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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

Performer Notes

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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