Violent Femmes

always will rock w this

Fun not necessarily my type but good vibes

Each song has such a similar vibe that I didn't realize I was done with the album. Makes for a kinda boring listening sesh IMO.

i feel like the people that would like this band are really pretentious. sounds like modern midwest emo but a lil more annoying

A lot of the songs sounded the same and the second half of the album got pretty boring but the first half had some groovy tunes that I was rocking with so.

So good. Rockabilly post punk, great songs, beautifully produced... everything so clear. Nasal twang, disturbing lyrics, and a xylophone solo. Brilliant. Three are some filler songs but the hits are huge

People talk about the Pixies, Dinosaur Jr. and Husker Du as being the 80s bands that influenced alternative music in the 90s, but often forget how influential this album was - not just on the stuff that hit the big time, but also on so much folk-punk and indie to follow. Every note is perfect - from the opening riff of Blister in the Sun, through the bass solo and over the top vocals in Please Do Not Go, to the glockenspiel in Gone Daddy Gone, to maybe one of my favourite album closers (Good Feeling). Still a favourite nearly 40 years after i first heard it.

Kept me interested, but some parts were just noise. 3.7.

Personal enjoyment: 5/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

Unrefined but raw and catchy; an unique fusion of folk and punk. 4/5

1,7/5

Only knew Violent Femmes through 'Color Me Once' (The Crow) and was not expecting a pretty crazy folk first album! Enjoyed it very much, curious to hear more. Favorites : 'Blister In The Sun' and 'To The Kill'

Surprisingly good

Ma ütleks, et see album on suhteliselt mid. Tegu on muusikaga, mida minusugune inimene kirjeldaks klassikana. See on selline muusika, mida kellegi isa elutoas taustamüraks laseb. Lauludest pani mind kuulama vaid üks, "Confessions". Ma olin nii pettunud avastades, et bändis nimega violent femmes, pole ühtegi naist, mida skämmi. Maailm vajab rohkem naisvokaale rokkmuusikas.

Didn’t love this one. I don’t love the lead singers vocals, and a lot of the background instrumentals are a little too experimental for my taste. My fav songs were prove my love, add it up, and ugly. I don’t think I could see myself listening to this again though.

This was one of the VERY few punk albums I didn't hate and didn't want to skip every song on. Actually pretty good. Favorite track(s) Kiss Off

es lässt sich gut anhören

Such an important album, years ahead of it's time. Growing up, I thought this was a 90s band. I was blown away when I found out these songs were from the early 80s.

I like it musically, but lyrically and vocals…not so much.

Better than I expected. A little weird at times, didn't feel like an early 80s album

Never gets old.

2,5

Whoa. Really ended up loving this.

Raw, exciting, musical, fun, this album is great. The bass player is particularly noteworthy.

Violent Femmes really hitting the mark on this fantastic run.

A funny album.

Arty druggy horny boys make cool music

Something compelling about this but I'm not sure what. Goofy and not taking itself too seriously, which I always welcome. Definitely wouldn't have chosen to listen to it based on verbal description, but I'm not upset that I did. I'd put it at 2.5.

So this is what the underground sounds like when it springs up to the surface... it sounds like a unique piece of music for its time, can't really get very into it, though. It's a fine page in the quirky-acoustic-indie-music history

Got me through high school, still incredible 20 years later. Hallowed Ground is better though.

Punk rock sympa, je savais pas que Blister in the sun c'était d'eux !

J’ai trouvé ça sympa

Pas mon truc

whole lot of nostalgia tied up in this album. 4/5

Essential album, but I may have burnt myself out on it over the years.

A cool, jangling mess of an album. It's on the edge of falling apart, but it still manages to just about keep it together. Great stuff. Vocals reminiscent of The Velvet Underground at times.

OK. 2/5

Generally annoying vocals combined with chords that are mostly mediocre. This album wasn't fun, enjoyable, or significant culturally

One of those conflicting albums that is clearly good but I just don't enjoy that much. Blister in the Sun a banger though, nice to know where it comes from. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Hér er hljóðheimur sem er talsvert á undan sinni samtíð, aldrei hefði mig sem ungling grunað að Violent femmes væru 80s band. Blister in the sun er hresst en talsvert ofspilað, en hin lögin eru annað hvort hress og góð, eða a.m.k. sæmileg. Rúmur fjarki eða tæp fimma, þar liggur efinn.

When I was younger I never gave the Violent Femmes a second glance. I thought their music was hokey and silly while absorbing Motley Crue, Metallica, and Slayer. Anthrax was about as silly as my tastes ran. Listening as an adult has been a totally different experience. I now know that I was totally missing the point. Turns out that what I thought was hokey and dumb was a killer punk music band thumbing its nose at what they thought of pop culture. Youth truly is wasted on the young sometimes 😂🤷‍♂️ Plus, it's hard to believe this came out in 1983. It could easily be 1993 or 2003 and still sound contemporary.

The song "Confessions" has the vibe of a song that would be played at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks

Cohesive men låtarna sticker ändå ut. Tycker dock att det är lite för depressing för att jag ska kunna lyssna, många av låtarna är dåliga mantran vilket gjorde att jag grät första dagen jag lyssnade. Good feeling är min favorit, trots att den är så annorlunda från resten av låtarna.

The entire album sounds like their big hit, with the exception of “Gone Daddy Gone.” Good, but not something I’d seek out.

I was planning to listen to this album on my commute, but the battery in my car gave up the ghost. I was told my insurance could replace the battery on-site, but when the tech showed up he didn't even have a multimeter to test if my battery was dead. He shrugged, gave me a jump and left. Well my car stalled out so I called insurance again-- they told me they don't do battery replacements (even though I was told that wouldn't be a problem AND they've done it in the past) so I had to source a new battery myself. Listened to this whole album while getting my raw hands slathered in battery acid from the terminals on my dead battery. Listened to it as I nearly stripped a bolt, listened to it as I nearly dropped a part deep into the depths of my car's metal innards. Wow how have I not listened to this sooner. What a good time.

Not terrible, I know they were really innovative when this album came out. "Blister In The Sun" is of course super popular and easily recognized due to its pop culture significance. I'm just not a big fan of this type of singing, it just seems bad. Maybe he is being uniquely bad or something like that. This isn't an album that I would listen to again, it's just not for me.

An okay album, I liked Prove My Love the most.

