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Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
Label: | Slash – 1-23845, Slash – 9 23845-1 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Allied Pressing |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Alternative Rock, Indie Rock |
Tracklist
A1 | Blister In The Sun | 2:23 | |
A2 | Kiss Off | 2:53 | |
A3 | Please Do Not Go | 4:15 | |
A4 | Add It Up | 4:44 | |
A5 | Confessions | 5:27 | |
B1 | Prove My Love | 2:37 | |
B2 | Promise | 2:48 | |
B3 | To The Kill | 3:59 | |
B4 | Gone Daddy Gone | 3:03 | |
B5 | Good Feeling | 3:49 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Slash Records
- Copyright © – Slash Records
- Published By – Gorno Music
- Recorded At – Castle Recording Company
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △ 6040
- Pressed By – Allied Record Company
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Credits
- Bass, Xylophone, Vocals – Brian Ritchie
- Design [Back Cover] – Geoff "Stinky" Worman*, Laurie Lindblom
- Drums, Vocals – Victor De Lorenzo*
- Engineer – Glen L. Lorbiecki*, John Tanner
- Guitar, Violin, Vocals, Design [Lyric Lay-out] – Gordon Gano
- Photography By – Ron Hugo
- Piano – Mark Van Hecke (tracks: B5)
- Producer – Mark Van Hecke
- Sleeve [Package Design] – Jeff Price (2)
Notes
Recorded at Castle Recording Company, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, July 1982.
© & ℗ 1982 Slash Records
Lyrics © 1983 Gorno Music Publishing ASCAP
Packaged with a custom printed inner sleeve featuring song lyrics.
This second pressing uses stock Slash labels, unlike the first pressing which has uniquely designed "two-tone" labels.
© & ℗ 1982 Slash Records
Lyrics © 1983 Gorno Music Publishing ASCAP
Packaged with a custom printed inner sleeve featuring song lyrics.
This second pressing uses stock Slash labels, unlike the first pressing which has uniquely designed "two-tone" labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Pressing Plant ID (Allied logo stamped in runouts): ɑ
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23845-1
- Barcode (Scan): 075992384513
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 1): 1-23845-A-SH2 ɑ B-18958-ASH2 SLM △ 6040 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 1): 1-23845-B-SH2 ɑ B-18959-SH2 SLM △ 61̸2̸0-X 6040X 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 2): 1-23845-A-SH2 ɑ B-18958-A SH2 SLM △ 6040 0-1 1-2 SP
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 2): 1-23845-B SR1 SP 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 3): 1-23845-A-SH2 a B-18958-A SH2 SLM △ 6040 0̶2̶S̶M̶1̶ 1̶-̶2̶ SP. 0-1 SM1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 3): 1-23845-B SR1 SP 1-1
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Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Violent Femmes (Cassette, Album, Winchester, No Barcode) | Slash, Slash | 4-23845, 9 23845-4 | US | 1983 | ||
Violent Femmes (LP, Album) | Rough Trade, Slash | RTD 17 | Germany | 1983 | |||
Recently Edited | Violent Femmes (LP, Album) | Rough Trade | ROUGH 55 | UK | 1983 | ||
Recently Edited | Violent Femmes (LP, Album) | Slash, Warner Bros. Records | 92 38451 | Canada | 1983 | ||
New Submission | Violent Femmes (LP, Album) | Big Time | BT-7017 | Australia | 1983 |
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Reviews

Have never heard a remaster of this...But I can't imagine I would ever need a different version than this one. Sounds fantastic, excellent sound to all the instruments, especially the bass and drums sounds.

Nobody combined angst and mope and longing and songwriting and noise quite like the Violent Femmes. Five Stars.

Aaaah, the memories.....
I will never forget the first time I heard this album. I was only 11, I heard it playing from down the hall and ran to my sister's room, and demanded to know who it was. I was addicted at once.
The Violent Femmes' first album is remarkable. It's intimate, it's nasty, it's tender, it's vulgar, it's mellow, it's vicious, it's funny, it's morose. If you like someone and you want to make them a mix, you need something from this album. (There's lots to choose from their first four albums, but you can't go wrong here.)
I don't know how much of an impact it might make on a young person today, but for me it was a milestone for an adolescent who thought he knew what to expect from punk rock. It also makes a great gift.
JBW
I will never forget the first time I heard this album. I was only 11, I heard it playing from down the hall and ran to my sister's room, and demanded to know who it was. I was addicted at once.
The Violent Femmes' first album is remarkable. It's intimate, it's nasty, it's tender, it's vulgar, it's mellow, it's vicious, it's funny, it's morose. If you like someone and you want to make them a mix, you need something from this album. (There's lots to choose from their first four albums, but you can't go wrong here.)
I don't know how much of an impact it might make on a young person today, but for me it was a milestone for an adolescent who thought he knew what to expect from punk rock. It also makes a great gift.
JBW
Edited 10 years ago
Best Rock Xylophone solo ever! This album proves you don't need to be plugged in to totally knock down the walls. Is it wrong that I use Add It Up to teach my children how to count?