everything is left exactly as it was when played in whatever tin shed it was recorded in. The singing is all wonky and out of tune. The line up (acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, snare drum, vox) does nothing to soften the edges on even the slowest songs. Yet, it rocks like a b**tard and has enough unfocused rage to rival anything by The Who, The Clash, Nirvana even, all on scraggy old acoustic guitars, at a volume level you could play to your Gran.

Every damn song is a classic. There is not a moment of flab anywhere. It is an album about performance and verve. It is the sound of three young lads being motivated enough to make a record - regardless of budget - and pack as much emotion and sheer excitment in to what they play and sing as possible. It should make all Brit-poppers feel fat and lazy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent classic, 30 Nov 2007
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Real instruments, edgy guitar, rythm, voice and lyrics. Every track highly enjoyable. Fans of Cake will like this too.
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