Great important LoFi Punk

The melodies and lyrics aren’t bad, but I don’t like the singers voice too much 🙃

Listened half of this and I have to admit I expected way more for some reason, because I kept seeing this album on the lists of best alternative albums on the 80s. And while this does sound ahead of it's time, not sure if it stands the test of time that good, it just sounds average to me, maybe 3 stars at best?

Bueno rock alternativo

After listening to this, I wrote to a friend who played me the album 35 years ago. Back then, I didn't really like it that much. When I listened to it this time, I loved it. I guess our music tastes change.

Portada: 1000/10 En general no está mal, pero a mí tampoco me encantó, lo cual es raro porque este estilo de música me suele gustar mucho. Pero bueno, podría haber sido peor seguro

not bad

I like the bass

Extremely surprised to learn this came out in the 80s. Quite influential I guess. It cool.

A nice blend of punk, folk, rock with a unique voice.

Fun, early 80's angst, before that was "cool". "Blister in the Sun" was always a fave. Other rare gems here too. (Gone Daddy Gone)

Really fun. Blister in the Sun is obviously the major hit here. Good album overall.

it's the opposite of boring. Lots of completely unfiltered emotions and not like any other.

Starting off strong with Blister in The Sun. Inmediatly got me groovin' and kept it up with Kiss Off and its weird guitar riffs (ill have to look it up because it sounds like the guitar is not tuned). So far Im loving this raw punk sound. At Add It Up i start to realize its unapologetically revolutionary for its time, also, overall angry. Moving on, Prove My Love has to be one of my favourites, chorus sounds very much beatley while mainting those "dirty" rock riffs; and Promise just very much feels like a continuation of Prove My Love. Who said you cant absolutely rock it with a xilofone, masterpiece!!!

why is it folk, it’s okay I just wasn’t expecting it. Pretty good introduction to folk punk I enjoyed the following tracks ‘Bloster in the Sun’, ‘Kiss Off’ and ‘To the Kill’ Rating: 4/5 GEMV (29.05.2026)

This record inevitably popped up at every party I attended in HS and college. TBH I never got it. The vocals are awful. The lyrics are incredibly dumb. There are some catchy riffs (Blister in the Sun, Gone Daddy Gone), but every song sounds pretty much the same. And yet it's an undeniably massive influence on the alternative music of the 80s and 90s. Listening now, it's has some nostalgic charm but I'm just not much of a fan and it's kind of amazing that this became as popular as it did AND remained in public consciousness for this long

A classic. And my birth year too (Bonus).

Already know it, already like it. This probably deserves a five.

not my thing

Idk how I feel about this one it's interesting fs but also like I don't think I'd reach for it but I wouldn't be too mad if it came on but I'd also probably skip I think

Priemie maar niet mega

Folk punk is always great, though this isn't my favourite. Sone tracks are bangers, but many feel too flat for my liking.

yeahhh heerlijk ik hou van folk-punk. dit is niet het beste van het genre by any means ("best" is een lastig woord voor zo'n genre natuurlijk), maar ik geniet er altijd wel van om lekker blister in the sun te jengelen

Really cool but not my cup of tea but was a blast

could say a lot about but i dont have the time. it was decent, and i appriciate it’s value in the 80s

Good album.

This is definitely one of those albums I was conditioned to hate in high school. But it's actually pretty solid. Hard to listen through all at once because of the same-ish, monotonous singing, but still worthy of a 4.

I love, love, love this album. Not a dud song on here, and one that remains in my record/cd collection and in my regular rotation.

There are a few tracks that I'm not in love with, but it is such a unique vision I'm not sure I care. The tracks I do love, I love a lot. I also remember the exact place I was introduced to this band and it most definitely changed what I was willing to listen to. When I was maybe like 7th grade (so picture 1986) I went to a public North Shore beach with my friend. A hot, artsy, college-aged girl next to us was playing Add It Up pretty loud. The mixture of taboo, coolness, and desire probably changed my musical life forever.

VF are a greatest hits band for me. Blister and Gone Daddy Gone are great; Kiss Off is pretty good; the rest is just bad.

5/5 - I practically wore this cassette out in high school and early college. This is a singular album, and nobody has captured the odd mix of angst, hormones, and acoustic punk in the same way that feels honest and not built to sell records. This is from 1983 which is crazy to me.

Eee

It’s got all the hits, but I find it very repetitive, and his voice and that bass work for awhile, but get old after a few songs.

Test

RAAAHHHH I LOVE VIOLENT FEMMES!!!! The band/album are ok too… On a serious note, folk punk is my favorite genre of music and this album is so influential to the genre. This feels like an album Harley Poe could release TODAY, that it was released in 83 is insane! Almost certainly not everyone’s cup of tea but I LOVE this. 5/5

4.5/5

I knew 2 songs here but the rest were pretty good too.

two stars MAX und auch nur für die instrumente

I was so excited to see this album come up as it took me straight back to my teen angst years! However, listening to it now, I could really only say that 4 songs on the album were worth a second and third listen. Blister in the sun (classic!), Add it up, Gone baby gone and Good feelings… the rest was blah at best.

Violent Femmes This album has such a fun way of playing with the acoustic guitar. Starting off with Blister in the Sun, it was a fun opener. Going into Kiss Off, I really liked the lyrics! I thought they had a nice little element of cheekiness to them. When it comes to Please do not go, it was nice switching up the vibe for something a little more rhythmic. Add it up continued with that nice rhythmic vibe. I like the way it laid itself out. Confessions was so emotionally raw in its lyrics. You could feel the emotion radiating off it. Bringing in the electric guitar at the end when up until this point it’s been acoustic was perfect. Prove my love was good, and promise almost gave me Smashing Pumpkins vibes. To the kill was actually super fun and interesting. Good feeling was so so calming. I’m not sure if Ugly and Give me the car were original releases, but they were good too. 4/5 ⭐️ 139/1089

First timing hearing most of the album besides Blister in the Sun. Enjoyed it, would listen again. 3.5, rounding up.

