It's been four whole decades since the debut album from the Violent Femmes first started getting played at West Auckland parties, and it's still as bratty, brilliant, and batty all these years later. Tunes like Kiss Off, Blister In The Sun, Add It Up, Gone Daddy Gone, and Please Do Not Go are burned into our collective memories, and we hope they never leave. So, it's sweet news indeed that the band have packaged up their newly remastered self-titled album along with demos, live takes, and a replica Ugly / Gimme The Car 7", and thrown it all into a lovely box for our pleasure. Happy birthday, Violent Femmes! - Flying Out
This expanded 40th anniversary edition of Violent Femmes' self-titled debut features the remastered album, plus rare B-sides, live sessions, and demo recordings. Housed in a lift-top box with die-cut darkened window detail revealing the box contents, the set includes three 180-gram LPs plus a replica 7" single, along with a book featuring new liner notes by journalist David Fricke and interviews with the band.
Includes the classic anthems Blister in the Sun, Please Do Not Go, Gone Daddy Gone, and Add It Up.
Tracklist:
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. Girl Trouble (Demo)
12. Breakin' Up (Demo)
13. Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
14. Blister In The Sun (Demo)
15. Kiss Off (Demo)
16. Please Do Not Go (Demo)
17. Add It Up (Demo)
18. Confessions (Demo)
19. Prove My Love (Demo)
20. Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
21. Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
22. To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
23. Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
24. Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
25. Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
26. How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
27. Theme and Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
28. Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
29. Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
30. Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
31. In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
32. Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
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. Girl Trouble (Demo)
12. Breakin' Up (Demo)
13. Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
14. Blister In The Sun (Demo)
15. Kiss Off (Demo)
16. Please Do Not Go (Demo)
17. Add It Up (Demo)
18. Confessions (Demo)
19. Prove My Love (Demo)
20. Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
21. Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
22. To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
23. Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
24. Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
25. Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
26. How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
27. Theme and Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
28. Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
29. Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
30. Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
31. In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
32. Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
7" Single:
1. Ugly
2. Gimme the Car
1. Ugly
2. Gimme the Car