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VIOLENT FEMMES

Why Do Birds Sing? (2021 reissue)

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The textbook American cult band of the ‘80s, Violent Femmes captured the essence of teen angst with remarkable precision; raw and jittery, the trio’...

CD

violent-cd

Disc 1
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
11.    Ugly
12.    Gimme the Car
13.    Girl Trouble (Demo)
14.    Breakin' Up (Demo)
15.    Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
16.    Blister In The Sun (Demo)
17.    Kiss Off (Demo)
18.    Please Do Not Go (Demo)
19.    Add It Up (Demo)
20.    Confessions (Demo)
21.    Prove My Love (Demo)

Disc 2
1.    Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
2.    Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
3.    To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
4.    Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
5.    Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
6.    Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
7.    How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
8.    Theme and Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
9.    Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
10.    Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
11.    Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
12.    In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
13.    Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)

Vinyl

violent-lp

Disc 1 - Side A
1.    Blister In The Sun
2.    Kiss Off
3.    Please Do Not Go
4.    Add It Up
5.    Confessions

Disc 1 - Side B
1.    Prove My Love
2.    Promise
3.    To The Kill
4.    Gone Daddy Gone
5.    Good Feeling

Disc 2 - Side A
1.    Girl Trouble (Demo)
2.    Breakin' Up (Demo)
3.    Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
4.    Blister In The Sun (Demo)
5.    Kiss Off (Demo)

Disc 2 - Side B
1.    Please Do Not Go (Demo)
2.    Add It Up (Demo)
3.    Confessions (Demo)
4.    Prove My Love (Demo)

Disc 3 - Side A
1.    Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
2.    Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
3.    To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
4.    Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
5.    Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
6.    Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)

Disc 3 - Side B
1.    How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
2.    Theme and Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
3.    Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
4.    Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
5.    Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
6.    In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
7.    Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)

7" Single

Side A
1.    Ugly

Side B
1.    Gimme the Car

VIOLENT FEMMES

Violent Femmes (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

craft recordings

remastered 2cd w/ booklet

Released: 1st Dec 2023

£14.99

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limited remastered 180g 3lp + 7" in die-cut box w/ perfect bound 40pp book

Released: 1st Mar 2024

£124.99

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Featuring the anthems “Blister in the Sun,” “Please Do Not Go,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” and “Add It Up”, This expanded 40th anniversary edition also features a trove of rare demos, live tracks, and more.

Teeming with teenage angst, punk sensibilities, and Violent Femmes’ own special brand of jittery folk-rock, the trio’s self-titled 1981 debut Violent Femmes became a cult favourite.