I was thinking about these guys just the other day. Obviously I knew "Blister in the Sun" already, that was kind of a hit when I was a kid, or maybe my eldest brother had it on one of his cds, but either way. I remember trying to check them out a decade ago and bouncing off, but nowadays this just sounds awesome to me.

al principio me cogió fuera de base, siento que es diferente a lo que uno se imagina especialmente en términos de la voz pero luego si tiene sentido, no se, igual me gustó mucho 😸

There are the type of people who love this band, Tom York's singing, black licorice, the Kardashians, Tik Tok trends, and eating boogers. Then there are people, like me, who will never understand the aforementioned people. For the love of all that is holy, why did NOONE have the balls to tell this guy to stop singing?? One star for at least being decent music.

maybe im crazy but i found it similar to beggar banquets, i definitely liked some songs more though

Most okay album ever. It has the same issue I have with "No Code" by Pearl Jam where every song kinda sounds the same and I can't really seem to get too strong of a message out of each song besides a few ("Confessions", "Promise"). I do think the musical performances are astounding, though. I'm just lacking variation.

Didn’t realize a number of songs were by this band, but otherwise it was a fairly forgettable album

Every time I listen to this it blows my mind that it was released in 1983. It feels like quintessential early ‘90s alternative. Nothing else in the mainstream sounded like this in the ‘80s. Great stuff. Favorite songs: Gone Daddy Gone, Blister in the Sun, Good Feeling, Please Do Not Go.

Me gusto bastante y pude reconocer algun tema que resonaba por mi vieja memoria. Cuesta creer que este disco sea del 83, parece muy avanzado y moderno para su epoca. Me agrado la experiencia

Great obviously Blister in the sun is the stand out track. A lot of fast acoustic style guitar nice vocals a bit samey but good stuff in the whole.

i weirdly liked the songs (have listened to "blister in the sun", "kiss off", "please do not go", "add it up", "confessions", "prove my love", "promise", "to the kill") my fav is the 3rd one, 2nd fav would be "to the kill"

4.5/5 Diabolical bass work

Hell yeah. Would like to own this one.

Not too shabby

8/10

Loved this! Unique and a little weird and fun, fun, fun. I added “Please Do Not Go” to my playlist.

i like these songs so much i'm gonna have to clicker train myself into liking gordon gano's godawful singing voice.

I felt like I should like this but it just never got interesting

Quite fun punky stuff, expected a bunch of yelling lesbians with a name like Violent Femmes tho :(

Some songs sound like they were the inspiration for some songs by the raconteurs. Also the voice is very unique and sounds like the singer of „surfin bird“

🖤

it seemed like an album i would like just based off the vibe but unfortunately it felt so empty to me and the lyrics didnt catch a flow for me

Better than i expected. Also more familiar songs than i expected.

Pretty cool album. More than just Blister in the Sun

Still remember every note of these songs. This is a fucking masterpiece.

Fun raw energetic album with great tracks all around. Can sound a little messy at times but in a good way.

Unenjoyable

Nice lil indie album

not really my type of music, sorry. 5/10

Jamais écouté avant. La traduction en musique des angoisses libidineuses de l'adolescence, unique sur la forme (du punk, oui mais... acoustique) et étonnamment moderne dans son approche et ses compositions, qui ont l'air d'avoir 10 ans d'avance. Bien sûr, l'album est tout sauf parfait, les textes sont parfois gênants, les guitares et la production tournent parfois à l'amateurisme (contrairement à la basse, omniprésente, et tant mieux), la batterie sonne comme une boîte de conserve rouillée, mais ces imperfections font toute l'identité du projet, en plus d'en servir très largement le propos. Et de toutes façons, la perfection, c'est ennuyeux, non ? Top : Add It Up Flop : Please Do Not Go

This was an interesting listen, in a sense its a bit of quirky concept fully realized as acoustic punk. The first track, Blister In The Sun I had heard before without actually knowing it was this song. Overall this album captures teenage angst pretty well.

Maybe it will grow on me. I like the way it embodies creepy vibes but it was alot to take in on first listen

Xylophone goes hard on one song but overall this album grated on my ears. Two stars

oh yeah. fun stuff. hell yeah. love me some folky punk.

A 3.5 if I could. Catchy and full of personality

Wel aardig beetje cringe lyrics af en tor

Strong 4

Iconic and singular - one of the truly great albums of this era. Full of great songs.

I wish I could score higher than 5

I endured five songs and really needed to decompress, this made my skin crawl and I hope to never hear it again

If this is music then butter doesn't spread.

A handful of well known good songs, but I don't need a whole album of this.

liked this quite a bit, fun that it's acoustic

One of the best '90s sounding '80s albums I've ever heard!

For some strange reason, I've kinda avoided this band. I'd heard some things, but I think this is why you can't trust people. What a glorious album, I feel like I've missed out all of these years.

Couple bangers in there!

Pretty good but gets a little samey. Did not expect this kind of music when I read the genre but I enjoyed it. Blister in the sun is a classic

Blister in the sun is a classic. I liked this album a lot more than when I first listened. Didn't realize it was so early, 83. It sounds much more like a 90s album, which makes me think it influenced that sound a lot. Bands like Pavement and such.

Actually pleasantly surprised. Dare I say: they took what Lou Reed tried, and made it better?

Empieza bien pero después se hace muy pesado, más con boludo del vocalista desafinando.

4 out of the 10 songs on this album are classic, the others are hot garbage. As this should be held to a higher standard for being on this list, dropping this to 1.5/5

One time my friends and I are driving to an Elvis Costello concert. When we parked, the car of strangers that hand been behind us in the highway correctly guessed we’d been listening to this record. Slowly based on our dance moves. Iconic grooves top to bottom.

Det va ikke så verst, men ikke så best heller.

Blister and Gone Daddy are 5s. Rest of album is more or less average.

this does it for me and also i know it will continue to do it for me more moving forward

The sound of this album was fun at times but not sure it’s for me

какой-то панк гаражный но прикольно ладно потом еще расслушаю, авансом 4

6/10 First things first, Violent Femmes are not, as their name might suggest, a 90s Riot Grrrl band. At the time of recording this album, they were a bunch of teenage boys self-funding their debut album prior to signing with a record label in 1983. Frankly, the fact that this album was recorded in 1983 is remarkable, because it sounds about a decade ahead of its time, with clear and direct influences from this record to the alt-rock, grunge and punk revival of the 90s. That goes some way to explain the raw nature of this recording. The performances, both instrumental and vocal feel a little like they’re just about clinging on to the edge of pitch and timing before things start sounding sloppy and while they do slip over that edge now and again, that DIY, on the edge of control vibe works pretty well for the most part. The whole thing has a very endearing vibe to it and that adolescent, witty, barely controlled sound leans into that in a pretty effective way. It’s quite weird to experience what punk rock might sound like with no distortion or saturation, and it took me a while to adjust to that, but in the end it did start to win me over. The songwriting is largely pretty good, especially when they bash their way through ideas and don’t let them overstay their welcome, and there are some great hooks and riffs across the album. I did tend to find some of the slower tracks felt a bit dragged out and ponderous, but there was a need to vary pace a little. As it was, the aesthetic did drag a tiny bit over the course of the record and, while this felt quite groundbreaking, it feels like other bands would come along and take this concept to much higher levels in the following years. I think categorising this as “important” rather than “great” is probably fair and while I did enjoy it, it’s probably not one that will be in regular rotation. Blister In The Sun - It’s a cool start. Fun, punky riffs, a nice diy aesthetic that has an interesting tone, and quality vocal hooks. This sounds immediately about a decade ahead of its time and while it’s not perfectly performed, it sounds remarkably well produced. A solid start to the record. Kiss Off - This is quite an interesting blend of punk with an almost 60s pop chorus all delivered with a bare, acoustic palette. Because everything is clean, things sound a touch sloppy in a way that would be less exposed were they clouding everything in traditional punk noise and distortion, but it’s still quite endearing. The songwriting is decent too, so this is another enjoyable little number. Please Do Not Go - A bit more of a ponderous one now. There are some reasonable riffs and hooks, and the solo is cool, but it treads very close to losing a touch too much control in places and also gets a tiny bit too repetitive. It’s not bad, particularly, but with a slower, longer track like this, weaknesses become more exposed. Add It Up - Back to something pacier and attitude laden again now. This is a great adolescent punk number. The acoustic nature of it does expose the slightly sloppy edge to the performances, but it still has charm. They work well with dynamic, building and pulling back the intensity through different sections to help this to work as a longer production. It’s a lot of fun. Confessions - Another slower paced one now. It has a kind of brooding, simmering feel to it that’s cool and feels like it’s building to something. The intensity does ebb and flow and the vibe is pretty cool, but it feels quite dragged out and the payoff to the build-up isn’t entirely satisfying. There are various really cool parts of this, but it didn’t feel entirely coherent. Prove My Love - We’re back on the short, 60’s pop and punk acoustic blend now. It’s cool and fun in a slightly shambolic way. It’s good songwriting with an engaging aesthetic and a great wit. There’s not much to it, but it still manages to be engaging and enjoyable. Promise - This has more of a traditional punk sound structure and style, but again with that Violent Femmes acoustic punk sound palette. There’s cool intensity to the vocal performance and it’s got some nice rhythmic flow to it. Solid riffs too. And it doesn’t sit on a single idea for too long, or hang around for longer than it needs to. Great stuff. To The Kill - Quite a plodding, meandering effort now. It lacks any intensity really and the brooding feel that they’ seem to be going for doesn’t really pay off. It’s also one where the sloppiness crosses the line from being stylistic and cool to being distracting and unpleasant in a few places. I think the core idea isn’t actually bad, but the execution is pretty poor. Gone Daddy Gone - Now we’re drifting more into an indie/alternative rock sound. It’s kind of cool in its own way, but is a bit stylistically strange compared to the rest of the album. The xylophone is too loud and sort of overwhelms everything. And it’s all quite repetitive. Good Feeling - Although this is a slow one and is a bit of a change of pace from the rest of the record, it still feels more connected with what’s come before than Gone Daddy Gone did. This is quite pretty and delicately delivered. The playing is more focused and precise and the vocal is honest and raw without drifting too far into the more punky side of things, so works well too. It’s a nice way to end the record.

An interesting concept, with minimal instrumentation. The songs stand up well, with interesting dynamics and melodies. Occasionally the vocals drift into a nasal, stateside teenage drawl. It's a good album, not one that I would be compelled to listen to again, as it doesn't quite hit me the same way as it's doing with the majority of reviewers (52% are rating it either four or five stars). Three stars. Side one 1 "Blister in the Sun"(3/5) 2 "Kiss Off" (4/5) 3 "Please Do Not Go" (3/5) 4 "Add It Up" (4/5) 5 "Confessions" (3/5) Side two 1 "Prove My Love" (3/5) 2 "Promise" (3/5) 3 "To the Kill" (3/5) 4 "Gone Daddy Gone" (4/5) 5 "Good Feeling" (3/5) Total - 33 Average - 3.3 317/1001 171/317 albums reviewed were new to me (54%).

songs were pretty similar to each other, not so different sounds explored, nice background music though, i would rate it 2.5 out of 5 stars

Classic

Violent Femmes self titled debut proves you don't need to have masses of distortion and songs about social and political gripes to be considered "punk" A strong debut that would be influential for its songwriting whilst rarely being duplicated in terms of sound. Favourites Blister in the Sun Add it up Kiss Off Prove my Love

Album był okej. Na początku skojarzył mi się z muzyką, którje słucha się podczas jazdy samochodem. Poczatek albumu był dla mnie zbyt monotonny, nie prosty ale może za zamało się w nim działo. Później się rozkręcił i szczególnie końcowe numery i "Conffesion" podobały mi się. Przeczytałam na wikipedi, że violent femms ma być meraforą dojrzewania i uważam, że rzeczywiście doprze oddane są te emocje. Szczególnie żal i poczucie niesprawiedliwości. Gdybym mogła dałabym mu 2,5 gwiazdki

It has a vision, and definitely a sound that is theirs and forward thinking, which makes it an interesting listen for the most part. My main gripe is with the lyricism that fells very flat, and the singer's voice that is so particular that it can be distracting. To be true, I respect it a lot more than I like it.

Love the Violent Femmes. Rad album. Blister in the Sun and Add It Up are the standouts but the whole albums really enjoyable.

Unique. Punk acoustique. Pas besoin de disto pour sonner punk, juste besoin d'énergie brute. Plusieurs bangers. Quelques paroles un peu creepy? Malgré ça, ça touche la cible. Ça parle de solitude, de désir, de frustration

This always feels way ahead of its time for 1983. Feels perfect for 1993 or even 2003.

se me olvido que good feeling existe y la verdad que dicha que me toco este disco

I know they were popular in Australia as well as the US but Violent Femmes never really found an audience here in the UK. Was there too much cow in their cowpunk? Had The Smiths cornered the market in strumming teenage angst? Not that they sound anything like The Smiths, of course - the nearest UK equivalent I could think of was some of the Wonder Stuff, but that was always tongue-in-cheek and I don't think Violent Femmes were. To these British ears, Gordon Gano sounds a bit off - I think he was being sincere, but he sounds like he isn't Anyway, I enjoyed this and applaud them for having a xylophone solo

A cult classic. Weirdly catchy and cultural touchstone in the 80s. Nothing else quite like it. Really takes me back to junior high school. Thought this was so punk and rebellious! Still a great one.

What a song to start the album with but the change of sound to kiss off is almost better. Blister in the sun shows they can play and someone in the studio knows what they are doing. The rest of the songs show the band knows what they're doing.

I really like Kiss It Off and Good Feeling! This whole album reminds me of Harness Your Hopes. Very desperate like country-punk. Acoustic punk if you will. Rough white guy voice you love to hear. Feels very desperate and nostalgic. Messy childhood kind of thing. Feels intimate. Feels like traumatized teens on a playground. They might be kissing sometimes.

I'm conflicted. The alternative punk vibes are kind of cool, but his voice is ridiculously annoying. Also, every time I found myself enjoying a song in the slightest, I couldn't help but feel that it was a little forced. I think I most enjoyed "To The Kill", but the two iconic hits were NOT doing anything for me. In fact, I pretty much hated them. I'm not sure what you're all hearing. It's fine but not THAT good. Also, why was that one song about him wanting to get a girl drunk so he could have sex with her? Rapey much?

A perfect album.

Pretty familiar with blister in the sun, it's just as fun as always. Didn't realize kiss off was this band, I like that song a lot as well. Remaining songs are great fun and punkish energy, just darn it all seems so short.

8/10 Best songs: Blister in the Sun, Add It Up, Prove My Love, Gone Daddy Gone Another band I'd heard of but never listened to. As it turns out, this is a really great album. Heavily influenced by punk but with a less rock-y bent, it sounds kind of like grunge or acoustic indie rock (think garage band vibes) from the 90s or even 2000s. I'm conflicted about whether to give this a 4 or a 5 - I may just be relieved to break my string of absolute trash albums recently, but this is quite good. I may come back in the future to adjust my rating.

Whiny angsty acoustic bullshit, rocks so fucking hard

good energy and some classic songs

Incredible!

Blokes voice grates and barely tuneful, music is uninspiring so I'm unsure why this is classed as a great album. The plus point is the bands name is good, albeit misleading, and it's got a good cover

It’s fun, a little silly, and raw. Loved it

No

Nógvar góðir sangir, nógvar lítiðsigandi sangir á fløguni

A fantastic record filled with unintended pop hit singalongs for the masses in a stripped down fashion that I never heard like this again - and all this as an independent release!

Pretty good I just dont think im the objective of their songs tbh

The first song is definitely a tiktok sound now. I had no idea they made it! It was an interesting listen, kind of silly and unique. They got some spunky pizzazz and i can appreciate that. 6/10

Blister in the sun - 4/5 Kiss off - 3/5 Please do not go - 3/5 Add it up - 3/5 Confessions - 3/5 Prove my love - 4/5 Promise - 3/5 To the kill - 4/5 Gone daddy gone - 3/5 Good feeling - 4/5 Ugly - 3/5 Gimme the car - 1/5

Cool.

Pretty good sound and lyrics. Did not know anything by them.

Cool punk driven by acoustic guitar and snare drum. The best songs has such a cool drive and made me bang my hands to the beat of the music. A few songs are less engaging, but it’s still a great album. Favourites: Blister In The Sun, Add It Up, Cool Feeling and Kiss Off.

Energetic acoustic punk ? How was this not a 90s album .

280/1089 saw the album/artist and tracklist and could swear i had heard of them, then the first notes play and duhh ofc i’ve heard blister in the sun i think this sort of music is best enjoyed in small doses/in a tv or film soundtrack for me Add It Up and Blister In The Sun were def my faves, the album as a whole was alright to me 52/100

I've been way behind on albums lately (it's by far the busiest work week of the year for me) but I was glad to see a familiar classic when I opened this up for the first time in awhile. 9/10

Class me with the people who would have sworn these guys were a 90s band. There's a lot to love about this album and I don't have time to try to articulate it.

Every song here is perfect. It's five stars and it sounds like it was recorded cramemd into someone's bathroom on the cheapest gear Radio Shack had, and they still probably tried to return it opened and used. "Good Feeling" is one of the most romantic songs Lou Reed or Elvis Costello never wrote. I can't help myself from dancing during "Kiss Off". Heading to a little vinyl mini-con at Sketchbook in a bit. Don’t be shocked if this comes home with me.

I think I used to get Violent Femmes and Jane's Addiction confused in my head. I never really liked either, tbh. At least what I heard on the radio in the 90s. Anyway, I already knew five of the ten songs on the original album from 1983(!). And they're from Milwaukee??

undeniably perfect object that i don't have much nostalgia for and, thank god, has become almost wholly impossible to relate to. wonderful receptacles for teenage feelings, but only a few of them - Blister In the Sun, Add It Up, and the totally forgotten-by-me Good Feeling - remain truly unfuckwithable as songs provided you weren't that into them at age 14

Blister in the Sun obviously everyone knows but beyond that songs of this album are constantly pushed by my spotify recommendations and I used to always slip them because "eh, I probably only like blister in the sun". The lesson is, as always, I'm and idiot.

first songs reminded me of Queen gone daddy gone !

For et mas.

Eg likte det. Nokre bangers, nokre litt meh, men positivt overraska.

Noen kule låter, eh, setter seg ikke helt som helhet, men noen av dem ligger inne i listen.

These lads can't hold a tune.

Raskasta kuunneltavaa. Teki mieli hypätä seuraavaan biisiin lähes joka biisin kohdalla. Erikoinen mutta raskas, akustisvoittoinen soundimaailma, joka ei kuitenkaan ole albumimitassa enää kovin toimiva vaan muuttuu raskaaksi. Myös biisit itsessään melko tylsiä, tosin sanoitukset mukavan rujoja. Laulajan ääni muuttuu niin ikään rasittavaksi albumin edetessä. Vaikea tykätä vaikka ihan oikeaa musiikkialan tämä kuitenkin on. Tekotaiteellista paskaa? Ehkä jossain määrin vaikka kyllä kai tämä rock / punk-sceneen taitaa mennä. En taida kuunnella uudestaan. 2/5

2.5

god he does drone on doesn't he

I mean it’s a debut that opened with Blister in the Sub! It might have literally invented a genre.

Pretty good so far

The first time I was stunned, when instead of the languid riffs I've heard the acoustic strumming, mistaking the band for the Australian grungers Violent Soho. The second time was when I heard lyrics sung in a nasal voice, the author of which would now be called an incel. The third, and most powerfully, was when I saw the year the album was released. This is an incredibly visionary record. I don't think anyone before had thought of taking punk rock, a genre that's generally not the most overloaded, and stripping it bare of all its excess. What's left here is literally the skeleton — acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and snare drum — and yet it all sounds much dirtier and more energetic than a distortion pedal. Five years later, Pixies were using the band's work, ten years later, Weezer, fifteen years later, Bloodhound Gang. And forty years later, I discovered the album, and such discoveries were worth following this list.

Super solid folk punk album! Amazing out how great something so simple can be.

I originally had Violent Femmes generated on day 6 of this project before joining a group and it remains one of my best discoveries from the generator! Prior to it being generated, I had heard of Violent Femmes, and I had heard bits of Blister in the Sun, but I'd never really listened to them. After listening to it, this album immediately became one of my all time favourites and I still regularly revisit it. The mix of folk, jazz, and punk is absolutely perfect and incredibly unique. Also, every single time I listen to it, I'm reminded how much I want an acoustic bass.

It is different enough to be really quite good. 4 stars or B+.

This was another one out of my comfort zone. I haven’t listened to a lot of punk before except for a few songs from The Clash. I enjoyed this one a lot, it felt silly at times, and the artists sounded like they had a lot of fun with this one. My favorite songs off the album were a tie between Kiss Off and Good Feeling. I’d give this a 4/5.

Ahead of its time. One of the best opening tracks of any album.

Goddamn just out of the gate fully formed with a sound and vision. And just playing the hell out of their instruments. Taste is subjective and all, but if you don't get a little moved by the energy/joy/heartache/lust on this album it's on account of your soul is defective.

Great album, an absolute classic. Unique sound, very distinct from what was playing in the radio in the early 1980s.

Off beat strange and cool album in proud to have listened to - this is the kind of stuff I love the list for. Blister is good enough for a 5 but I liked the whole thing. Weirdly timeless

Three things I learned about the Violent Femmes today: 1. Despite their name, they're all dudes (I thought the singer just had a low voice for a woman, like the singer from The Distillers). 2. I already knew more than just Blister in the Sun (Tony Hawk Project 8 features Add It Up and a version of Gone Daddy Gone from this album). 3. They're from Wisconsin! Also, they're really good. I already enjoyed the three songs I had previously heard but now it turns out I like the rest of the album too.

Banger album

Ehhhhh

Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1983) On Day 119, I closed out the week with a decent listen that maintained a good, consistent flow from start to finish. After the masterclass production of Led Zeppelin, this felt more raw. While I’m not at a 5 yet, the album definitely earns its spot in the rotation. "Kiss Off" and "Promise" were the tracks that stood out most, though I feel like this LP requires multiple listens to fully grasp its energy. It’s a acoustic-punk session that avoids being a boring through its sheer urgency. A very respectable 4/5, and it will definitely be getting those extra listens.

Why do male punk bands like branding themselves as females? Instrumentals aren't as punk-y as most punk albums I've listened to. Vocals are just as bad though.

I love the Violent Femmes. Nobody else really sounds like them because folk-punk style is very unique. The music is incredibly catchy, and it's amazing how the Violent Femmes influenced the alt-rock/college-rock scene.

it was nice, made me think of early 2000s films

The bass lines on this album stand out and give many tracks a dynamic feel. Add it up may be my favorite track. Folk Punk classic. Most of these songs were written when Gordon Gano was 18!

low 3.5.

Some solid punk/fun/rock. The ubiquitous song “Blister in the Sun” kind of annoys me just because it’s overplayed but that’s not the band’s fault. Top tracks: “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Please Do Not Go,” “Kiss Off,” “Blister in the Sun”

--Blister in the Sun...weird, alt-acoustic classic --Kiss Off...is Brian Ritchie the greatest acoustic bass player of all time (non-jazz division)? even if it's by default? --Please Do Not Go...an interesting but lazy tune. Ritchie doing the heavy lifting --Add It Up...acoustic punk metal? whatever it's called, it rips. a 90s classic that was somehow released in 1983 --Confessions...I generally like Gordon Gano's nasally snarl, but I don't think it works here. this is too slow, I need speed from these guys --Prove My Love...kind of a lesser "Add It Up" but it's still great --Promise...doesn't really come together for me --To the Kill...a weird band gets even weirder. another track carried by Ritchie's bass --Gone Daddy Gone...this song is co-written by Willie Dixon. Something the Violent Femmes have in common with Led Zeppelin. awesome xylophone solo. don't get to write that a lot --Good Feeling...don't think Gano's voice is built for balladry, but the violin is real nice **US CD Bonus Tracks** --Ugly...fun surfer feel --Gimme the Car...high school sex drama stuff. both bonus tracks are more electric. I wonder if they used the extra studio time to hedge their bets on their mostly acoustic presentation

This band and album was a pleasant diacovery for me. An actual original sound

I like promise

it was ehh, i liked blister in the sun but besides that it was eh

Xylophone solo and confession of a teenager who needs to get laid

This is someones mums favorite album

Some good rythms but not really appealing to finish the album. too rock for me.

Never heard of them. But some great acoustic rock n roll.

Surprisingly good.

Blistering the sun as well as a few others had this album overplayed in my lifetime. Great to revisit it one more time !

Me sorprendió, me gustó.

under stimulating

A repeat that I rated correctly on the first pass. Blister In The Sun was great, but beyond that it was just ok.

Punks with acoustic guitars

Geinig

Some bands only had one good track in them, and that's ok. Why is this on the list?

Dios mío parece que no me gusta la música tanto como pensé. no sé cuál instrumento les falta, pero algo les falta. Todo me suena mal/ meh no me gustó.

I’m all for a bit of unserious music but this got tiresome

Semmosta semi ok taustameteliä tämäkin. Ei ärsyttänyt muttei myöskään säväyttänyt

Kuuntelukertojen perusteella ihmeen suosittua, sama biisi 12 kertaa. Ei jatkoon

Suht ärsyttävä laulutapa ja ääni "laulajalla". Musiikki olisi ehkä saattanut olla kolkin arvoista, mutta nyt tippuu kagoseen.

Tässon keksitty oma lähestymistapa tehä asioita. Varsinkin alkupuolella on parit hyvät biisit, mutta pidemmän päälle ongelmaks muodostuu vähän päämäärätiedottomuus ja junnaavuus, joka ei kuitenkaan johda mihinkään. Posia kuitenkin rohkeesta otteesta ja niistä parista pänkeristä.

Ihan ok menoa, mutta nyt mitään maatamullistavaa. Ihan mielellään kuuntelin tämän pari kertaa läpi, mutta tuskin tulee enää palattua tähän.

'S okay

Now this was interesting! Got a bit bored at the end but a very near 5 star album

I've always LOVED blister in the sun They made a banger at the start and then seem happy to sound like a mess in the rest of the album

I love this one more every time I return to it. They are reminiscent of so many bands yet at the same time are distinctly their own. The tension and frustration is packed into these songs while still making me smile and have fun. The first half is perfect and the back half is no slouch either. This would have to be on my list of favorite debut albums of all time. 33rd perfect album, 1013 albums in. Rating: 5.0

Meh :)

like the last album I reviewed, I feel I would probably connect to this a whole lot more if I listened to it when I was younger and more angsty. As it stands it is at times charming and fine enough but my gosh there are some annoying and incel-y moments on here. most juvenile album I have ever heard (positive) and has a very homemade feel to it which is cool! but yeah i don't feel much for this album. bought it once for a situationship and now i am just wondering why this was the album she wanted? out of everything really? I can see how this was influential, but lord i dont really gaf about anything I've just heard 😭 im giving it a 2 but i don't think its bad im just not the audience i fear. just a whole heap of nothing that is charming at times Fav Song: Please Do Not Go Least Fav: Add It Up

I never realized how much of this record was the soundtrack of my high school years. Literally all of this was played on the radio, many years after it was released. We used to roam the streets singing these songs at the top of our lungs. Still remember every note of these songs. This is a fucking masterpiece.

My gut wants to give this a 3, but adding a star for being so ahead of its time

Classic Album, a role model for a lot of garage and folky alternative Bands. Fav: Blister in the sun

Hella generic except for like 2 songs

Lowk horrible album apart from like 3 songs which were: Add It Up Promise Gone Daddy Gone Which are pretty decent low cortisol type songs

Didn't really like most of it, togught it was mostly too slow and didn't like the rhythm of any of the songs. BUT, there was 3 songs I really liked

Pretty great acoustic punk.

Quite a unique sound, I think. Like the punk attitude combined with softer sounding instruments. Vocally it definitely leans toward Lou Reed, but that's no bad thing. Favourite track is Gone Daddy Gone - great to hear a vibe solo in this context. Excellent little album. 4

Classic

I like the lack of subtext, and that every track is about sex, violence, or wanting to die: it's all very visceral, primal, raw. I like Gordan Gano's voice; it's nasally and whiny and full of indignation, but in a good way, or at least in a way that works. I like that half of each track is shout-spoken, and that the repeated choruses have a chanted mantra-like quality. I'd describe this album as cathartic, purging me of strongly held sentiments I didn't realize I had. A few of the tracks weren't noteworthy and felt sort of, scattered and meandering, but that's my only criticism, and despite that, I do think Violent Femmes is an album in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, though there were a few parts that I really enjoyed: "Blister In The Sun," "Gone Daddy Gone," and "Ugly." (4/5)

amazing album and very underrated

Blister in the Sun is such a classic, but I didn't realize I has jammed this album before. Kiss Off is a great song! Add It Up is also amazing. Gone Daddy Gone - I love the xylophone. Good Feeling. Well, that is an incredible amount of incredible songs.

I loved the vibe but the songs were just too similar to me.

Cool loser music, cinematic, comical. You can feel the underground vibe. 3/8, nice.

always loved the opening track, good to hear the rest. very velvet underground meets 90s

I had high expectations for this album, but I was actually pretty disappointed with it. I think I just don’t care for the whiny droning voice of the lead singer and most of the songs in the middle of the album were just not interesting to me. Blister in the Sun and Gone Daddy Gone are standout tracks, but I could do without pretty much every other song on the album.

its a groovy 80s rock, i like it, not my cup of tea tho

not violent, not femmes… just plain white men music. whiny and outdated lyrics - maybe also just not my genre but this was not a good listening experience.

No es lo mio

anyways

Sexually frustrated angst noise... It's punk and that is what I more or less expect. I just don't like it that much in a normal listening context. Probably makes for a fun show but not exactly for musical appreciation, rather a visceral emotional out cry. Not cerebral at all, pure brain stem in a reptilian way as if the Id itself made music.

I'm really confused as to why this album is so highly rated. Overall some of the songs are okay, some are not, like the abysmally bad 'Add It Up'. But what I really don't like about this album is the vocal performances, they're very bad. And the lyrics are nothing to write home about either. Two stars. (Favorite track: Kiss Off.)

very very good, I loved it! I am glad I discovered them.

Genuinely really great discovery, went into this not knowing/expecting much but loved it. Confessions was my fav song and first listen of the album. Blister In The Sun and Kiss Off were my other highlights

I liked this album a lot! Will probably be listening to it more in the future.

I always associated this album with the early 90's, seeing that it's a 1983 release tells.me the Femmes were well ahead of their times. This album se a template for the next 30 years of Indie rock. The album itself features a lot of teenage angst in the lyrics, but it's also full of wonderful.melodies, subtle tempo changes and i love how they use crescendos and decrescendos to make the music swell to a climax. My picks:Blister in the Sun (classic), Prove my Love, Add it up, Kiss Off.

Un album de questions réthoriques ? obssessed avec l'amour et la vie des filles

The album was fun-ish to listen to. I feel like it was an experiment that they still ahd to work on. The vocals were a bit too much for me but I can understand why some people would like it. The instrumentals were definetly my favorite part of the whole album. All in all this was interesting but i got kinda bored/wanted to skip tracks often. The highs were high but the rest of the album was just ehhhhhh. Rating : 6.4 Favorite track : Blister in the sun Day 2

fun, the singer's voice is a bit too whiny at times, but guitar and bass are really good. Confessions had good instrumental but the lyrics i found insufferable. Add it up, Prove my love and Promise were good i liked them a lot.

I guess punk can be pretty solid when it wants to The instrumentation here was far and away the best thing about this album, I did think the sound worked better with the folkier instruments. The vocals and really the album as a whole is very clean compared to something to something like The Clash. I just don’t like how most punk is all gas no brakes for 45 minutes, so it’s easy to listen to one song but not the whole album, whereas I feel like this one kinda had the opposite effect. I don’t think this one’s crazy memorable in my opinion, and I definitely didn’t get absorbed like I would with a really good album. Theres also a couple songs on here which I really didn’t like, which is kinda to be expected. I still don’t and will never probably love the genre, but have been proved wrong twice in the last week that all punk sounds the same. I just hope we have a little break before I get sick of it

Didn't know Blister in the Sun were by these guys; what a fun track! It's one of those songs that probably got popular because it doesn't sound much like their other songs. To The Kill sucks. It's going on my secret list of terrible 1001 songs. Gone Daddy Gone also sucks. There's a reason rock songs don't use xylophone. Crazy this came out in 83, but it's just overall alright.

I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT THIS WILL GO DOWN ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD! A classic. Pleasantly surprised to see this on the list, and a pleasure to go back and give it a critical listen. Had this on cassette (for those kids out there, a cassette was a music medium that played back sound from a magnetized ribbon held inside a plastic cartridge). Also had The Blind Leading The Naked. Self titled debut album, also their biggest seller. Arguably their best songs, too. Femmes were out of Milwaukee, and pioneers of the "folk punk" genre. I had to actually think about that title for a minute. String indie vibe, striped down and often raw sound. Credited with influence in punk, grunge, and alternative scenes. A couple catchy ones, a couple that grow on you. I still hear Blister On The Sun into at ballgames when the stadium guy wants to get the crowd to clap. Blister a classic, Add It Up was a banger back in the day, and it's still a banger. And a handful of other strong songs. Definitely standing the test of time (1983 release) so yeah, I'm giving it 4 stars.

This doesn’t sound good, just flat out. I could see how someone could vibe to it, but I can’t. It’s really boring and feels repetitive, but it is less than an hour, so props to that.

Was pretty worried that there would be a significant drop in quality after the hit single but was pleased instead with a really good Proto-Indie Rock album that served to inspire quite a lot of important bands. It is really strange to seen an album this early be such a hit with the mainstream, especially since the record is loaded with bizarre musical styles, pretty explicit song topics, and a really awkward and anxious spirit to the whole thing, but it manages to be entertaining track after track even if not every one is a “Blister in the Sun”.

I thought there must be a woman in the band because of the name, nope. Lol the lyrics are pretty misogynistic as well but they're sort of funny and forgivable. Like Add It Up is pretty funny.

Enjoyed the first couple of songs but it just descended into very boring droning punk. I like punk but this felt like music you suddenly discovered at 17. I think if the singer's voice doesn't really have any range or sounds very similar harmoniously then I get bored quite quickly. Where is the range? He just talk-sing through half of it. Some cracking songs surrounded by filler.

Another album I've always meant to listen to but never have! This is cooler than I'd ever expect. I like confessions a lot.

Cool

Yess, dit vind ik leuk! Na een tijdje beetje veel van hetzelfde, maar wel my kinda vibe. Beste: Blister in the sun.

this rocks!! simultaneously draws really well on 60s influences and somehow sees into the future of the 90s. the acoustic approach overall is great, and the bass in particular is so good. the writing is really interesting (even if horny teenage boy lmao). fave tracks: blister in the sun, please do not go, confessions, to the kill

This album is very much my shit. I agree with just about every interesting choice they made here. Violin to close out? Hell yes.

Neat sound. It's not every day you hear acoustic bass Fav tracks: Kiss Off, Gone Daddy Gone, Good Feeling

Weird not to hear "American Music" because the cassette my friend made for me when we were teens had that on there, along with Ugly and Gimme the Car. Brian Ritchie's bass looms monstrous over the proceedings. There have been times in my life where I'd have rated this a five and others when it'd have been a three. Averaging that out...

no me gusto, sonido medio country pero raro...

So iconic. They make so much from so little. Full of energy and passion

The start of Blister in the Sun, so the start of the album, reminded me of the soundtrack for the greasy strangler (specifically the song fizzy barf but also get on the greasy and little song), was a bit cooked. EUGH im getting grossed out thinking of it. Anyways I do like the song good feeling, but I just think the album as a whole is kinda mid.

Pretty generic

Okay overall

Ei iskenyt. Pitäis ehkä kuunnella uudestaan. 2,25/5.

Blister in The Sun is a banger, as a young 18 yr old me and my girlfriend (now wife) would go crazy in the dance floor as this song blared out of the speakers. What a shame the rest of the album does not hit the same heights. Deserves a 2 but I’ll give 3 for nostalgia

The alternative station had a number of songs from this album in heavy rotation in the late 80s, especially Blister in the Sun and Kiss Off. Hearing these songs definitely have a nostalgia factor for me, but I had not heard this album in its entirety until now. This album has some great highs, but also horrendous lows. Blister in the Sun and Kiss Off are definitely high points -- nice guitar work and drumming. Please Do Not Go starts promising with an impressive acoustic bass guitar feature, and Gone Daddy Gone has a cool marimba part. In most cases however, the vocals are where things ultimately fall short. At times the singer sounds like a muppet attempting reggae. Some of the lyrics are just bad. The last song Gimme the Car is outright predatory and creepy. I'll probably revisit the first two tracks in the future, but not much else.

I think Kiss Off might haunt my nightmares… but I kinda rock with it. It’s probably not the only track that would fit that description either. I can’t imagine many situations in which I would say “You know what I want to listen to right now? That Violent Femmes record”. Appreciate the weirdness though, and some moments on the back half nearly won me back. This one always kept me guessing and usually wrong. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Promise, Good Feeling

Expectation: -> Certainly heard of them but memories are fuzzy. After listening: -> Never got into VF and that's not going to change. But Blister In The Sun will always be great. Overall, 3/5 (barely). Track ranking: Blister Promise Daddy Good Feeling Kill Ugly Confessions Prove Add Kiss Please Car

I liked this a lot. Felt very blues-rocky to me. Almost a 5

Fun, and blister in the sun is by far the worst and least fun on the record!

I get it. One track I really liked, surprised me.

Well, what a brilliant record. Just brilliant. One of the great things about working through this list is when an old favourite I haven’t listened to in years crops up and I find myself transported back in time to when it soundtracked my days. This is one of those records - I was singing my head off within moments, and lost in reverie. For some reason, their other records never clicked with me but I think I’ll give them another go having rediscovered this belter.